Klaus Brinkbäumer: "Der amerikanische Albtraum"

In the organizer's words:

An unsparing analysis of the political situation in the USA by renowned America expert Klaus Brinkbäumer

The American dream has degenerated into a nightmare: Since Donald Trump took office, democratic rules and norms have been suspended or abolished. Fascists are in government, spreading victim myths and fantasies of superiority, attacking universities and the media. They have abandoned the idea that a change of power is part and parcel of democracy, have declared their opponents to be the enemy and themselves to be superior. Long-time US correspondent Klaus Brinkbäumer has traveled through the country, spoken to MAGA people, journalists and academics and has come to the conclusion that the situation has never been darker: Things have never looked gloomier.

Moderator: Viola Schenz, journalist and author

This event is part of the Amerikahaus Book Talks series.

About the author

Klaus Brinkbäumer (born 1967) has had close ties to the USA for thirty years. Since his studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he has been there regularly and has followed political and cultural life with fascination and criticism. In 2007, his lifelong dream came true and he went to New York as a correspondent for SPIEGEL. He experienced the famous crisis years and the Obama years at first hand. From 2015 to 2018, Klaus Brinkbäumer was editor-in-chief of SPIEGEL and publisher of SPIEGEL ONLINE. He won the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize, the Henri Nannen Prize, the German Reporter Prize and was Editor-in-Chief of the Year in 2016. In 2018, Klaus Brinkbäumer shifted the focus of his life back to the USA, from where he now works as a journalist for DIE ZEIT as well as a filmmaker and author. His books in recent years include Der Traum vom Leben - Eine afrikanische Odyssee, Die letzte Reise - Der Fall Christoph Columbus (with Clemens Höges) and Nachruf auf Amerika. In 2019, he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

Organizer: Stiftung Bayerisches Amerikahaus, Fischer Publishers

Price information:

Regular admission is 10 euros per person. Admission is free for pupils and students up to the age of 25 and members of the Amerikahaus association. Tickets can be purchased at eveeno.com/482405011.