Tag: German history
Contemporary witness Hanna Zimmermann about the Nazi dictatorship: painful memories of the ghetto and concentration camp – Munich
Hanna Zimmermann sits quietly on the podium in the Evangelical City Academy. An attractive old lady wearing a beret, silk scarf, white blouse and beige cardigan. She will talk about…
Persecution in the Nazi dictatorship: Contemporary witness Hanna Zimmermann – tormenting memories of the ghetto and concentration camps – Munich
Hanna Zimmermann sits quietly on the podium in the Evangelical City Academy. An attractive old lady wearing a beret, silk scarf, white blouse and beige cardigan. She will talk about…
Middle East Conflict: How the Germans View Israel – Politics
A group of young people sits on a street near the Foreign Office in Berlin. Many wear caps, hoodies or sneakers. They chant “Free Palestine from German guilt,” while clapping…
Munich: Neuaubing forced labor camp – a contemporary witness returns – Munich
The Dutchman Teunis van Houwelingen had to work as a forced laborer in Neuaubing during the Nazi era at the age of 18 – he only told his family about…
Arte theme evening: glorified resistance and dreams of Europe – media
Even if you don’t tend to bash the big public broadcasters: On some Swedish Metzel crime thriller or Rosamunde Pilcher sweetener evenings, you still like to switch to Arte, where…
Great moment in the history of democracy – Bavaria
75 years ago, experts on the island of Herrenchiemsee began drafting the Basic Law. It only took 14 days to get a result that Germany can still be proud of…
Historian Norbert Frei in the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation – Culture
Since the Munich Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation fired its managing director Marcel Lepper without notice in February after a year in office, there has been a kind of vacuum…
Archeology: The Last Intact Roman Rail Armor – Knowledge
The iron parts are corroded, but their function is clearly recognizable. The buckles with which the wearer fastens them in front of the chest look as if they are still…
audio edition "The sources speak": The legacy
With the final season of “The Sources Speak”, BR concludes its outstanding audio project about the persecution and murder of European Jews. source site
Olympic assassination: The historian Michael Brenner should clarify – Munich
Michael Brenner is one of the few world-class German historians. Now he was appointed to a commission to look through files on the 1972 Olympics and to answer the question:…