This book contains an interview conducted in Brussels on September 15, 2025, with Michael von der Schulenburg, as well as an open letter to Pax Christi regarding the bishops' position on conscription.
This book contains an interview conducted in Brussels on 15 September 2025 with Michael von der Schulenburg, as well as an open letter from my interview partner to Pax Christi, in which he discusses, among other things, the stance of the German bishops on achieving the so-called war readiness of the Bundeswehr. My interlocutor served 34 years of his life with the United Nations, including as an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and as a lead negotiator in peace missions. Today, Michael von der Schulenburg is a Member of the European Parliament and a committed opponent of war.
Heinz Michael Vilsmeier (EN)
The political scientist and religious educator reported from crisis areas in Latin America in the 1980s. He trained as a systems analyst and founded a company in Berlin for the development of industrial control systems and database-based application programs for processing medical patient data. For several years now, Vilsmeier has worked exclusively as a freelance journalist, blogger, and author. As part of his journalistic work, he interviews people from all social spheres. The author was chairman of the party DIE LINKE for three years in the Niederbayern Mitte district and has been active again in the peace movement since leaving the party.
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