The Esterwegen Memorial Site, an information and documentation centre on the concentration camps in the Emsland region of Germany, was inaugurated at the end of October 2011.More ...
For her exhibition, “Fremde im Visier – Fotoalben aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg”, Petra Bopp has produced an accompanying catalogue, that is as remarkable as it is harrowing.More ...
The Internet has radically changed the way we live. Our perception of historical events is also changing due to the impact of the digital media.More ...
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation is digitalising the photographic work of the distinguished Bonn journalist Josef Heinrich Darchinger. A newly established department in the Foundation’s archives is ensuring that the valuable material from the days of analogue photography will be preserved for future generations.More ...
Is history only subjective memory? What importance do the media have for history, and what is the task of historical scholarship? The historian Prof. Hans Mommsen responds to these and other questions in an interview with Richard Lamers.More ...
Ralf Meyer's photo documentation, Architektonische Nachhut (i.e. architectural rear guard) illuminates the present in buildings that were either built by the Nazis, or taken over by them. By Elisabeth SchwiontekMore ...
