Wieland Giebel (b. 1950) is an author, editor of numerous works on contemporary history, and co-founder of the Berlin Story Bunker. His goal is to document history not from behind a desk, but directly on the ground.
For his latest book, *The Battle for Kyiv*, he traveled to Ukraine twelve times during the war most recently to Odessa in September 2026. There, he conducted 50 in-depth interviews with eyewitnesses, civilians, and soldiers who experienced the first Russian attack on February 24, 2022. Together with Enno Lenze, he developed and produced internationally acclaimed exhibitions, including the Ukraine Museum at the Berlin Story Bunker, as well as Hitler How Could It Have Happened and Germany Today.
