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Allegra Mercedes Pirker

Freelance journalist

Allegra Mercedes Pirker is a freelance journalist based in Vienna, where she studied German, journalism and contemporary history. After spending a semester in Rotterdam and doing internships at ARTE, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Kurier, Allegra is now writing for DER STANDARD, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Online, FAZ Woche and DATUM. From January to April 2020 she will work at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tel Aviv.

Photo: © Allegra Mercedes Pirker

Last profile update: 28 April 2020

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The horror of Vučjak

How those who have fled to the Bosnia-Croatia border survive among mines, wolves, scabies and beatings

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