Marion Kraske

Berlin, Vienna, Sarajevo

Journalist and Political Analyst, Former Director of the Heinrich Böll (BiH).

Marion Kraske began her career as a journalist with the German Press Agency, (dpa),  before she switched to the German News Magazine “Der Spiegel” where she worked for nine years at the Foreign Desk. From 2005 to 2009, Kraske was the director of the Spiegel-office in Vienna covering the Western Balkans. Her research focus was on NS-history, reconciliation, right-wing extremism and state- and nation building processes.

From 2015 to 2021, Kraske served as the director of the Heinrich Böll office in Sarajevo, responsible for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania. She now works as a political analyst in Germany.