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The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek allows centralised, unrestricted, cross-domain and multi-media access to the scientific and cultural heritage of Germany. Millions of data sets are already digitally retrievable covering all cultural domains and encompassing archived material, images of all kinds, books, sculptures, music, films and scores.
This manuscript currently viewable in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek is a rich source of material on Jewish family research and the history of Jewish rituals. It was begun in 1825 and ends with the final entry made in 1916. Documents from the 18th and 19th centuries, written by Jews for Jews and featuring rabbi families of the Lower
On 8th March 1714, three hundred years ago, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born in Weimar. During his lifetime Carl Philipp was more popular than his father, Johann Sebastian Bach, who enjoys greater worldwide fame today. With his compositions, sacred music and not least his major contributions to the teaching of music he was an important figure in the
Galilei’s (1564-1642) eventful story begins in Pisa, where he is born on 15th February 1564 as the eldest son in a patrician family. His father Vincenzo is a composer and music theorist, an artist to the core and well connected with the court of the Medicis in Florence, where the family moves in 1574. Galileo learns to play the
Jeder Mensch weiß: Werbung soll zum Kauf von Produkten und Dienstleistungen animieren, die Identifikation der Konsumenten mit den Anbietern befördern, sowie Marken auf dem Markt etablieren und halten. Doch über ihren unmittelbaren, kommerziellen Zweck hinaus ist Werbung auch Indikator für individuelle Wünsche und Bedürfnisse – die ein ideales Marketing adressiert –, sowie Reflektion kollektiver Befindlichkeiten und Selbstbildnisse. Und nicht zuletzt
The Deutsches Filminstitut was established in 1949, making it the oldest film institute in the Federal Republic. Working in partnership with the Federal Archive / Film Archive and the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, both Berlin organisations, the Deutsches Filminstitut, based in Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden, fulfils the function of a centralised, German film archive. Since 2006 the Institute has also
Thirty years have now passed since Hitler’s diaries were exposed as fakes. Forgeries may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of history and culture, and yet they have often played an important role in history – especially as they were not always exposed as quickly as the Hitler diaries were.
The Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (Library Service Centre, BSZ) provides services to academic and public libraries, archives and museums, offering access to databases, online portals, support, hosting and much more.
The 24th of March has been commemorated as World Tuberculosis Day for over 30 years as a way of keeping the memory and awareness of tuberculosis alive. On 24 March 1882, exactly 131 years ago, the ‘father of bacteriology’ Robert Koch delivered his famous lecture ‘On Tuberculosis’ to the Physiological Society of Berlin. It caused a worldwide sensation. Already famous
This year, 2013, will mark the 225th anniversary of the birth of a key figure of German Romanticism whose significance remains undiminished to this day: Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff. The poet and novelist was born on 10 March 1788 in Schloss Lubowitz near Ratibor, Upper Silesia, in what is now Poland.
