OUT NOW | The Holocaust and Varieties of Migration
Migration was not only a consequence of Holocaust-era violence — it helped organize and execute it. This Open Access volume reframes both Holocaust and migration history through a revealing new lens. Read more at the link below. — 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…
Online Now | Two New NGHM Exhibitions
What can we learn about local history when we read administrative files, index cards, and survey forms not merely as carriers of information, but as sources that were themselves involved in the production of knowledge about population, belonging, and…
Osnabrücker Mitteilungen Vol. 130 published | NGHM team represented once again
In December, the Association for History and Regional Studies of Osnabrück reported on its blog about the publication of the latest volume of the Osnabrücker Mitteilungen. In this year's edition, the Research Group Contemporary History and Historical…
Research Revisited: NGHM Publications on the Production of Figures of Migration 2024/25
In the section Research Revisited, the NGHM team presents completed research projects and publications in an irregular series. This issue provides insights into four internationally published journal articles from the academic year 2024/25: Transatlantic…
Right-wing Populist Politics of History for Destabilising Democratic Systems | Summary of the Essay by Valentin Loos in Historia Prima, 2. 2025
This post is an abridged version of an essay in the second issue of Historia Prima, which appeared in May 2025 under the title "'What we are experiencing here is 1933 on a global level, that is, the total seizure of power.' The Functionalization of…