Peter Jordan: Kein schöner Land

In the organizer's words:

Dad's war, my Nazis and German culture - The author in conversation with Christian Werthschulte

Peter Jordan says of himself that there is never a day when he doesn't think about the war and the Shoah. Born in 1967, the actor is still struggling to find the right relationship to German culture. In his younger years, like many of his generation, he considered everything German to be suspicious and musty. But with the birth of his child, he faced the task of naming and communicating what was his own.

"Kein schöner Land" is an autobiographical, narrative essay that is highly topical, because the question of what Germany is and can be is being asked with increasing acuity both within Germany by right-wing extremists and internationally. One thing is clear: we can no longer duck away. Peter Jordan dares to give an answer that is as personal as it is fearless.

Peter Jordan, born in Dortmund in 1967, studied acting at the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg after studying human medicine. Engagements followed at the Theater Rostock, later at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and until 2009 in the ensemble of the Thalia Theater, Hamburg. He has appeared in numerous film and television productions, including Tatort-Kommissar in Hamburg. Since 2009 he has lived and worked as a freelance actor, director and playwright in Berlin.

Journalist Christian Werthschulte works for Stadtrevue, taz, DLF and WDR on pop and politics.

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