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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.
439 Articles
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Archivportal-D: What could your search in Archivportal-D...
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Here we use an example search to show you how you can search in Archive Portal-D. Our example is about street renaming.
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Archivportal-D: How do you find sources on the post-war...
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This article explains which sources are available for the post-war period in Archivportal-D. We show you how you can use search terms to find interesting sources from the period from 1945 to 1949.
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Archivportal-D: How do you find the right archive?
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The Archivportal-D contains information on many different archives that exist in Germany. This article explains how to find archives that contain files and information about the post-war period for a specific location.
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Deutsches Zeitungsportal: What Sources Can You Find Here?
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Historical events, adverts, classified ads - you can discover all this in the Deutsches Zeitungsportal. This article explains exactly what you can find.
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Deutsches Zeitungsportal: How to search here
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This article explains how you can find your way around the Zeitungsportal, research events or search for locations.
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Am 27. Mai: Online-Sprechstunde Deutsches Zeitungsportal...
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Lernen Sie digitalisierte historische Zeitungen kennen! Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek und zeit.punktNRW stellen in einer gemeinsame Online-Sprechstunde ihre Zeitungsportale vor.
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Narrating Cultural Heritage: The Artist Gertrude Sandmann
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Today, Gertrude Sandmann's drawings are less well-known than, for example, Otto Dix's artistic documentation of the Weimar Republic. Her work provides personal, everyday insights into the 1920s and the post-war period, but they are no less relevant and no less impressive.
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Digitale Informationsveranstaltungen für Lehrkräfte
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Wir laden Sie zu unseren digitalen Informationsveranstaltungen für Lehrkräfte ein!
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From 2026: Online Collection ‘Right-Wing Violence’
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Right-wing violence is not a new phenomenon. In order to raise awareness of this often suppressed aspect of German history, the online collection ‘Right-wing violence’ is now being created. It will be located in Archivportal-D, a subportal of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
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Hidden Monocles: Queer Women, New Objectivity and Art in...
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The ‘Golden Twenties’ lasted a short time, during which progressive ideas emerged: open queer life and the emancipation of women seemed within reach. Radical new ideas emerged in painting with the ‘New Objectivity’ and in design with the ‘’Staatliches Bauhaus’. But how queer and feminist was the Weimar Republic really?
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