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Should 8 May be a public holiday in Germany?
VE Day, Liberation Day or no special day?
May 10
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Katja Hoyer
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Who was responsible for the catastrophe of Nazism?
Carl Weirich stared at the crematorium ovens.
May 7
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Katja Hoyer
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Germany and the Great War
Or: The Great Seminal Catastrophe of the 20th Century
May 3
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Katja Hoyer
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April 2026
What was life like in small-town East Germany?
A guest piece by Cordia Schlegelmilch
Apr 30
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Katja Hoyer
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How Germany Rearmed After WWII
...and why the ghosts of the past still haunt its military today
Apr 26
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Katja Hoyer
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The Last Askaris: Germany’s East African soldiers
Or: The Long Shadow of Germany's Colonial Empire
Apr 23
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Katja Hoyer
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Hotel Elephant: Where History Came to Stay
Or Hitler's favourite hotel
Apr 19
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Katja Hoyer
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5
Death Strip to Green Belt: Walking the Berlin Wall
On Moving on without Forgetting
Apr 16
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Katja Hoyer
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What Did Nietzsche Really Mean?
Piecing Together the Life, Meaning and Legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Apr 12
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Katja Hoyer
87
21
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When the Red Army Stayed
On Soviet Soldiers in East Germany
Apr 9
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Katja Hoyer
48
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Easter among East Germans
What the GDR did to Christian holidays
Apr 5
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Katja Hoyer
95
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Wilhelm vs Bismarck: Who really unified Germany?
Or: Kaiser Wilhelm I. as you've never seen him before
Apr 2
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Katja Hoyer
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18
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