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My name is Eugen
"Thirteen young Russian Germans bear the name Eugen. They have never met each other, yet they share a striking experience: they were all formerly called Evgenij. Their stories and experiences are unique. The author Eugen Litwinow travelled with them into the past, sharing long conversations about...
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Nordost-Archiv
The "Nordost-Archiv" is published in the form of annual volumes on selected topics.
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Not Just Romantic
For the first time, the Silesian Museum has dedicated an exhibition to the art of the 19th century. It offers insights into a time period formed by numerous political, social, and economical upheavals.
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On foot and by train from Silesia to West Germany
In a report, 24-year-old Hilda J.-S. describes her resettlement from Rohnstock (Silesia) to Rosellen on the Lower Rhine area in the summer of 1946.
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Play, discover and research
In cooperation with the museum, the Cultural Office for Russian-Germans supports educational work in schools and aims to facilitate and deepen the teaching of culture and history. In the school programs "Museumsrallye” (museum rally) and "Koffer packen” (pack your suitcase), syllabus content is...
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Pommersches Landesmuseum
The Pomeranian State Museum is an important destination for anyone interested in the culture, history and art of Pomerania. The museum is located in Greifswald and includes numerous collections spanning several centuries.
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Russian-German history as migration history
Russian Germans are a global minority. Their history is often characterized by migration within and outside the Russian Empire spanning several generations. In the last third of the 19th century, popular migration destinations included North and South America as well as new settlement areas in Siberia and Kazakhstan. It was here that all Russian Germans were then exiled during and after the Second World War. Since the latest period of resettlement in the 1980s and 1990s, most Russian Germans have settled in Germany.
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Sunday guided tour
Discover the Ostpreußische Landesmuseum mit Deutschbaltischer Abteilung (East Prussian State Museum with German-Baltic Department) with our Sunday guided tour and get exciting insights into the permanent and temporary exhibitions.
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The Four Lehndorff Daughters
"I lost my home," Vera von Lehndorff once said, "but lost childhood is a better description." When her father was executed on September 4, 1944, she was five years old. Her sister Eleonore, "Nona," was six and a half, and Gabriele was two. Catharina was only 19 days old; she was born in the Torgau prison hospital. The Nazis had taken the girls and their mother Gottliebe into custody, a practice known in German as "Sippenhaft” or “kin liability". It was a traumatic time and was by no means over when the war ended in 1945.
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The History of the German-speaking Volhynians as Part of a Global Migration History
From the mid-nineteenth century onward, innovations such as steam navigation and the advent of the railroad led to a sharp increase in global migration movements. The German-speaking Volhynians were part of this development, which moved between the ideal-typical poles of voluntary and forced migration and was significantly influenced by the enforcement of the ethnonational principle. This article focuses on the emigration movements of this group from the Russian governorate of Volhynia in the period between the 1860s and the First World War. The subsequent forced migrations of the German-speaking Volhynians are also briefly discussed.
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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.
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Westpreußisches Landesmuseum
The West Prussian Regional Museum is the only museum institution in Germany that presents the history and culture of historical West Prussia. The museum houses various collections and its own archive with diverse holdings. Selected topics convey a vivid picture of a cultural region shaped for over...
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Where from and where to? Stories of migration, past and present
Where from and where to? Stories of Migration, past and present, at the state museum. The Westpreußisches Landesmuseum (West Prussian State Museum) offers extracurricular museum education for young adults. The program is aimed at young people who, through the example of West Prussia, can learn...
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Zürich an der Wolga ("Zurich on the Volga")
How did a village with the name "Zurich" come to be built on the Volga? And did Swiss people actually live there?