Public History | Completed Projects

Completed interview and virtual exhibition project
The project commemorated the non-violent withdrawal of the Soviet armed forces from East Germany in 1994 — a pivotal moment that symbolised the conclusion of the Cold War and stands as a unique occurrence in the annals of armed conflicts. The focus was on the social reappraisal and reuse of the military areas left behind. The project used interviews with contemporary witnesses and experts, as well as a participatory online exhibition, to explore the political, ecological, and cultural memory dimensions of this change. The online exhibition “Neues Land ohne Krieg" was opened on October 15, 2025.

Completed Digital exhibition project
with students of the Master's program Public History (FU Berlin/ZZF Potsdam)

The FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum in Berlin has an extensive collection of historical postcards from and about the Berlin district of Kreuzberg before 1945. In a digiS-funded project entitled ‘The Peter Plewka Collection - Kreuzberg before 1945 in historical postcards’ public history students develloped an online presentation of selected postcards. The students presented the maps they have selected and told the story or stories associated with them.

Students on the Master's programme in Public History (FU/ZZF) have developed an audio walk through Berlin's Volkspark Friedrichhain under the direction of Irmgard Zündorf.

Completed associated Research Study
The project "Keibelstraße" examined the former East Berlin headquarters of the Volkspolizei (PdVP) near the Alexanderplatz. The study focused on individual units of the DVP, which conducted investigations of so-called "Republikfluchten".

Completed Website project
with students of the Master's program Public History (FU Berlin/ZZF Potsdam)
Together with a film team, students of the Master Public History program (FU Berlin/ZZF Potsdam) conducted interviews with the "Initiativgruppe Internierungslager Ketschendorf" and created material for a Website, that provide information about the special camp.

Completed PhD project
The project examined the debates on the possible restitution of cultural objects to their countries of origin as part of decolonization and North-South relations between the late 1960s and 1980s.

Four students of the Master Public History programme (FU Berlin/ZZF Potsdam) and a two-person film team from the TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe preserved and digitised the unique history of the GDR History Museum in this completed documentation and interview project. The aim of the project was a virtual tour of the museum.

The aim of the project was to present the first research results on the history of the site Bogensee in an online exhibition. Under the title "BOGENSEE. A historical tour of the place", current 360° photographs shoud provide a glimpse into the buildings that are no longer accessible today.

Within the framework of the project, East and West German print media, contributions from news broadcasts as well as feature films and documentaries from 1961-1962 were evaluated. The material for the DVD was then selected and background information compiled.

In der Ausstellung wurden die Hintergründe der Verhaftungen von sieben jungen Frauen und Männern aus Werder (Havel) beleuchtet.