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Critical voices are chipping away at the monument to scientist Alexander von Humboldt.

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250 years of Alexander von Humboldt
Cracks in the memorial

Alexander von Humboldt has many enthusiastic supporters, but also some critics. On the science superstar’s 250th birthday, experts warn that his greatness as a person has been exaggerated, though no one disputes his accomplishments as a researcher.

The “Bauhaus women”
Female apprentices required – but not too many!

There are many myths on the subject of women in the Bauhaus. Author Theresia Enzensberger points out that where women’s equality is concerned, the school might have been progressive – but the inclusive attitude remained incomplete.

Babylon Berlin: ambitious police typist Charlotte Ritter.

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TV Series
A fascination with the past

German television shows tend to have a bad reputation for poor writing and cheap productions not suited for an international market and audience. Now series like “Deutschland ‘83” and “Babylon Berlin” are putting a new shine on that tarnished image.

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A Victorian Love Story

German is the language of love – no-one would have agreed more than Queen Victoria when she fell head over heels with the Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Learn more about the relationship between the two, and why they communicated in German.

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100 years of the Bauhaus

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919 – and in doing so revolutionised architecture, design and the way we think about it. What influence does this art school have today?

Europe

Crisis, Brexit, swing to the right: we mainly talk about the EU only when it’s burning.
What do we want from the EU? What could it still be? How do we want to shape it?
Europe – what now?

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250 years of Alexander von Humboldt
Cracks in the memorial