November 2012 – The Needle: Berlin

Berlin and German Politics

Joseph Pearson 10/11/201223/06/2018

The Crisis From Berlin

It’s with relief that I return to Berlin from disheartening trips around Europe, but I also come back angry. The

Berlin History

Joseph Pearson 04/11/201223/06/2018

Nazi Resistors: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Zionskirche

At the age of 25, in 1931, Dietrich Bonhoeffer became the vicar of the Protestant Zionskirche in Berlin Mitte. What

Joseph Pearson is a writer and historian based in Berlin. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He published a second book, My Grandfather’s Knife, about how everyday objects tell World War Two stories, in 2022. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. He works at New York University, Berlin, and at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. For professional inquiries please contact his agency, Peters Fraser Dunlop, email him directly joseph [AT] cantab.net, or visit his professional website: josephpearson.ca