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What history tells us about Germany

Why is Germany the way it is today? A look back at the past reveals the origins of its political, social and cultural characteristics.

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Goethe und Schiller beim Lesen und Diskutieren in einem Park in Weimar. Die Illustration stammt aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

What made Germany a country of poets and philosophers?

Kant, Goethe, Beethoven: many writers and intellectuals of lasting global relevance were German. Here are the reasons.

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Why is science so important in Germany?

The research culture that was established at Charité Berlin has left its mark on Germany to this day. The institution’s history also illustrates why an ethical framework is essential in research.

Zwei Grenzsoldaten der DDR-Grenztruppen der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR (NVA) bei einem Wachgang an der innerdeutschen Grenze bei Motzlar in der Rhön in Thüringen (zu Hessen), aufgenommen im Oktober 1968.

Why Germans value data protection so much

Germany’s data protection culture reflects the country’s history of two dictatorships which systematically collected data for repressive purposes.

Darstellung der Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig im Oktober 1813

Why Germans struggle to define their national identity

From Germanic myths to the Kaiser and the Nazi era, our nation’s history is multifaceted, and our legacy is complex.

Burg Eltz

Germany history up to 1945

Deutsche Geschichte

German history after 1945

Reichstagskuppel

Democracy and the Basic Law

Mauerfall: Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands 1989

The fall of the Wall