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Widerstand in der DDR; © Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft

The Robert Havemann Society: Remembering Forgotten Heroes

In 2009 part of the Alexanderplatz in Berlin was transformed into an exhibition space.More ...
Construction of the wall 1961 – people in front of the wall Cop.: Picture-Alliance

Was Adenauer an East German? – Young People’s Knowledge of the GDR

Only one in two schoolchildren in Germany knows which year the Wall was built.More ...
School students at the Point Alpha memorial place near Geisa (Wartburg district); Copyright: picture-alliance/ dpa

History, an Eye-Opening Experience – Young People Search for Clues about the Past

Every two years, the results of the Federal President's history competition repeatedly show that young people are able to find a personal link to history. By Dagmar Giersberg More ...
`Zug der Erinnerung´(i.e. train of remembrance); Copyright: Zug der Erinnerung

"Train of Remembrance" – Deportations of Children and Adolescents during the Third Reich

More than 12,000 children and adolescents were deported by the National Socialists.More ...
Accompanying Book to the Exhibition `Myths of the Nations´ in the German Historical Museum, Berlin; Copyright: Verlag Philipp von Zabern

History Exhibitions - On the Construction of Reality

Historical exhibitions are in vogue. Lavishly done and well visited, they are formative of the construction of historical reality. By Monika Flacke More ...
AWO vocational school in Lübbenau, Brandenburg, where pupils and teachers took part in `Democracy Day´ with a sign reading: `How did it come to that? Stop the abuse of history.´ Copyright: picture-alliance/ ZB

The History of Nazi Germany: A Way to Learn Democracy?

High school history classes on the Holocaust are caught up in a triangle between the "politics of memory", the generation gap and the changed ethnic composition of the student body. By Gottfried KößlerMore ...
Example Pages 30/31; Copyright: Ernst Klett Verlag

Shared History? The Franco-German High School History Book

By Verena RadkauMore ...
Deutsch-franzoesischer Tag, Januar 2006 in Toulouse; Copyright: OFAJ/DFJW

Youth Exchange Programs – Intercultural learning in the interests of reconciliation

After the end of the Second World War youth exchange programs were particularly encouraged in Europe. In the united Europe of today they make a substantial contribution to bringing member states closer together.More ...