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Weihnachten 1945: Berlin's first Christmas in the ruins
Rubble, longing, and stubborn hope.
Dec 25, 2025
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November 2025
What if it were burnout?
Germany—stuck in its debates, uncertain about everything, pessimistic and almost resigned. Is there a way out of what looks very much like collective…
Nov 30, 2025
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October 2025
Learning from Ukraine: Karl Schlögel’s Peace Prize Speech and Europe’s Moral Wake-Up Call
Historian Karl Schlögel, winner of the 2025 Peace Prize, urges Europe to learn from Ukraine's courage and reject a "peace" built on fear, trade-offs…
Oct 21, 2025
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We will dance again
Watch now | An exhibition on the Nova Music Festival massacre, marking two years since October 7th — and a beacon of hope now coming to life.
Oct 9, 2025
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Air, light, sunshine and lots of greenery: Berlin's dream of housing for all
IN PICTURES A tour of Berlin's suburbs, where the Weimar Republic realised its dream of healthy housing, combining architectural innovation…
Oct 3, 2025
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September 2025
When Bullets Speak Louder than Ballots: Weimar Lessons for the Present Times
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK WITH EXTRA MATERIALS | Political Assassinations and the Erosion of Democracy: 1920s Europe to 2025.
Sep 22, 2025
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Brecht's Children's Anthem: The Shadow Anthem of a Better Germany
During every German anniversary—whether it's about the Wall, Unity or the Constitution—the divide between east and west reveals itself in symbols that…
Sep 8, 2025
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Giacomo Casanova: The Twilight of a Man and the Birth of a Myth
Without the final thirteen years of his life spent in a remote Bohemian castle, the Casanova myth would never have emerged. A tale of a human twilight…
Sep 3, 2025
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August 2025
Very Symbolic, Very Concrete, Very Disputed: Israel as German "Staatsräson"
From post-war reparations to semi-covert arms deals, from memory politics to identity struggles — Israel's place in Germany's Reason of State is…
Aug 22, 2025
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Jew Süss: The Many Lives and Deaths of Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer
From novellas and theatrical plays to a 1925 literary masterpiece and a 1940 Nazi propaganda film, the true legacy of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, executed…
Aug 8, 2025
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July 2025
Potsdam 1945: The Seventeen Days That Shaped the Post-War Order
In July 1945, the three Allied powers met in Potsdam near Berlin to shape the post-war world. Their decisions redrew Europe's map, laid Cold War…
Jul 23, 2025
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Srebrenica: where were we all, when it happened?
11-17 July 1995: the Srebrenica massacre. Europe's darkest week and its devastating legacy. A genocide, a thirty-year funeral procession, surrounded by…
Jul 11, 2025
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