Library catalog Library catalog (OPAC) of the Institute for German Culture and History in Southeastern Europe (IKGS) In the library catalog of the Institute of German Culture and History in Southeastern Europe you can search in a stock of more than 20,000 books, 1,000 journals and hundreds of DVDs, CDs and much more.
Research project Negotiating Post-Imperial Transitions 1918-1925 What effects did the upheavals after World War I have on local and regional actors – and how did they themselves actively shape these transformation processes? A cooperative project examined the Romanian cities of Kronstadt/Brașov and Hermannstadt/Sibiu and their German minorities as participants...
Background Article New Farmers for Germany’s Oldest Colony In the early 20th century, Baltic German landowners recruited German farmers from Russia. The immigration of these farmers – at that time called “German colonists” – inspired a variety of colonial discourses.
Museum | Archive 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...
Preservation Project Paper Bridges The project “Paper Bridges” at the Institute for German Culture and History in South-East Europe (IKGS) involved the treatment and conservation of six shelf-meters of original periodicals to ensure their permanent preservation. These German newspapers from Romania form bridges between past and...
series of lectures Podium Silesia – Articles on the History of Upper Silesia “Podium Silesia – Articles on the History of Upper Silesia” is the lecture format of the Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum.
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.
Journal Spiegelungen (“Reflections”) Global developments, crises, and conflicts usually occur initially in local and regional areas, or are mirrored or delayed there. This is why the academic journal “Spiegelungen” (“Reflections”) of the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeastern Europe (IKGS) directs its...
Publication project The Baltic States This scholarly handbook provides an in-depth look at the past of the three Baltic states. In addition to European and transnational references, the focus is also on confessional, cultural and linguistic differences.
Background Article The Uprooted Ones – Lemkos in Galicia and abroad The small, private Museum of Lemko Culture in Zyndranowa is situated on the far periphery of southeastern Poland, yet it is a destination for many travelers, mainly from western and northern Poland, but also from other parts of the country and from abroad. For many, a visit here is connected with questions of identity and with the search for traces of family history. At the open-air museum, visitors can experience, among other things, the farm of the Gocz family and learn a great deal about the life of the villagers.
Online publication Translated History. German History in Eastern Europe. Theses, research, controversies from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia in German translation. "Translated History" presents selected texts from Eastern Europe in German translation for research, teaching and the public. The online presentation aims to make publications on the history of the German-Eastern European neighborhood accessible to a German-speaking audience, who would otherwise be...
Didactic project Volhynia. German and Czech Immigration and Minority Experiences Germans turn forests into grain fields, schoolrooms and prayer rooms, but Czechs make them into hop gardens and taverns? What comes up when we compare Volhynia's two migrant groups and what can be learned from their past experiences, now and in the future?
Series Writings ("Schriften") So, you want to know all the details? The "Schriften" series gives a detailed insight into the topics of the Martin Opitz Library.
Media project “Media Beyond Frontiers” Transnistria and the Ukrainian-Moldavian border region have always been part of different empires over the centuries. The political border divides the region, but the issues that move the people there connect them: labour migration, the minority situation, languages and identities, everyday life on...
