The book about the night that moved Germany and the entire world. Cologne has become a symbol of culture shock. The whole world is asking: What really happened on New Year's Eve? Alice Schwarzer has meticulously researched the ten hours during which the train station square was a lawless zone. She analyzes how this came to be and draws connections from the train station square in Cologne to Tahrir Square in Cairo and to Khomeini's Iran. She criticizes the false tolerance towards politicized Islam. Alexandra Eul researched the consequences for women. Two Algerians also speak of a "Tahrir Square in Cologne": writer Kamel Daoud and sociologist Marieme Hélie-Lucas. Turkish-German Necla Kelek calls for a reform of Islamic family law. Islamic scholar Rita Breuer analyzes the fatal role of the Central Council of Muslims.