Dr. Christoph von Marschall at Frankfurt university.

Christoph von Marschall draws huge crowd for lecture on Barack Obama
January 30, 2008. The U.S. Consulate General, the Hesse Center for political Education, the Center for North American Studies and the Swiss publisher Orell Füssli invited Dr. Christoph von Marschall, the U.S. correspondent of the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, to give a lecture on "Barack Obama - The Black Kennedy" at Frankfurt University's Campus Westend. Von Marschall had accompanied Obama during parts of his campaign for Democratic nominee for the presidential election 2008 and had just published the first biography in German of Barack Obama. Von Marschall impressed almost 250 guests with many new insights into Obama's biography, personality and political stature. An expert on the intricacies of the U.S. election system and on the changing mood of the American electorate, he also offered fascinating analyses of the status and prospects of the ongoing primaries and various scenarios for the outcome of the election campaign. Multimedia

(l. to. r.) Consul General Powell, Christoph von Marschall and Peter Badenhop (FAZ)

U.S. Consul General Jo Ellen Powell hosted a luncheon at her residence in honor of Dr. Christoph von Marschall. Von Marschall involved representatives of business, government, and media in an inspiring discussion of Barack Obama as a person and politician and of the ongoing primary elections in the United States.