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Sachsenhausen 1: the ‘Geometry of Total Terror’
History Student Fieldtrip to Germany, July 2011 The gateway to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Photo: Pete Driscoll As we walked through the gates of the former concentation camp Sachsenhausen on the outskirts of Berlin, under the obscene slogan `Through Work, Freedom’ … Continue reading
Berlin Notes: Weimar Cinema comes home
History Student Fieldtrip to Germany, July 2011 Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz, Home to the German Cinematheque. Photograph: Caitlin Freitag. Twenty years ago, the Potsdamer Platz was Europe’s biggest building site. While the Berlin Wall was in place, the square was … Continue reading
History through a Lens – German Film
History Student Fieldtrip to Germany, July 2011 Visit to the Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen (German Cinematheque – Museum for Film and Television) Along with history, film has always been one of my greatest passions. One of … Continue reading
Shifting Perspectives: Berlin’s Jewish Museum
History Student Fieldtrip to Germany, July 2011 Axes of Jewish Experience. Photo: Pete Driscoll. The axes of experience at the beginning of Daniel Libeskind’s controversial annex to the Jewish Museum in Berlin disorientate the visitor. They are below ground and … Continue reading
Aufarbeitung – a new word for history
History Student Fieldtrip to Germany, July 2011 Visiting the Foundation for the ‘Aufarbeitung’ of the SED Dictatorship With Dr Ulrich Maehlert (far right): Gary Brady, Pete Driscoll, Huw Edwards, Ceri Carter, Linda Graham, Dave Pennell, Jonathan Durrant, Kirsty Pullin, Norry … Continue reading
Student Trip to Germany
The History Division has won funding from the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) to bring a group of second-year students on an educational tour of Germany this summer. Fifteen students will visit Berlin, Munich and Nuertingen to learn more about … Continue reading
He who controls the past…
The Politics of the Past: How Germany forgot its most prominent communist leader Norry Laporte Over the last couple of years, Glamorgan historian Dr Norry LaPorte has been working with Hamburg curator Sabine Brunotte & Central German TV (MDR), which … Continue reading
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Panzers in Pembrokeshire?
Cold War Wales and the Labour Party Why did a Labour government send British soldiers to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan? According to Glamorgan’s Norry LaPorte, the Labour Party’s development since the 1980s has brought supporters of ‘realpolitik’ to the … Continue reading
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Politics of Memory in Germany
Remembering Ernst Thälmann: Antifascist or Stalin’s Henchman? The politics of memory may not have been an explicit theme in Sunday’s German elections. But for the Brandenburg village of Borkwalde, like the rest of the former communist east, the nationwide success … Continue reading
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Making History in Berlin
Dave, Kirsty and Katie follow the traces of the Berlin Wall How do we remember and discuss the past? It’s a complicated question for any society, and nowhere more than in Germany. Germans are already preparing for the extraordinary ‘constellation … Continue reading →