SPIEGEL founder Rudolf Augstein, charged with treason in 1962 and 103 days in custody
'Keine Angst vor der Wahrheit’ for DER SPIEGEL by thjnk.
Translated: 'Not afraid of the truth’.
It was the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris on 7 January 2015 that shockingly proved we found the right words, when we relaunched DER SPIEGEL the day after with a new claim after 40 years: Not afraid of the truth. The crossmedia campaign amplified their promise to be politically and economically independent and committed to no one, except their readers.
"It's about justice. It's about those who have no voice or are afraid to raise it."
“If we see you in the streets, we cut your throat.” from a letter to SPIEGEL reporter Hasnain Kazim
"If we manage to explain complex contexts accurately, maybe the world will become a little bit better."
"First, we don't believe anything." Dr. Hauke Janssen checks with his team of 70 people every word of every article.
"We can not just dive into people's lives, serve ourselves and leave."
"Even if it hurts: look at it. And even if it is tedious: write it down."
“The criminals have left Aleppo. They like to live.” Christoph Reuter, one of the last journalists in Syria
"It's not just letters. Books can be dangerous."
“The danger is that we get used to the war.“ Christian Neef has been reporting for over 30 years from Russia
