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What do bicycles have to do with freedom? Do unicorns actually exist? And why did the Vikings disappear from Greenland? We address these and other questions in our blog. Here we tell stories based on cultural assets in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, introduce our cooperation partners and immerse ourselves in collections from museums, archives and other cultural institutions.

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  • Lernmaterial Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte in Objekten

    Das Lernmaterial bietet eine multiperspektivische Annäherung an die deutsche Kolonialgeschichte. Anhand von digitalisierten Objekten aus der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek und zusätzlichen digitalen Materialien setzen sich die Schüler*innen mit zentralen Aspekten des deutschen Kolonialismus und seinen Auswirkungen auseinander.

    Lernmaterial Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte in Objekten

  • Lernmaterial in Leichter Sprache: „Unterwegs in der Stadt gestern und heute“

    Das Lernmaterial behandelt das Thema Mobilität anhand von Bildern und Texten in Leichter Sprache. Ziel dieses Lernmaterials ist es, Eindrücke und Wissen über die Mobilität von Menschen in der Vergangenheit zu vermitteln.

    Lernmaterial in Leichter Sprache: „Unterwegs in der Stadt gestern und heute“

  • Die Geschichte vom Frauen-Fußball

    Hier lesen Sie mehr über die Geschichte vom Frauen-Fußball:

    Die Geschichte vom Frauen-Fußball

  • Wie ist das Kino entstanden?

    In der Vergangenheit gab es ganz verschiedene Arten vom Kino. Hier lesen Sie: Wie ist das Kino entstanden?

    Wie ist das Kino entstanden?

  • The Christmas Market: Nostalgia, Nationalism and Roasted Nuts

    Alongside ‘Silent Night, Holy Night’ and the Christmas tree, the Christmas market is one of those Christmas customs that are also very popular outside of Germany and have a lasting influence on the image of German Christmas traditions. But are the markets of the Middle Ages really the ancestors of today's Christmas markets? What role does nostalgia play in these traditions, and what does Christmas have to do with nationalism? Join us on a stroll through the history of Christmas markets.

    The Christmas Market: Nostalgia, Nationalism and Roasted Nuts

  • Die Geschichte vom Christopher Street Day

    Der CSD ist eine Demonstration für die Rechte von queeren Menschen. Dieser Text erzählt die Geschichte vom Christopher Street Day in Leichter Sprache.

    Die Geschichte vom Christopher Street Day

  • New management for the German Digital Library

    Dr Martin Breuer will take over as head of the German Digital Library's administrative office on 1 December 2025, where he will be responsible for finance, legal affairs and communications. He succeeds Dr Julia Spohr, who is leaving the German Digital Library after around six successful years to take over as head of the German Resistance Memorial Foundation at the turn of the year.

    New management for the German Digital Library

  • Narrating Cultural Heritage: The History of the Wheelchair

    The wheelchair as a vehicle for people with reduced mobility is not a modern invention – it has existed in one form or another for thousands of years.

    Narrating Cultural Heritage: The History of the Wheelchair

  • The History of Colonial Goods Stores

    ‘Colonial goods’ – that sounds like small shops selling fine coffee and exquisite chocolate, like the ‘good old days’. These ‘good old days’, the colonial goods shops, the coffee, tea and cocoa they sell, are inextricably linked to the exploitation of other people, the violent seizure of land outside Europe and the suppression of resistance to the process of colonisation. This history is often repressed.

    The History of Colonial Goods Stores

  • 26–28 September 2025 – Discover your roots! The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek at the Genealogy Day...

    Family research with the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek – discover how historical sources in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, the Archivportal-D and the Deutsches Zeitungsportall can be used for family research at the Genealogists' Day in Frankfurt am Main.

    26–28 September 2025 – Discover your roots! The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek at the Genealogy Day...