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House of the people - Bucharest
On a guided tour of the "House of the People" in Bucharest, the guide told us of a million square meters of marble, 35,000 tons of crystal; a carpet measuring 600 square meters and weighing almost two tons, woven on site; and the desire to make the building visible from space. A young couple, Romanians now living in Canada, asked angrily: "Why don't you tell us what existed here previously?" To build the "House of the People," entire neighborhoods were torn down, and more tha
Noam Holdegreber
Dec 11, 20251 min read


The birthplace of my traumas
This is the birthplace of the traumas that formed me. I wander among fears, memories, and nostalgia that aren't mine. Yash — my mother called it Yassi; my father didn’t call it anything at all — he had no reminiscences and no longings. Between the colorful Roma women who still sell fruit and flowers, and the courtyard of the police station where the pogrom took place, magnificent theaters and churches, tram cars that seem to date from that era, and the terror that someone mig
Noam Holdegreber
Dec 11, 20252 min read


Justice & ice cream
At the International Court of Justice in The Hague, a little justice was done, if not inside the courthouse, at least in front of it. The...
Noam Holdegreber
Sep 10, 20242 min read


On the border of life & death
In Berlin and Munich, old cemeteries are turned into parks, sometimes with a cafe, sometimes a playground. The dead give the living a...
Noam Holdegreber
Sep 9, 20241 min read


Knitting with my mother knots
My mother sat for hours on end on the other side of the mesh fence, counting "eyes", losing "eyes", processing thoughts, muttering to...
Noam Holdegreber
Jul 22, 20241 min read


Looking for the voice of the one who goes on this journey
I am looking for the voice of the one who goes on this journey, but perhaps it is the voice that goes on a journey and the body trails...
Noam Holdegreber
May 3, 20242 min read
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