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
Abstract: Once the aura of three-dimensional objects attracted strollers to museums and exhibitions. But it is precisely in the field of contemporary history that the temples of the muses are… Read More ›
Der „späte Sieg der Diktaturen“ – Resultat ergebnisoffenen Unterrichts?
Abstract: „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… Read More ›