SMALL STATE BUT BIG QUESTIONS

Victor Grossman – 16. Juni 2021

BERLIN BULLETIN NO. 190

A week ago Saxony-Anhalt voted! The media prediction – a neck-and-neck race – was cock-eyed! But outside Sachsen-Anhalt (in German),  did anyone really give a damn? Yes, some did!

It’s sandwiched along the Elbe River between “genuine” Saxony to the southeast, with Dresden and Leipzig, and Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) to the west, which has Volkswagen. And what has it got?

Tons of history,mostly German. Bach spent his happiest years in little Köthen, whose music-loving ruler-prince played in his ensemble....