Carla Hinrichs liest aus »Meine verletzte Generation« (Bremen liest!)

Carla Hinrichs is still asleep when a SWAT team storms her apartment, citing Section 129 of the German Criminal Code (StGB). The charge: forming a criminal organization, “Letzte Generation.” The law student from Bremen, who advocates for the state to uphold the law, now finds herself on trial for doing just that. This book is a harrowing testimony to how deeply our democracy has been wounded and an urgent appeal to actively exercise our fundamental rights time and again—as long as we still have them.

This is not about the climate crisis. This is about democracy and the autocratization of our state. And about Section 129 of the German Criminal Code (StGB). A law intended to empower the public prosecutor’s office in the fight against terrorism and the mafia, yet one that is being abused to suppress fundamental rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. The charges against Carla Hinrichs and Letzte Generation thus set a precedent against civil society. For while their protests have always been nonviolent, they now face the threat of imprisonment. In a gripping, emotional, and stirring account, Carla Hinrichs tells the story of a politically active young woman and one of the most controversial movements of the past decade.

Carla Hinrichs

Carla Hinrichs, born in 1997, is a climate activist and author. She grew up in Bremen and was politically active with Amnesty International during her school years. In 2015, she began studying law, continuing her studies until she passed her first state exam. But the climate crisis intervened. Starting in 2022, she became involved with Letzte Generation, appeared as a guest on talk shows, spoke at panel discussions, and provided on-site commentary on the protests.