Preservation Project Gelesen, geliebt, gesichert (“Read, Loved, Protected”) Preserving books for posterity takes time, expertise and financial resources. To this end, the third-party funded project “Gelesen, geliebt, gesichert” (“Read, Loved, Protected”) was launched at the Institute for German Culture and History in South-East Europe (IKGS): It ensures the...
Background Article How Moldavia became “Romanian” For many years travel reports from West and Central Europe described Moldavia and Wallachia as border regions between Europe and the Orient. This perception changed following the union of 1859 – Moldavia came to seem increasingly peripheral and “less Romanian”.
Background Article Off the Beaten Track? The Communist Legacy of East-Central Europe as a Tourism Resource The legacy of state socialism is one of many resources that Eastern Europe can harness for urban tourism. From rides in a Trabant to guided tours of authentic historical sites, “Communism Tours” aim to bring recent history to life through tangible experiences.
Education and communication project Sounds of Bukovina: Musical Cultures of a Multiethnic Region From folk songs to high culture – with this project, the Bukovina Institute, the Cultural Officer for Transylvania, the Department of Music Education at the Leopold Mozart Center – part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg – and the Jewish Museum...
Research project | Publication project Under surveillance This project focuses on the observation of displaced persons' organizations and functionaries by the socialist intelligence services.
