One of the most independent thinkers in German intellectual history, the Enlightenment author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) contributed in decisive and lasting fashion to literature, philosophy, theology, criticism, and drama theory. Lessing invented the burgerliches Trauerspiel (bourgeois tragedy) and wrote one of the first successful German tragedies as well as one of the finest German comedies. In his final dramatic masterpiece, Nathan der Weise, he writes of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, of religious tolerance and intolerance and the clash of civilizations. Lessing's dramas are...

A moving story of German Jews saved by the firebombing of Dresden.

February, 1945. After heavy bombing by Allied air forces, Dresden was on fire and in ruins. Ironically, for the few Dresden Jews who had not yet been deported and murdered by the Nazis, the destruction meant rescue. With the Gestapo order for the family to report for deportation still in hand, Henny Wolf Brenner and her parents ran for their lives. They went into hiding and waited for the end of the war. Despite the family s fears, the Gestapo did not succeed in tracking down the city s last few Jews, and the family...

Barbara Fischer entwickelt ein auf der Nutzwertanalyse basierendes "Venture-Capital-Scoringmodell," das jungen Entrepreneuren bei der Auswahl der geeigneten Finanz- und Beratungspartner Hilfestellung bietet und bei diesem komplexen Selektionsprozess Entscheidungsunterstutzung leistet.