Mrs Sabine Leutheusser

About the evening

In our society, not everyone sticks to general rules anymore. Because we are experiencing more and more slander, insults, intimidation and hatred, mostly on social media. In real life, aggressive behavior and even physical violence occur against people who advocate for society, such as politicians and journalists.

This becomes a real threat to democracy because it discourages people from getting involved. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice for many years, and the author Gunna Wendt spoke to those affected about the causes, circumstances and consequences of hatred and violence for their book.

In the haunting portraits, the dangers become very concrete, but at the same time ways out of the crisis become clear. The authors will talk about this at their Gräfelfingen evening.

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger comes from Minden, is a lawyer, became a member of the FDP in 1978 and belongs to the left-liberal wing. 1990 to 2013 Member of the Bundestag, 1992 to 1996 and 2009 to 2013 Federal Minister of Justice, since 2019 member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court. Gunna Wendt comes from Lower Saxony, studied sociology and psychology, and lives in Munich as a freelance author, editor, dramaturge and curator. There are numerous biographies of her, including Liesl Karlstadt, Erika Mann and Therese Giehse.

Photo: Dirk Schiff (top), Thomas Imo (bottom)