Four Reading Recommendations for Autumn
5 October 2026
EditorsVoices & Positions
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“Working with collections and researching individual objects is essentially about understanding the historical circumstances in which they were created.”
27 July 2026
Editors, Brigitte ReinekeResearch
A Brief History of the Potato: from the highlands of Peru to the dining tables of Prussia
29 May 2026
Dorlis BlumeNature and German History
Women’s Voices in the Street: SPD speech records in the 1928 election campaign
5 March 2026
Anna-Lena AlmstedtHistory today
![[Translate to English:] Kuratorin Julia Voss spricht auf einem Podium. Sie trägt einen schwarzen Blazer und hat lange blonde Haare. Im Hintergrund ist das Plakatmotiv zur Ausstellung mit einem Wolf zu sehen.](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/c/b/csm_Er%C3%B6ffnung_Natur-und-deutsche-Geschichte-071_4f31089de6.webp)
Opening speech by Curator Julia Voss on the Exhibition “Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power”
14 November 2025
Julia VossNature and German History
Only on 8 May? Days of liberation in Europe
25 June 2025
Axel BangertHistory today
Only on 8 May? Days of liberation in Europe
28 May 2025
Alfons AdamHistory today
What’s that for? The first rainbow flag on the Reichstag
21 July 2023
Julia FrankeHistory today
The Race for the Atomic Bomb
28 February 2023
Takuma MelberVoices & Positions
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Edward Kissi](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/3/5/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h03m17s762_329a15414a.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Edward Kissi on the comparison between colonialism and national socialism
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Stefanie Middendorf](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/e/7/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h02m45s914_900f491f3d.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Stefanie Middendorf on the comparison between colonialism and national socialism
9 October 2026
7 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Martin Thomas](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/4/0/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h02m08s303_191ecef9f2.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Martin Thomas on the question of whether there is a connection between colonial and National Socialist violence
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Leslie James](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/9/1/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h00m44s139_6808bae677.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Leslie James about colonial fascism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Emma Kuby](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/c/d/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h11m43s994_a1d6cceb08.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Emma Kuby about colonial and Nazi camps
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Mark Roseman](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/2/8/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h10m56s374_2d59a8daf4.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Mark Roseman about racism and anti-Semitism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Wendy Lower](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/9/1/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h10m40s702_b207244933.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Wendy Lower about conquest, settlement and transformation in National Socialism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Michelle Moyd](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/6/b/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h10m07s289_913e292592.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Michelle Moyd about collaboration between coercion and conformity in colonialism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Natalya Vince](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/a/b/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h09m20s242_09061b0eee.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Natalya Vince about resistance in colonialism
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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![[Translate to English:] Portrait Ulrich Herbert](/journal/fileadmin/_processed_/0/c/csm_vlcsnap-2026-10-02-12h08m11s095_f28e536df4.webp)
Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Ulrich Herbert about forced labour
9 October 2026
7 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Edward Kissi on the comparison between colonialism and national socialism
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Stefanie Middendorf on the comparison between colonialism and national socialism
9 October 2026
7 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Martin Thomas on the question of whether there is a connection between colonial and National Socialist violence
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Leslie James about colonial fascism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Emma Kuby about colonial and Nazi camps
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Mark Roseman about racism and anti-Semitism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Wendy Lower about conquest, settlement and transformation in National Socialism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Michelle Moyd about collaboration between coercion and conformity in colonialism
9 October 2026
6 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Natalya Vince about resistance in colonialism
9 October 2026
8 Min.
Controversial Kinship
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Perspectives and Positions. Interview with Ulrich Herbert about forced labour
9 October 2026
7 Min.
Controversial Kinship