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True crime night Berlin Schlossparktheater
Event by: Conquisitio Veritatis
Location: Die Wühlmäuse, Pommernallee 2-4, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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Experience first hand the gripping cases of a criminal defense attorney who specializes in female murderers.
"An absolute must for true crime fans! Repulsive and fascinating at the same time. Ice cold and heartwarming."
Bartel not only reports on the cases he defended himself, he takes his listeners on a journey through such a mandate, lets them look behind the curtain and take part in what the work of a criminal defense attorney is makes up.
Close your eyes. You are sitting opposite a woman, a friendly, courteous, loving mother of two children. She suffocated her newborn. Another day. A man. They talk to him about Bach and Bruckner and the Russian Romantics. Then you open the files and look at the pictures of the bodies of two women. He cut their throats. Imagine having to breathe the same air with this person after looking at these pictures, spending time in the same room, talking to them, listening to them, believing them, defending them with every means of art in court, in public, in the press. Would you do it? And if so, could you do it?
And now imagine that this is not a made-up plot, but pure reality. Don't you think so?
Then “Welcome!” in the world of Veikko Bartel. Bartel plays with the reader, pushes him to the limits, shows him the extent of the evil. This is really about the cases. Not about the defense strategy, not about the verdict or the trial (at least not primarily), just about the how and the ever-hovering why... All in all, Murderers is a book that I find very easy to read, but will certainly push some readers to a certain limit. That's okay, because unlike in the courtroom, you can simply close the book and continue reading later. Because as frightening as the cases are, curiosity will win out and you'll want to read on. The book will push some readers to the limits of their imagination, to the limits of their emotions. But the book may also make some readers rethink that not everything is as it seems at first glance.
"Bartel not only describes the crimes and what lies behind them, but he also gives a deep insight into his work as a criminal defense lawyer. And it is this perspective that distinguishes the book from so many other crime accounts," (Berliner Morgenpost)
"Schirach's short stories seem like lapidary children's fairy tales compared to Bartel's stories.", (Maurice Feiel – Between the Lines)
"An absolute must for true crime fans! Repulsive and fascinating at the same time. Ice cold and heartwarming."
Bartel not only reports on the cases he defended himself, he takes his listeners on a journey through such a mandate, lets them look behind the curtain and take part in what the work of a criminal defense attorney is makes up.
Close your eyes. You are sitting opposite a woman, a friendly, courteous, loving mother of two children. She suffocated her newborn. Another day. A man. They talk to him about Bach and Bruckner and the Russian Romantics. Then you open the files and look at the pictures of the bodies of two women. He cut their throats. Imagine having to breathe the same air with this person after looking at these pictures, spending time in the same room, talking to them, listening to them, believing them, defending them with every means of art in court, in public, in the press. Would you do it? And if so, could you do it?
And now imagine that this is not a made-up plot, but pure reality. Don't you think so?
Then “Welcome!” in the world of Veikko Bartel. Bartel plays with the reader, pushes him to the limits, shows him the extent of the evil. This is really about the cases. Not about the defense strategy, not about the verdict or the trial (at least not primarily), just about the how and the ever-hovering why... All in all, Murderers is a book that I find very easy to read, but will certainly push some readers to a certain limit. That's okay, because unlike in the courtroom, you can simply close the book and continue reading later. Because as frightening as the cases are, curiosity will win out and you'll want to read on. The book will push some readers to the limits of their imagination, to the limits of their emotions. But the book may also make some readers rethink that not everything is as it seems at first glance.
"Bartel not only describes the crimes and what lies behind them, but he also gives a deep insight into his work as a criminal defense lawyer. And it is this perspective that distinguishes the book from so many other crime accounts," (Berliner Morgenpost)
"Schirach's short stories seem like lapidary children's fairy tales compared to Bartel's stories.", (Maurice Feiel – Between the Lines)