»Nein sagen« Matthias Brandt im Gespräch mit Ruth Hoffmann

In *Saying No* (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Matthias Brandt, a bestselling author (“Blackbird”) and one of the country’s most distinctive actors, recalls the women and men behind the attempted coup of July 20, 1944—and his parents, Rut and Willy Brandt, who stood up to the Nazis. The book is based on his impressive speech delivered on July 20, 2025, at the Plötzensee Memorial and explores what resistance means today—in the face of right-wing extremism and a democracy under pressure. Historian and journalist Ruth Hoffmann was nominated for the German Nonfiction Prize in 2024 for *Das deutsche Alibi*; in *Raubzug von rechts* (both published by Goldmann), she shows how the far right hijacks democratic concepts such as freedom and resistance. A conversation about history, stance, and the moment when silence is no longer an option.