October 2018 - Page 3

New wave of young Vietnamese in Leipzig

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From the 1950s-80s, it had been common practice for the GDR to bring in students from fellow socialist Vietnam as foreign aid, and to fill gaps in the labor market. This practice has carried over into a reunited Germany, where prosperity and longevity have brought labor shortages of their own.

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Our children won’t save the (green) world

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"No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced." - David Attenborough

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Literary autumn arrives at Baileo

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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Leipzig-Houston City Sisterhood, this year's Leipziger Literarischer Herbst includes multicultural literary events such as The Windrose of Dreams and Bridges of (Com)passion. @ Baileo - Tanzpassion Leipzig, with support from The Leipzig Glocal.

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Mors certa, hora incerta: a poem

The clock is inexorable. What (random) memories do we keep?

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