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Jonathan |
| After
graduating in the USA at Swarthmore College, I came
to Berlin as a Fulbright Scholar, |
| researching
‘German Perspectives on Israel’ at the
University of Potsdam. One of my deepest |
| connections
to Berlin is to its Jewish history. I experience
it through daily life in the community |
| around
Berlin’s first Yeshiva in over half
a century, through tours that I give, and through
texts |
| of great
Jewish thinkers and writers. |
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Alex |
| After
graduating from the Universities of Huddersfield
and Sheffield in the UK, I moved to Berlin and |
| obtained
my doctorate in Modern and Contemporary History
in 2005 at the Humboldt University, |
| where
I’ve also given courses on early modern British
history. A revised version of my doctoral |
| thesis
is now available in bookstores: Exploitation, Resettlement,
Mass Murder: Political and |
| Economic
Planning for German Occupation Policy in the Soviet
Union, 1940-1941. |
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Lindi |
| I completed my masters
in Berlin History and Art History at Berlin’s
Free University. Presently I’m |
| writing my dissertation
on a well-known Berlin painter in the 19th Century.
My most keen interest in |
| Berlin is its Prussian
past – the background to its complex and stunning
growth in modern times. |
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Bernhard |
| Since completing my
master’s studies in German History at the
Humboldt University, I’ve been a lead |
| tour guide at Berlin’s
GDR Museum. Having grown up in East Germany myself,
GDR History is always |
| personal for me. Everyday
experiences and observations – witty, harsh
and ironic - are a part of each |
| of my tours. |
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Patricia |
| Since October 2005,
I’ve lead a new project at the Institute for
German Literature at the Humboldt |
| University called,
“Places of Jewish Life in Berlin.” My
interest in the physical traces of Jewish life in |
| Berlin began as a
Max Kade Scholar at the University of Illinois at
Chicago, where I received my |
| master’s in
German-Jewish Literature. |
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Victor |
| I received my master’s
in Architecture and Urbanism at the Technical University
of Delft in the |
| Netherlands. For my
master’s thesis in urbanism I set out to explain
the dispersal of shops and cafés |
| in Berlin by mapping
all of these enterprises in Berlin in a 130 square
kilometer area by bicycle. Since |
| then, I can say I've
seen every street in the city! |
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Henry |
I study German History at the Humboldt University, focusing primarily on Nazi History. I am also an |
| active member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), doing a lot of work in my neighborhood |
| of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain towards fighting the extreme Right and the growing Neo-Nazi problem |
| in Berlin. Through the “Citizen Initiative Against the Right in Friedrichshain,” I am involved with |
| organizing demonstrations and counter-demonstrations against extremist parties along with |
| fundraising efforts. |
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