Tag: German history
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:…
Suffrage and arbitrariness: The perfect revolution
The traffic light is currently trying to bowl the CSU out of the party landscape. That’s either callous – or oblivious to history. source site
Markt Swabian historian talks about war through the ages – Ebersberg
cultural history : “War has always been synonymous with suffering” Feb 24, 2023 10:03 p.m Reading time: 6 mins Open detailed view The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle…
Bavarian State Library puts photos from the “Stern” archive online – media
Part of the photos from the archive of the magazine star can now be viewed online. Under www.stern-fotoarchiv.de the Bavarian State Library announced on Tuesday that the first 250,000 images…
Munich: Kalas Liebfried deals musically with Bismarck. – Munich
In the video you can actually see Bismarck falling. The former German Chancellor shatters into pieces on the ground, then reassembles as a 3D figure, only to explode as a…
Exhibition “Roads not Taken” in the German Historical Museum Berlin – Culture
Of Gustav Seibt The Federal President’s speech had already been written. “My dear German compatriots on both sides of the demarcation line, soldiers of the Bundeswehr. Peace is in extreme…
Where the legions stayed – knowledge
Where a violent crime occurs, the victim is usually identified. Forensic investigations primarily aim to identify the perpetrator or perpetrators. In Kalkriese, a small area near Osnabrück, however, things are…