Paul Hockenos


Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based journalist. His recent book is Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin (The New Press).

Articles by Paul Hockenos
Ursula von der Leyen observes tanks engaged in military exercises at the Bundeswehr combat training center on January 28, 2014 in Letzlingen, Germany.
Ursula von der Leyen observes tanks engaged in military exercises at the Bundeswehr combat training center on January 28, 2014 in Letzlingen, Germany.
Ukrainian serviceman and police officers check the documents of a man in the center of Kyiv on April 25, 2024. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
Ukrainian serviceman and police officers check the documents of a man in the center of Kyiv on April 25, 2024. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
Herbert Kickl, parliamentary group leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), speaks during a protest against the official coronavirus restrictions, in Vienna on March 6, 2021.
Herbert Kickl, parliamentary group leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), speaks during a protest against the official coronavirus restrictions, in Vienna on March 6, 2021.
Supporters of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party gather on Markt square for an election campaign event for local AfD mayoral candidate Tim Lochner on July 11, 2023 in Pirna, Germany.
Supporters of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party gather on Markt square for an election campaign event for local AfD mayoral candidate Tim Lochner on July 11, 2023 in Pirna, Germany.
German federal police officer holds a sign "Hold Police" as he watches over cars arriving at the German-Polish border on September 10, 2024 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany.
German federal police officer holds a sign "Hold Police" as he watches over cars arriving at the German-Polish border on September 10, 2024 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany.
Right extremists attend a neo-Nazi rally on June 17, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany, where commemorations were held to remember the uprising in 1953 in the former east German Democratic Republic.
Right extremists attend a neo-Nazi rally on June 17, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany, where commemorations were held to remember the uprising in 1953 in the former east German Democratic Republic.
Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party in the state of Thuringia, greets supporters during an AfD summer fest and Thuringia state election campaign event on August 11, 2024 in Sonneberg, Germany.
Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party in the state of Thuringia, greets supporters during an AfD summer fest and Thuringia state election campaign event on August 11, 2024 in Sonneberg, Germany.
Rows of cars are seen from above.
Rows of cars are seen from above.
German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz chats with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the SPD national congress on December 8, 2023 in Berlin.
German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz chats with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the SPD national congress on December 8, 2023 in Berlin.
Protesters march past a vandalized European Election Banner of the German Social Democratic party SPD with an image of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and party top candidate Katarina Barley on May Day during the "Revolutionärer 1. Mai"  demonstration on May 1, 2024 in Berlin.
Protesters march past a vandalized European Election Banner of the German Social Democratic party SPD with an image of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and party top candidate Katarina Barley on May Day during the "Revolutionärer 1. Mai" demonstration on May 1, 2024 in Berlin.
The view from above a group of people as they lay on scorched, dry ground.
The view from above a group of people as they lay on scorched, dry ground.
A young boy attends people in traditional Bavarian costumes attend a parade on July 8, 2018 in Murnau, Germany.
A young boy attends people in traditional Bavarian costumes attend a parade on July 8, 2018 in Murnau, Germany.
Two men in suits hug in a crowd.
Two men in suits hug in a crowd.
A Ukrainian serviceman holds a MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems) "Stinger" anti-aircraft weapon as they scan for possible air targets, onboard a Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine boat as it patrols in the northwestern part of the Black Sea on December 18, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian serviceman holds a MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems) "Stinger" anti-aircraft weapon as they scan for possible air targets, onboard a Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine boat as it patrols in the northwestern part of the Black Sea on December 18, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
State flags of Russia and Transnistria fly close to the monument of the 18th-century Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov in Transnistria.
State flags of Russia and Transnistria fly close to the monument of the 18th-century Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov in Transnistria.