Although adolescents label the GDR as a repressive and undemocratic system, the classification as a dictatorship is clearly less decided. This is less founded…
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“Landshut”–History, Up in the Airplane
On October 13, 1977, four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Lufthansa aircraft “Landshut”[1] on its flight from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt am Main.
The Reformation Jubilee. A Polemic
Unconcerned minds may fall prey to the idea – quite appropriate for a first intuition – that the Reformation jubilee has something to do with historical reassessment.
Remembering in Dresden 2017
The bombing of Dresden in 1945 has been interpreted as a barbarian destruction of an “innocent city” – until today. The “Monument” by the Syrian-German artist, M. Halbouni, challenges this remembrance.
The Downfall?! Can History Teaching Still Be Saved?
“When historical dates are meaningless in history lessons” – this is the headline of a polemic article “Die Welt” has recently published to argue against the new history curriculum in Saxony-Anhalt.
History on Stage: News from History Theater
One particular field has, until now, been omitted: history theater. Here, the simulation of the past encounters its deconstruction–therefore it should become a field of research for public history.
A “Ballfahrtsort”. The German Football Museum
For more than a year now, there is a national football museum in Germany, a “Ballfahrtsort”. This new institution of German Public History combines many things that could be considered to be symptomatic for our current times…
Local History Knowledge instead of Regional Folklore
The question about the relevance and applicability of historical knowledge becomes particularly urgent in the context of local history and regional history.