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Retreat for Democracy

Report from Undine Nami Bissmeiet

Oct 17, 2025
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(Fotos: Wiebke Knoke)

On the last weekend of August 2025, I invited several Peacemakers to Weimar and Buchenwald for a Democracy Dharma Retreat. Since my first visit 10 years ago, I have repeatedly noticed a paradoxical tension between these two places during my visits in subsequent years.

Weimar is a city that stands for classical German culture. Bach, G…

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