Sites of Violence, Traces, and Digital History Culture | »The ›Emsland Camps‹ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation«, Osnabrück and Dalum, 24 and 25 September 2026.
Beneath an industrial estate near Dalum lie the unmarked graves of approximately ten thousand Soviet POWs. How do we read landscapes that conceal more than they reveal? A new conference project confronts this question head-on. — Translated from…
Out Now | Conflict Landscapes Volume 3: The Hürtgenwald in Context.
Volume 3 of *Konfliktlandschaften* examines how the 'Battle of Hürtgen Forest' was constructed as history rather than lived as one. How does an unnamed series of operations become a charged cultural landmark? Read the full post to find out. — Translated…
NGHM Research | From “Wasteland” to Climate Protector: New Cooperative Project with the Emsland Moormuseum Approved.
From "wasteland" to climate asset: peatlands now store a third of all soil carbon, yet were systematically drained for decades. A new approved project examines how—and why—societies reverse course so dramatically. — Translated from…
Closing Conference: “The ‘Emsland Camps’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation” on 24 and 25 September 2026
How do digitally dispersed histories of National Socialist camp sites become legible again? Our closing conference on 24–25 September 2026 presents new research, digital tools, and pedagogical approaches developed around the Emsland Camps ... —…
Research Revisited | Twelve Years of the Interdisciplinary Working Group Conflict Landscapes at the University of Osnabrück
Conflict Landscapes in Osnabrück: An Interim Assessment after Twelve Years In spring 2026, the project "The 'Emsland Camps' as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation. Research-Based Learning at the Interface of University Teacher Education, Memorial…
Out Now | Karya 1943. Forced Labour and Holocaust – The Catalogue for the German-Greek Travelling Exhibition
With the publication of the exhibition catalogue Karya 1943. Forced Labour and Holocaust in German and English, a publication is now available that documents a multi-year German-Greek collaborative project on the reappraisal of a long-forgotten chapter…
There and Back Again | Excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial
An excursion report by Leonie Schwiers and Greta Petersen On November 28, an excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial, which has existed since 2011, took place under the leadership of Imke Selle and with support from Ilka Schwerdtfeger. In the preparatory…
Research Revisited: Digitally Remembering Maly Trostinets – Trinational Cooperation Opens Up a Forgotten Site of Extermination
Between 1942 and 1944, approximately 60,000 people were murdered at Maly Trascjanec southeast of Minsk. This extermination site thus ranks among the largest scenes of the Shoah in the territory of the occupied Soviet Union. Nevertheless, Maly Trascjanec…
Research Revisited: Digital Exhibitions on the Hürtgen Forest Conflict Landscape
In the Research Revisited section, the NGHM team presents completed research projects and their results in an informal series. We begin with a retrospective look at digital exhibitions that we have developed in recent years within our projects at the…
Digital Public History Workshop “The ‘Emsland Camps’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation
On 5 June 2025, a workshop took place at the Esterwegen Memorial with students from years 11 and 12 of Georgianum Lingen. The event was conducted as part of the project "The 'Emslandlager' as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation. Research-based…