Born in Königsberg in 1867, Käthe Kollwitz begins her artistic training immediately after leaving school. Women were not admitted to the art academy, so she takes private lessons and attended the Ladies’ Academy of the Association of Berlin Women Artists. After completing her studies, Käthe marries Karl Kollwitz. The young couple moves to the worki

Udo Jürgens has never been there (nor to Hawaii), but Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra are drawn to the city that never sleeps: ‘If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere.’ We are, of course, talking about New York City. For a long time, the Lenape people lived there, whose land (called Lenapehoking) stretched across areas of what is now New Jer

Sometimes they are (seemingly) alone, sometimes in pairs, and sometimes in groups – hiking women. The historical images from the German Digital Library show women who are self-determined and active in climbing and mountaineering (under difficult conditions, wearing modest skirts and hats... sometimes also with walking sticks and hats). On the other

Notgeld (German for emergency money) is substitute money issued by municipalities, cities or businesses when there is not enough state-issued money available due to crises such as war or inflation. At the beginning of the First World War, for example, small change was in short supply because coins, as a material important for the war effort, were b