Wie im nordirischen Derry dem Massaker an vierzehn Demonstranten gegen die Teilung ihres Landes gedacht wird, verdeutlicht die Rolle gesellschaftlicher Machtverhältnisse in der Erinnerungskultur, hier am Beispiel 🇬🇧.

"Non-bipartisan" (see point four) book review: What does a couple of German historians make from a centenary of First-World-War historiography in an anthology with a United States publishing house?

Shortly after the first world war and an equally devastating pandemic for all, solely the German nation would plunge into another era of catastrophes. What happened?

Es brauchte das Zentenarium und hundert Jahre, bevor nichtweißen Opfern des Großen Krieges ein ordentliches Denkmal neben dem der nichtschwarzen US-Kameraden gesetzt wurde. Unsere Kommission verfolgte über das Jahr 2021 die Entwicklungen im US-Bundesstaat.

Anderthalb Jahre nach der Inkraftsetzung des Vertrages und „Bundes von Versailles“ begann in Genf, dem Standort der neuen Organisation, die wortwörtlich internationalisierte Verwaltung der überseeischen Gebiete Deutschlands. Wie auch zu Beginn der Pariser Friedenskonferenz 1919, beanspruchten Großbritanniens Politiker, welche sich eines Landsmannes...

Why has the centenary of Erzberger's violent death only been commemorated within national boundaries so far? Wouldn't it be helpful for many others in Europe and beyond to share Germany's "Erzberger Jahr 2021" culture of memory? At the initial events earlier this year, the Aufa100 founder seemed to appear as the only non-German participant.

Out of the war-unleashing core of the 33 signatories, including five British colonies, at the final day of the Paris Conference on June 28, 1919, the state of war lasted shortest for the 1917 accessed United States of America?

A hundred years ago, this was the first day that saw Austrian-born Adolf Hitler as a leader. Aged 32, the lead of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) was taken up by this Westfront veteran. His leadership career would not end before the final, subterraneous stage of his life in the Führerbunker, 24 years later on in Berlin.

"The truce is a significant event in the Decade of Commemorations. Reflecting on the truce, which was agreed 100 years ago, it is appropriate to recall how the people in the streets of villages, towns and cities hoped and prayed for peace," Irish President Michael D. Higgins is quoted by the Irish Times.

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      Below: Aufa💯's academic prehistory, i.e. Centenaire 2018 and 2019 lectures held by our founder.