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Debates have been under way in Germany since the early 1980s on relevant and appropriate forms of remembrance.
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“Moorland soldiers” – Esterwegen Memorial Site
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.
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“Memory Loops” – An Overdue Art Work against Forgetting
With the memory project “Memory Loops” about the period of National Socialism, the city of Munich is treading new ground.
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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
Since its opening, the Memorial has become one of Berlin’s tourist attractions.
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The Berlin Wall as a Memorial
Reminders of the Wall are only rarely visible.
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Do Tread on Me!
Artist Gunter Demnig remembers victims of Nazi persecution – in over 15,000 commemorative stones at German doorsteps.
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The new “Topography of Terror” Documentation Centre
In May 2010, the new Documentation Centre opened with a completely revised and newly designed exhibition in Berlin.
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“Thorny Issue” – the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Centre
In East Berlin the main former prison of the “Stasi” still exists.
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Memorial Sites with a Dual Past
After reunification, critical reflection and a review of existing forms of commemoration began.
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Dealing with GDR-Era Monuments
The new German Länder have a multitude of monuments.
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Counter-Monuments - Criticising Traditional Monuments
The American scholar James E. Young coined the term “counter-monument”.
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Getting Stones to Speak
A documentary exhibition showcases the “Historical Venue Olympic Site” in Berlin.
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Seeking Traces of the Past - Thinking about history in public places
The German word “Denkmal” encapsulates a monument’s primary and vital function.
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