February 28, 2026

Namibia

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. When working at the DHPS in Windhoek, I was asked by the Principal and Board of the German Privat High School to extend my contract of 6 years to another 2 years. However, a new Principal took over and came back from BVA / ZfA, my extension was not approved by the ZfA, though the Board of the DHPS had asked me and my family to stay until 1996. My two children were both students of the DHPS and had to leave their best friends behind in Namibia. I found this heart breaking, indeed … So my wife and myself took a serious decision to compensate their frustration and losses: We both took 6 months of unpaid long leave and travelled via Van and two tents 6 months through NZ instead of taking our two children back to their German High School in Lower Saxony. Later they both confirmed: The best decision we had ever made since leaving Germany for six full years in 1988. We arrived in WHK on 1st Jan 1988.

W. G. Sebald und andere Autoren

— Blogbeitrag Literatur im DaF-Unterricht — W.G. Sebald und andere Autoren Ein Blogbeitrag von Peter H. Bloecker | Gold Coast, Queensland | 2026 Das Projekt Dieser Blog-Beitrag entsteht im Rahmen einer persönlichen Beschäftigung mit der Frage, welche Rolle deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur im modernen Deutsch-als-Fremdsprache-Unterricht spielen kann und sollte. Als ehemaliger Deutschlehrer in Niedersachsen und langjähriger Fachlehrer für Deutsch und Englisch liegt mir dieses Thema besonders am Herzen. Es geht nicht nur um Methodik. Es geht um die Frage: Welche Texte berühren, fordern und öffnen gleichzeitig Türen zur deutschen Sprache und Kultur? Zu den bundesdeutschen Lesern, auch jungen Lesern? W.G. Sebald steht dabei vorerst im Mittelpunkt> Ein Autor, der selbst zwischen zwei Sprachen und zwei Welten lebte, zwischen dem bayerischen Allgäu und dem englischen Norwich. Seine Werke laden ein zur Auseinandersetzung mit Erinnerung, Verlust, Identität und dem langen Schatten der deutschen Geschichte nach den beiden Weltkriegen nach 1945. Die Stunde Null. Warum Sebald? W.G. Sebald (1944–2001) ist kein einfacher Autor, und das ist genau der Grund, warum er m E so wertvoll ist auch fuer Lernende der deutschen Sprache und Kultur. Seine Prosa ist langsam, nachdenklich, tief verankert in europäischer Kulturgeschichte. Der charakteristische Sebald-Satz, lang, mäandernd, voller Einschübe, ist oft eine Herausforderung für fortgeschrittene Lernende, aber auch ein Modell für stilistisches Bewusstsein. Besonders Die Ausgewanderten eignet sich für den akademischen DaF-Unterricht auf dem Niveau C1/C2: Vier Lebensgeschichten, thematisch verbunden durch Exil und Entwurzelung…

Elon Musk & Trump

When an AI Company Said “No” to the Pentagon — And Paid the Price A Report for Informed Citizens | 28 February 2026 What exactly Happened? On Friday, 27 February 2026, US President Donald Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using the artificial intelligence products of Anthropic, the San Francisco-based company behind the AI assistant Claude. In a Truth Social post, Trump directed every federal agency to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s technology, with a six-month phase-out period granted to agencies like the Pentagon that had already integrated it into their systems. Shortly after, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon would formally label Anthropic a “Supply-Chain Risk to National Security” A designation normally reserved for companies associated with foreign adversaries such as China or Russia — barring any military contractor or supplier from conducting commercial activity with the company. What Was the Actual Dispute? The confrontation had been building for months. At its core was a fundamental disagreement about what an AI company is permitted to refuse. Anthropic had been operating under a Pentagon contract worth up to USD 200 million to support defence operations. The company had made clear throughout months of contract negotiations that it would not allow its AI systems to be used for domestic mass surveillance or for direct control of lethal autonomous weapons. The Pentagon, for its part, demanded the right to…

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