Blavatnik Archive
Blavatnik Archive Foundation, New York The Blavatinik Archive offers a large collection of materials devoted to 20th Century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia. The collection offers over 10,000 Judaica-themed postcards and 74 posters as well as oral histories, WWI postcards, NSDAP ephemera, […]
British Columbia and Canada Through Arriving Eyes
The University of British Columbia The website “British Columbia and Canada Through Arriving Eyes” is a collection of resources related to the arrival of German immigrants and their experiences living in British Columbia (including Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba). The project hosts a variety of resources, including a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, oral history […]
Weiße Rose Stiftung
Weiße Rose Stiftung e.V., Munich The Weiße Rose Foundation offers online pedagogical material and an app about Weiße Rose and resistance in Nazi Germany. There is also an audio guide (in German and English) for a traveling exhibition, the short audios are useful without the exhibition too. Weiße Rose Stiftung website
Hidden Cities: Hamburg
PUblic REnaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present, hiddencities.eu Hidden Cities is part of the project PUblic REnaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present funded by the Humanities in European Research Area (HERA) grant and includes universities from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, […]
Documentation Center of the Reichsparteitag Grounds in Nuremberg
City of Nuremberg (Stadt Nürnberg) Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände Nürnberg (also available in English) provides visitors with an overview of the history of National Socialism with pictures and ancillary teaching material. Main Site: German | English Exhibition and Materials on National Socialism: German
Compromised Identities: Reflections on Perpetration and Complicity under Nazism
Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies,Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London “Compromised Identities?” explores how perpetration and complicity are represented and understood both at the time and later. The page with its eight main topics also features images, documents, a film collection, objects and an interactive map. Visit the Compromised Identities website
Synagogen in Deutschland
University of Darmstadt The project Synagogen in Deutschland: Eine virtuelle Rekonstruktion explores the digital reconstruction of historical synagogues in Germany that were destroyed by the Nazis. The project has chosen to focus on 15 synagogues in Berlin, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Kaiserslautern, Köln, Leipzig, München, Nürnberg, Plauen, and Stuttgart. Visit the site While many […]
Worldwide Worldwide Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum Osnabrück The exhibition Worldwide Worldwide Remarque at the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Center in Osnabrück documents the current worldwide presence of Erich Maria Remarque’s work in various media since 1998. The “object of the week” introduces this representation, for example, in short films, art work, publications, or music. Visit the exhibition
Europeana collections
Europeana Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands Europeana provides access to millions of books, music, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, artworks and more – accessible with search and filter tools. The portal hosts also online exhibitions and a blog. Europena site
Federal Agency for Civic Education
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn The Federal Agency for Civic Education is a federal public authority providing citizenship education and information on political issues for all people in Germany. The wide-ranging and extensive website includes articles, explanatory videos, documentaries, teaching resources, and much more. Of special note may be the free downloadable publications such as […]
