"We will prevent that"

Two university presidents and one university president on the authoritarian overthrow in the USA, threats to freedom of science in Germany and the question of how state-funded universities can defend themselves against a loss of democracy. Ute Clement (top) is president of the University of Kassel; Angela Ittel (bottom right) is president of the TU Braunschweig; Peter Benz (bottom left) is president of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Photos: Son…