Learning from History
Two old men wearing the neck scarves of concentration camp inmates at the opening of the exhibition 'Preserving the memory. Slave-labourers and forced labourers of the Third Reich from Poland 1939-1945' in Berlin.
Cop: picture-alliance/ dpaA learning process has taken place, brought about by a series of conflict-laden controversies, by means of which a critical attitude towards the Nazi era has gradually become established in the political culture of Germany. By Oliver von Wrochem       More ...

CD mit von den USA zurückgegebenen Rosenholz-Stasiakten. Copyright: picture-alliance / dpaWith the SED dictatorship in the GDR and the National Socialist regime, Germany experienced two dictatorships in the 20th century. By Gabriele Camphausen       More ...

The history of National Socialism is an integral part of the curriculum of German schools. This topic is generally taught in history lessons, but cross-disciplinary studies are also encouraged and promoted. By Nicola Jacobi       More ...

The question of how to deal with the past and different cultures of memory is relevant in many countries.
A discussion on appropriate forms of remembrance has already been under way in Germany since the early 1980s.
Video-archive of interviews from eyewhitnesses of the European resistance