25 March 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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George Orwell press photo, 1943 © Branch of the National Union of Journalists
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Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the
pen name of
George Orwell . His work is characterised by lucid
prose ,
social criticism , opposition to all
totalitarianism (both
authoritarian communism and
fascism ), and support of
democratic socialism .
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25 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Max Weber, 1918, by Ernst Gottmann
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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German
sociologist , historian,
jurist , and
political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the
social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence
social theory and
research .
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28 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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© flickr.com – UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia/cc-by-2.0
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Theodor Meron,
CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times (2002-2005 and 2011–2015) and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–2019).
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24 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Frank Gehry
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Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his
postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of
his buildings , including
his private residence in
Santa Monica, California , have become attractions. His most famous works include the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the
Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
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26 November 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Josef Neckermann – Karl Joel – Berlin 1938 © Steffen Radlmaier: Billy & The Joels
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Karl Amson Joel was a German
textile merchant and
manufacturer with Joel Macht Fabrik. He was the grandfather of American musician
Billy Joel and British conductor
Alexander Joel , who are half-brothers. Karl Amson Joel was born in 1889 in
Colmberg , into a Jewish family involved in the textile business.
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22 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Isaac Herzog during Rabin Day, October 2021 © Haim Zach/Government Press Office of Israel/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general. He was the
prime minister of Israel , serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until
his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to have been born in
Mandatory Palestine .
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24 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Mata Hari around 1909
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Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (
née Zelle, better known by the stage name Mata Hari;
Indonesian for ‘sun’, lit. ‘eye of the day’), was a Dutch
exotic dancer and
courtesan who was convicted of being a
spy for
Germany during
World War I . She was
executed by firing squad in
Vincennes near
Paris ,
France .
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27 August 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Architecture , Portrait , UNESCO World Heritage
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Andrea Palladio © Alessandro Maganza – volkskrant.nl
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Andrea Palladio was an Italian
Renaissance architect active in the
Venetian Republic . Palladio, influenced by
Roman and
Greek architecture , primarily
Vitruvius , is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the
history of architecture . While he designed churches and palaces, he was best known for country houses and villas. His teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise,
The Four Books of Architecture , gained him wide recognition.
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23 July 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Mansa Musa – African king from Catalan Atlas (1375) by Abraham Cresques of Majorca
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Mansa Musa (reigned c.?1312 – c.?1337) was the ninth
Mansa of the
Mali Empire , which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa’s reign is often regarded as the zenith of Mali’s power and prestige, although he features less in
Mandinka oral traditions than his
predecessors .
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