Sabine Rennefanz and Marlen Hobrack in Conversation: *Eisenkinder: The Silent Anger of the Post-Reunification Generation*

When the Wall fell, she was 15 years old and thus belonged to the same generation as the NSU murderers. In 2011, deeply affected by the confession videos of Böhnhardt, Mundlos, and Zschäpe and spurred by the prejudices in the East-West debate, Rennefanz embarks on a reflective search for traces, patterns, and connections—for a sense of home and for the identity of her generation: the “Iron Children.”

Sabine Rennefanz, born in Beeskow in 1974, works as a journalist for publications including *Der Spiegel*, *Tagesspiegel*, and Radio 1. She was a long-time editor at the *Berliner Zeitung* and has been awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize and the German Reporter Prize for her reports and essays. In 2013, her bestseller *Eisenkinder. The Silent Anger of the Reunification Generation.” This was followed in 2015 by the novel “My Mother’s Mother,” in 2019 by “Mother on the Go: Between Baby and Career,” and in 2022 by “Women and Children Last: How Crises Challenge Social Justice.”

Marlen Hobrack, born in 1986 in Bautzen, studied literature, culture, and media studies and initially worked at a management consulting firm. Since 2016, she has been writing full-time for publications including *der Freitag*, *Zeit Online*, *Die Welt*, and *Der Spiegel*. In her two nonfiction books, *Klassenbeste* and *Erbgut*, she explores her mother’s life and issues of social background and justice. In 2023, she made her debut as a novelist with *Schrödinger’s Grrrl*.