Background Article How did a German Emigrant find his Way in Eastern Europe at the Beginning of the 19th Century? How someone finds their way in a foreign country can be explored in different ways. In the case of Franz Xaver Bronner's travels from Switzerland to Kazan in 1810, and his return in 1817, a geographical approach is used to provide a fact-based foundation.
Image database Image catalogue of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association In the online database of the Image Archive you will find the previously inventoried and digitized image materials from the collections of the Herder Institute as well as additional image sources from joint indexing and digitization projects with cooperation partners. Further analog and digital...
Journal Kulturkorrespondenz östliches Europa (Cultural correspondence Eastern Europe) From conversations with prominent cookbook authors to reports about Bohemian vineyards to historical articles, for example, on the tourism pioneer Carl Stangen, a kind of German Thomas Cook from Wroclaw – Kulturkorrespondenz östliches Europa (KK) offers insightful background material and a great...
Talk Museum erleben (experience the museum!) Museum erleben (experience the museum!) is a series of events that invites you to discover the East Prussian State Museum with its German-Baltic Department in a special way.
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.
Series New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies Decades after the political changes of 1989, Eastern Europe remains one of the lesser known regions of the world. The publication series “New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies” therefore investigates its history with a special focus on the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech...
Background Article No “Zero hour” after the Shoah Immediately after the Second World War, Germany became a place of refuge for nearly 300,000 Jews. They lived like other so-called Displaced Persons (DPs) in Jewish or mixed DP camps and played a significant role in the revitalisation of European Judaism. However, few people are aware of their fate today.
Journal Nordost-Archiv The "Nordost-Archiv" is published in the form of annual volumes on selected topics.
Background Article On the Road to the “New Eastern Lands” During the First World War, the German Empire had far-reaching plans for expansion in Eastern Europe. The Baltic states in particular were destined to become a German settlement colony known as the “Neues Ostland” (new eastern lands). With hindsight, some of these plans appear as forerunners of National Socialist conquest policy.
Online finding aid Online search aid of the Document Collection at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe The online search aid of the Document Collection (DSHI) at the Marburg Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe is the starting point for research in the holdings of the most important archive on the history of the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia in the German-speaking...
Series Potsdamer Bibliothek östliches Europa (Potsdam Library Eastern Europe) Literary tours through Gdansk, the so-called "Bohemian Spa Triangle" or the region of Upper Silesia. Cultural tours through Neumark and Transylvania. Richly illustrated non-fiction books about the Danube Swabians, the Bessarabian or the Dobruge Germans.
Series Publications of the Nordost-Institut The series "Publications of the Northeast Institute" focuses primarily on outstanding dissertations and postdoctoral theses as well as translations on all aspects of the history of Northeastern Europe.
Series Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa The BKGE's publication series is aimed both at the specialist scientific community and at a scientifically interested public.
Research project Subjectivities of Owning Land: Land Redistribution and the Nation State in the Baltics Across the 20th Century (SOL) The SOL project investigates how land redistribution has shaped societies in the Baltic region. By reconstructing the effects of land reform, collectivisation and privatisation on subjectivities, SOL bridges the deep divides in the region's history.
Background Article Summer 1941: Jews from the Baltic States flee for their lives The long shadow of the past. Only a few Jews from Lithuania and Latvia managed to escape the Holocaust in the Baltics. Here are some of their accounts and the reasons for their difficult escape.
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.
Background Article The Baltic Region as the Prototype for All of Colonial History? The myth that Livland had been a German colony since its Christianization in the 13th-century began to serve contemporary political interests around 1900. How did this myth present itself in art historical narratives?
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 Diaspora of Transition In spring 1946 the small village of Meerbeck in the Schaumburger Land was the setting for a special chapter in European postwar history: fourteen top players met in a DP camp for an “international” chess tournament. Their contest reflected the political tensions of the time, the hopes of an uprooted elite and the complicated encounters between the refugees and the local German village community.
Travelling exhibition The Life of the Baltic Nobility Magnificent chandeliers, ornamental stuccoed ceilings, and salons filled with music – was aristocratic life in the Baltic really so splendid?
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