Making connections between the public and historians
Recently, there has been a surge in interest in the phenomenon of dark tourism. A large upcoming conference in Glasgow along with many recent publications on the subject provide ample evidence of this phenomenon. Those studying the subject would argue this is a response to the growth and development in...
I recently visited Hitler’s house – or rather the museum Dokumentation Obersalzberg which has replaced it – in the context of a workshop with the curators. The house I am thinking of was Hitler’s retreat known as the Berghof, on the Obersalzberg near the small town of Berchtesgaden in the...
Warsaw, like Berlin, is one of those cities where you cannot ignore the recent past. Nearly razed to the ground during World War II, rebuilt in haste under Soviet rule and now buzzing with shops, cafés and restaurants, modern history is all around. But what do today’s tourists actually see...
