60 years ago today, the US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
In an interview with SWR, SCRIPTS Principal Investigator Jessica Gienow-Hecht assesses the significance of the former president for US society today and what his visit on 26 June 1963 means to German people in times of the cold war.

Jessica Gienow-Hecht previously wrote a SCRIPTS blog post about Kennedy's visit to Berlin and reflects on the meaning of the visit for language and the liberal script. If you are interested you can click here.