The scientific investigation of Soviet state terror in the 1930s almost always and almost inevitably leads to the question why this terror existed at all. It seems senseless and unpredictable and therefore completely incomprehensible.

German-Chinese Relations up to the 20th Century

Excerpt from my last book "Transformation in Mongolia. Miscellanies from Politics, History, Society, Economy and Culture" („Transformation in der Mongolei. Miszellen aus Politik, Geschichte, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur“), =Berliner Mongolei-Studien, LIT-Verlag, Berlin 2022.