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
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.
New electric cars for sale are seen parked at a distribution center of the Changan automobile company in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on March 24, 2024.
New electric cars for sale are seen parked at a distribution center of the Changan automobile company in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on March 24, 2024.
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.
Party members and supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the state of Thuringia attend a political gathering in Pfiffelbach, Germany, on Feb. 14.
Party members and supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the state of Thuringia attend a political gathering in Pfiffelbach, Germany, on Feb. 14.
Zuzana Caputova, a candidate in upcoming Slovak presidential elections, leaves a campaign meeting with citizens in Dunajska Streda on March 7, 2019.
Zuzana Caputova, a candidate in upcoming Slovak presidential elections, leaves a campaign meeting with citizens in Dunajska Streda on March 7, 2019.
AfD demonstrators holding German flags gather at the main station in Berlin to attend the "demonstration for the future of Germany" called by the far-right AfD in Berlin on May 27, 2018.
AfD demonstrators holding German flags gather at the main station in Berlin to attend the "demonstration for the future of Germany" called by the far-right AfD in Berlin on May 27, 2018.
Tractors are lined up ahead of Brandenburg Gate.
Tractors are lined up ahead of Brandenburg Gate.
The AfD logo is pictured during the European Election Assembly of German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) at the fair grounds in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on August 5, 2023.
The AfD logo is pictured during the European Election Assembly of German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) at the fair grounds in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on August 5, 2023.
Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) member Frans Timmermans gestures on stage during the last campaign meeting of GroenLinks/PvdA in Patronaat music hall in Haarlem on November 19, 2023.
Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) member Frans Timmermans gestures on stage during the last campaign meeting of GroenLinks/PvdA in Patronaat music hall in Haarlem on November 19, 2023.