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Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum mit Deutschbaltischer Abteilung ("East Prussian State Museum with a Baltic German Department")
This museum, located right in the center of Lüneburg, is dedicated to the subject of East Prussia and the Baltic Germans. Here you will discover a fascinating region in East Central Europe, which, for 700 years, was shaped by the German language. Never before has a museum in Germany focused on the...
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Permanent exhibition of the East Prussian state museum
East Prussia: Formerly the easternmost German province, today it covers parts of Poland, Russia and Lithuania. With its family-friendly presentation style and high-quality, informative exhibits, the East Prussian state museum conveys as complete a picture as possible of the history, art, culture and...
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Places of commemoration of the Shoa in Szeged, Hungary
The Jewish community of Szeged in Hungary has a rich heritage dating back two centuries. Many of their descendants perished in the Holocaust, when Szeged was made the main deportation center for the region. The purpose of the following post is to showcase the Holocaust memorials erected by the locals.
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Religious Migrations
What do the Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen, the American director Woody Allen and the French chansonnier Charles Aznavour have in common?
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Russian-Germans
The virtual exhibition "Russian-Germans", which has been created at the Martin Opitz Library, focuses on Russian German literature. By focusing on the literary works of this heterogeneous group, the exhibition doesn't just talk about the Russian-Germans, but gives them a voice and listens carefully.
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Structures, strategies, methods and mechanisms of infiltration and the creation of compliancy towards the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania under the communist state (1945-1969)
The circumstances within and around the Evangelical Church A.C. in communist Romania were often ambivalent and full of tension. Under increasing pressure from the regime, the religious community tried to defend itself against state repression and appropriation. A research project at the Institute...
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The Copernicus anniversary year of 1973 in East Germany
In East Germany, the Copernicus anniversary was marked by a range of ceremonies and receptions. The aim was to highlight positive relations between Germany and Poland, with Copernicus being presented as a pioneer for the socialist state’s worldview.
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The Copernicus anniversary year of 1973 in West Germany
In West Germany, the Copernicus anniversary was coordinated and organized centrally. A lot of effort was put in to ensure that the celebrations would have a wide-reaching impact. Organizations representing those displaced from East and West Prussia played a special role in the celebrations.
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The Copernicus anniversary year of 1973 in the Polish People’s Republic
The Polish celebrations to mark the anniversary of Copernicus’ birth in 1973 were widespread and impacted science, the general public, and international relations. An expensive feature movie about the life of Copernicus was one of the main features of the celebrations.
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The Cross in the Shadow of Totalitarianism
National Socialism and Stalinism claimed the lives of millions of people, among them, members of religious communities. In Upper Silesia, Catholic priests and other members of religious institutions, both female and male, were sent to internment camps and murdered.
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Total holdings of the Transylvanian Museum
The collection of the Transylvanian Museum reflects the diversity of culture and history of Transylvania and includes paintings, graphics, gold and silverware, pewter objects and ceramics, textile goods, furniture, and agricultural implements. In addition, the church history of Transylvania forms a...
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Transylvanian Summer Academy / Transylvanian Academy Week
You deal with Transylvania in an academic context? During the Transylvanian Summer Academy of the Institute for German Culture and History in South-Eastern Europe (IKGS) you can present your research projects for discussion, exchange ideas with professionals, and make lasting connections. You can do...
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Unpacked
In this permanent exhibition, pieces of luggage and the stories of their Russian-German owners, are "unpacked". These are stories are marked by repeated migrations, different homelands and identities – and are still today an important part of German society as a whole.
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Verbundkatalog Östliches Europa ("Union Catalogue Eastern Europe", VOE)
With more than 1,200,000 computerized titles from a network of over 30 libraries, collections and cultural and scientific institutions in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, the Verbundkatalog Östliches Europa ("Union Catalogue Eastern Europe", VOE) is a central instrument of the Martin Opitz...
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Verfolgte Kirche - Verbotene Bibel 1918-1988 ("Persecuted church – banned bible 1918-1988")
"Religion is opium for the people!" was Lenin's rephrasing of a quotation from Karl Marx in 1905. For 80 years the Soviet state waged one battle after another against churchgoers and clergy. The Russian-German population was particularly affected by this persecution, as they were once assured by...
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Infrastructure project | Disaster Management Project | Pilot project
“Thinking outside the box”
Storms, floods and fires pose a significant risk for archives, libraries and museums. For three specialized libraries in Munich, joint prevention measures and structures for coherent emergency management were recently established in order to enable them to better support each other before and in...