Three decades after reunification, Germany is again debating differences between East and West. The Treuhand is a symbol. Historians could help by shaping new perspectives and narratives.
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To Conceptually Grasp the Dictatorships of the 20th Century
Although adolescents label the GDR as a repressive and undemocratic system, the classification as a dictatorship is clearly less decided. This is less founded…
Illuminating Berlin – looking back in the year 25
A quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this historic event was commemorated by a celebration, held in Berlin last month and greeted with great acclaim by the general public and the media alike: the “Border of Lights.” …
Musealisierte Zeitzeugen. Ein Dilemma
Einst lockte die Aura dreidimensionaler Objekte Flaneure in Museen und Ausstellungen. Doch gerade im Feld der Zeitgeschichte wandeln sich die Musentempel von Orten der ästhetischen Erfahrung zu mediatisierten Erzählräumen,… Read More ›
Der „späte Sieg der Diktaturen“ – Resultat ergebnisoffenen Unterrichts?
„Surely a grade of 33 in 100 on the simplest and most obvious facts of American history is not a record in which any high school can take pride.“… Read More ›