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Antje Vollmer
She is known as a Green Party politician and for her longstanding role as Vice President of the German Bundestag. After retiring in 2005, she became a freelance author. Her first book project “Doppelleben” (Double Life) tells the story of Heinrich von Lehndorff, one of the conspirators of the events of 20 July 1944 , and his wife Gottliebe. It is a moving biography of two young aristocrats that tells of their daring and their love.
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Collections and holdings of the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie
With its collection and in-house art library, including an artists’ archive, the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie (KOG) pursues a unique mission within Germany: to preserve, communicate and research the artistic heritage of the formerly German-influenced areas in Central, Eastern and Southeastern...
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Fasting Rules Become Food Taboos
In almost all religions, dietary rules and food taboos play an important role. The example of the Russian Old Believers shows the importance that food practices and body images can have in differentiating them from those of other faiths.
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In these regularly held readings, the Cultural Advisor for Russian-Germans delves into the cultural heritage of the Russian-Germans in contemporary literature and their literary heritage in contemporary culture. The focus is on works by authors who deal with unique motifs from the experiential...
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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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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 box from the Wolga
Audiences of the play "The box from the Volga" (Die Kist‘ von der Wolga) experience, first hand, the history of the Volga Germans and get to take part in important events from the past. The actors make history tangible by embodying key cultural heritage figures, some of whom are real, such as the...
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reisen. entdecken. sammeln. ("travel. discover. collect.")
Travel. Discover. Collect. These three words encapsulate the motivation behind Hans-Peter Riese’s collection, which brings together art from Eastern and Western Europe. A central focus of the the exhibition is concrete art from the former Czechoslovakia, dating from 1960s until the 1980s, while...