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Potsdam 1945: The Seventeen Days That Shaped the Post-War Order
In July 1945, the three Allied powers met in Potsdam near Berlin to shape the post-war world. Their decisions redrew Europe's map, laid Cold War…
Uncle Emil said ´NO´: Resistance in Berlin.
Listen now | Stories of anti-Nazi resistance were more numerous than many believe. Some became celebrated, others resurface only sporadically. Ruth…
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Soviet Photographers Who Captured the End of the War.
How Soviet photojournalists Yevgeny Khaldei, Timofei Melnik, and Ivan Shagin shaped the visual memory of victory in Berlin and Vienna—and why their…
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8 May and 9 May 2025: Berlin, a mirror of our times.
PHOTO STORY A walk through Berlin's memorials on these historic dates—where memory and meaning collide.
Berlin, May 2, 1945: The surrender of a city and the final days of war in Europe.
In a modest Tempelhof apartment, Berlin's city surrender was signed—a crucial step toward Germany's final capitulation, as the shattered city began…
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April 25, 1945: when a small village became a symbol of the longing for peace.
In 1945, Soviet and American soldiers met on the Elbe. In 2025, that handshake’s meaning is being tested—by war, politics, and the fragility of memory.
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Two on a Jeep: Éric Schwab and Meyer Levin's Journey into the Heart of Darkness
Listen now | The days of Europe's liberation from Nazi terror were also days of revelation: few were prepared for the systematic and horrific reality…
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Zwei im Jeep: Éric Schwab und Meyer Levins Reise in das Herz der Finsternis
Listen now | Die Tage der Befreiung Europas vom Nazi-Terror waren auch Tage der Enthüllung: Nur wenige waren auf die grauenhafte Realität vorbereitet…
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Cossacks in Friuli 1944-45
The forgotten story of an unlikely occupation in the final months of WWII: forced coexistence, unlikely friendships, and the enduring power of human…
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Unequal Memories.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Europe’s Struggle for a Shared History.
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Reflecting on Europe's Past and Present at Soviet Memorials in Berlin.
Photographic journeys through four sites commemorating WWII's end and the complex legacy of Soviet monuments today. Plus, one book recommended.
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The Soviet War Memorial in the Berliner Tiergarten.
The most martial of Berlin's Soviet war monuments, and the most criticised, the Tiergarten Memorial is both a monument and a stage for protest and…
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