Cornelia Funke: For too long she thought Germany was immune to “every right-wing virus” Now she is drawing conclusions. “Have our stories told too little about the fact that everything, simply everything, is so much easier with each other instead of against each other? Have we talked too rarely about heroes who speak a different language, look different, believe different things than we do?” Funke is working with a young Syrian woman on her report about her family's escape from Aleppo.