Passing The Paintbrush

Hani חאני

Learn More: www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists. Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists. Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible Spinnboden Demokratie In Der Mitte BMF EVZ

  1. 09/29/2025 · BONUS

    Interview with Hadass Gilboa

    Featured Guest: Hadass Gilboa Website: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadassgilboa/ Printmaking Workshops:  https://www.hadassgilboa.com/workshops High Grounds Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/high_grounds_workshops/ Lithography  Printing Studio in Berlin - Lithowerstatt: https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/ Article about the studio from 2022: http://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Bilder/LW_Tagesspiegel%202022.jpg Feature in Kultur.txt:  https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1743&cHash=954cfca92c4fc012884726e941ff9405 Kultur ring video about the studio : https://youtu.be/vP2kEe7o_7E?feature=shared Printworking at BBK https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/printing-workshop Pia Szur: http://www.designkunst-ps.de/ https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1814&cHash=d3254ae989f3f4fae5519342173d2908 Lithography at Solnhofen: https://ssg-solnhofen.de/en/usage/translate-to-english-lithografie History of Lithography : https://www.aepm.eu/publications/conference-proceedings-2/from-stone-to-chip-alois-senefelder-and-the-invention-of-lithography-in-an-international-context/li-portenlaenger-invention-of-lithography-and-the-solnhofen-quarries/ Fossil hunting at Solnhofen:  https://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/freizeit/a-z/hobby-steinbruch_solnhofen-19262/ The Farhud:  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-farhud Jizya Tax: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/jewish-tax-in-the-ottoman-empire/2024/07/18/ The Ma’abarot:  ⁠https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/israel/zionism/zionism-history/maabarot⁠ The Burnt Vehicles Compound ⁠: https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en⁠  What is a Lithograph: ⁠https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-lithograph/⁠ Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    1h 35m
  2. 09/25/2025

    Interview with Mine Pleasure Bouvar

    Featured Guest: Mine Pleasure Bouvar  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mine_pleasure_bouvar/ Linktree: linktr.ee/Mine_undClaudia Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MinePleasureBouvar Text Zur Kunst Article: https://www.textezurkunst.de/de/129/mine-peasure-bouvar-toni-ebel-generation-hirschfeld/ *Get in contact with Mine  if you want to read her article in Text Zu Kunst but it is not accessible to you Resources for further Learning: https://toni-ebel.de/perspektiven/?ref=wearequeeraf.com https://www.lesbengeschichte.org/bio_charlaque_d.html  Jules Gill-Peterson: "A Short History of Trans Misogyny" https://zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/genderkritischer-feminismus/ A Nazi Word for A Nazi Thing Thomas Ahbe: "Der DDR-Antifaschismus. Diskurse und Generationen – Kontexte und Identitäten. Ein Rückblick über 60 Jahre", Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Sachsen Till Kössler: "Die Grenzen der Demokratie. Antikommunismus als politiscische und gesellschaftliche Praxis in der frühen Bundesrepublik."  Till Kössler: "Kommunistische Verfolgungserfahrung, die Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (VVN) und die Frage der Wiedergutmachung" https://de.thefreedictionary.com/burschikos Ruehl Muller: "Building a People's Art. Selected Works of Truong Chinh and To Huu" (on Vietnamese Socialist Realism) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    1h 40m
  3. 09/24/2025 · BONUS

    Interview with Brandy Schillace

    Featured Guest: Brandy Schillace Website: https://brandyschillace.com/ Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/bschillace.brandyschillace.com/post/3lh26tx3ka22c Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/b_schillace/?hl=en Medium: https://medium.com/@brandy-schillace Peculiar Book Club Podcast: https://peculiarbookclub.com/all-podcast/ https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036319 Coming out Autistic Article  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coming-out-autistic/  Michael Dillon https://www.transgenderhistorymonth.com/tht/michael-dillon Discoveries about Dora Richter from the Lili Elbe Library and Clara Hartmann  https://lili-elbe.de/blog/2024/09/dora-lived/ https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.html https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mr-Humble-and-Dr-Butcher/Brandy-Schillace/9781982113780 The Great Courses Plus class: Unsolved Medical Mysteries: Explaining the Unexplainable https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unsolved-medical-mysteries-explaining-the-unexplainable Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com The Intermediaries A Weimar Story Dora ging nach Böhmen -RBB article where they talk about her bird friendsMr. Humble and Dr. Butcher A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul

    50 min
  4. 09/22/2025

    Interview with Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

    Featured Guest: Hannah Steinkopf-Frank website: https://www.hannahsteinkopf-frank.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hsteinkopffrank/?hl=en Idle hands Paris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idlehandsparis/?hl=en Sew you have a question newsletter https://sewyouhaveaquestion.substack.com/?r=bigr&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist Online digital archive of Berlin Lesbian Magazines: https://archiv.forummuenchen.org/sammlung/zeitschrift/ Queer Publishing article: https://daily.jstor.org/publishing-queer-berlin/ Lesbian Nun Article: https://daily.jstor.org/lesbianism-at-the-convent/ Charlotte Cushman Article: https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-shadow-of-the-jolly-bachelors/ June Thomas’s book “ A Place of Our Own” https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/64028022-9780349018966-a-place-of-our-own The oldest Pattern Hannah  has sewn:  https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wiki/Weldons_120 "Antiques Roadshow" segment  with the bat necklace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY83DkxoKFs Nicky Doll Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: https://www.out.com/drag/nicky-doll-drag-race-queens-paris-2024-olympics Paintings We Discuss https://berlinischegalerie.de/en/out-and-about/gertrude-sandmann/ https://www.bremenzwei.de/audios/kunst-kolumne-laserstein-100.html Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    41 min
  5. 09/21/2025

    Interview with Gail Prensky 

    Featured Guest: Gail Prensky Project Website https://www.judischekulturbund.com/ Donate to the Judische Kulturbund Project: https://www.judischekulturbund.com/support-and-sponsorship/ Theater J  https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/ The Last Dance of the Kulturbund https://www.judischekulturbund.com/project/the-last-dance-of-the-kulturbund/ Hannah's Dance  https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/ Hannah’s dance instagram  https://www.instagram.com/jk_hannahs_dance?igsh=MTR6dW1xazM5ZHR2bA== Hannah Kroner Segal’s interview:  https://youtu.be/eH7aAroJnkk?si=nOZdlhhrPB8u7JY9 Vatengesi : https://www.judischekulturbund.com/vatengesi-hannahs-dance/ Digital Stories : https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/ Shared Stories: https://www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/ With Love, Elio: https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe Kurt Singer: https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/de/politics-and-propaganda/third-reich/singer-kurt/ https://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/gedenktafeln/detail/kurt-singer/1204 Uri T0eplitz: https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/uri-toeplitz/ https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBe Charlotte Salomon https://jck.nl/en/theme/charlotte-salomon David Freidmann https://www.berlin.de/aktuell/ausgaben/2020/dezember/artikel.1024334.php Ernest Lenart  https://youtu.be/fv1pRj_xWJk?feature=shared Music and Plays Discussed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_the_Wise Symphony No 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Nielsen) Fidelio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio Symphony No 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler) Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication was produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/679738/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordp

    49 min
  6. 09/12/2025 · BONUS

    Ari Wolf Reads "Charlotte's Poem"

    Ari Wolf reads “Charlotte’s Poem” Featured Guest: Ari Wolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariadnewolf/?hl=en Charlotte’s Poem: www.ritualwell.org/ritual/charlottes-poem/ Ari’s Blog entry on the Jewish Women’s Archive https://jwa.org/blog/finding-strength-my-transcestor Charlotte Charlaque’s Jewish Women’s Archive entry: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/charlaque-charlotte Ari’s Medium Article:  https://rivka-88575.medium.com/finding-my-queer-heritage-324ab5985971 Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune  for more episodes to be published soon The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024 (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice. https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit https://www.stiftung-evz.de/ Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/679738/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.

    8 min
  7. 01/28/2025

    Interview with Regina Potomkina

    Featured Guest: Regina Potomkina Instagram*:https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en *Contact her via Instagram to purchase her works, dm with an offer! Dagesh Profile: https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en EDA feature: https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/ Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published in the coming weeks. The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    31 min
  8. Toni Ebel Audio Documentary

    11/30/2024

    Toni Ebel Audio Documentary

    Show website with full works cited - passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Featured Guest Experts Raimund Wolfert- Book on Charlotte Charlaque  Brandy Schillace -Website, Upcoming Book Dr. Jonah I. Garde Ari Wolf -Medium Article and JWA article on Charlaque Annelisa Leinbach- Website , Instagram  Regina Potomkina Instagram , Eda Magazine  Dr. Emily Evans  Mine Pleasure Bouvar Linktree , Instagram Mara P. Eliza Jane Coyle Yishay Garbasz- Website  Production and Writing Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising  by Rocket Loam  Huge thanks to Raimund Wolfert and Esra Paul Afken for their work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Ebel, and bringing her art and story into the lives and hearts of many So grateful to Clara Hartmann for her dedication and research to uncover Dora Richter’s story. Lili Elbe Library- Website, Instagram Thanks to Kai* Brust for making me aware of Ebel’s  file in the Landesarchiv, sharing research Ebel applied to use the name and for helping me write the text about her name change. An online exhibit they curated includes previously unpublished between Charlotte Charlaque and Toni Ebel can be viewed here - Spectrum of In_justice Research support Research assistance by the kind librarians and archivists at the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, Spinnboden, Schwules Musuem, ONE archive at USC, Anna Schultz at the  Akademie Der Kunst Kunstsammlung, Julia Nagel at the Stadt Musuem, The Judische Gemeinde Library,  Ladesarchiv, and Stadt Bibliotek. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jens Dobler,  a wonderful person who always greeted me with kindness at the archive and who’s work and research I relied upon when learning about queer bars and clubs before the Shoah and the May 10 book burning. May his memory be a blessing  Donate to the archiv zentrum!  https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v Music/Sounds Taffy Sunset  from the album Tales of the Diaspora  used with permission from the artist. You can Buy Tzipporah’s amazing music on Bandcamp. Links in shownotes.  “The Gallery" by Rae du Soleil used with permission from Artist  Played By Ear (Meaningless Rich World) by Jangwa From Free Music Archive  licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license   1 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0 from free music archive  is licensed under a Createive Commons 0 2 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0  from Free Music Archive  licensed under a Creative Commons 0. Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0 Special Thanks  To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration,  Boba for cute cat noises Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,   Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,  Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Rae du Soleil for the use of her powerful song the Gallery Listen and Support: Soundcloud, Instagram  Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.   Listen and support : bandcamp  ,  instagram , website,  linktree, spotify Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US in 2024 I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.  This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund

    2h 55m

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Learn More: www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists. Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists. Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible Spinnboden Demokratie In Der Mitte BMF EVZ