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First of all, I looked for Hartz (sic!). Not the beautiful landscape east of Göttingen and west of Halle, but the name of one of the top managers of Volkswagen. Former top manager, that is to say. He masterminded harsh social sanctions on long‐time unemployed people, inspiring former chancellor Schröder to turn the system of the welfare state inside out. Hartz lost his job, however, in the course of scandal around unspecified travel expenses including services that have come to be labelled as “escorting”.

Hartz did not take me anywhere. Yet I came across something unheard of in...

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