Reading and discussion with Jakob Hein "How Grischa almost triggered world peace with a bold idea" moderated by Nils Kaben, ZDF journalist
"Wie Grischa mit einer verwegenen Idee beinahe den Weltfrieden auslösen" was published by Galiani Verlag Berlin in spring 2025.
His boss would never have dreamed that Grischa, of all people, this shy assistant to the planning commission, would be prone to subversion and come up with an - admittedly - rather ingenious plan to provide their ailing store with a new, surprisingly good source of finance. Whereby 'store' in this case stands for an entire country.
Perhaps it was because Grischa has a somewhat idiosyncratic taste in movies, in which American drug mafia thrillers intersect with socialist heroic epics?
In any case, Grisha's boss can't stop being amazed, and all sorts of old ministers in the Central Committee are amazed with him. Shortly afterwards, however, the West Berlin police chief was most astonished when tumultuous scenes took place at the Invalidenstrasse border crossing, on the wrong (!) side. Hundreds of young people wanted to cross over to the East, as if magic were involved. When the government in Bonn gets wind of this, the situation becomes precarious.
But then the East makes the West an offer it can't refuse!
Jakob Hein works as a psychiatrist. He has published numerous books, including Mein erstes T-Shirt (2001), Herr Jensen steigt aus (2006), Wurst und Wahn (2011), Kaltes Wasser (2016) and Die Orient-Mission des Leutnant Stern (2018). His book Hypochondriacs Live Longer and Other Good News from My Psychiatric Practice (2020) was on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for weeks after its publication. His novel Der Hypnotiseur oder Nie so glücklich wie im Reich der Gedanken was published in spring 2022. Jakob Hein is also co-editor of Chismon.
