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strassenverlauf.bsky.social
Am 11. November 1989 fotografierte Peer Grimm diesen Blick über die Berliner Mauer und die Einrichtung eines Grenzübergangs am Potsdamer Platz.
Peer Grimms Fotografie zeigt den Blick über die besprühte Berliner Mauer auf Grenzstreifen, den Bagger und Menschen räumen. Nachweis von wiki commons folgt.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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ustinoff.bsky.social
#MelvilleMonday
rabihalameddine.bsky.social Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d
Photograph taken by Arthur Singer during the refurbishment of The American Museum of Natural History in 1969
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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germanatportsmouth.bsky.social
Germans think their bread is the best in the world. Here’s why they might be right edition.cnn.com/travel/germa... via @cnn.com
Germans think their bread is the best in the world. Here’s why they might be right | CNN
Germans have more bakeries and eat more varieties of bread than most other countries in the world — no wonder it’s so good.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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thomas-katzenminze.bsky.social
„Und der Mob stand dabei, johlte, schrie und klatschte Beifall...“

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November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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nathalieraoux.bsky.social
Et me voilà partie sur les traces de Wo ! Direction Zurich ! carnetwo.hypotheses.org/2769
Du nouveau sur Wo ? De Berlin 1932 à Zürich 2025.
6 novembre 2025. Dans quelques jours je pars à Zürich. Une fois encore. Cette fois-ci, ce ne sont pas des dessins que je vais y chercher, mais des lettres de Wo — qui m’avaient...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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nathalieraoux.bsky.social
Les s* ont gardé les dessins et ont effacé le nom...
nathalieraoux.bsky.social Nathalie Raoux @nathalieraoux.bsky.social · 3d
Cherchez l'erreur. De l'effacement nazi d'un prodige (je crois que je tiens quelque chose là)
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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strassenverlauf.bsky.social
Am 8. November 1918, am Vortag der zweifachen Ausrufung der Republik, notierte Käthe Kollwitz: "Vormittags Unter den Linden gewesen. Nichts Besonderes. Zu Hause gewartet und telephoniert."

Lesser Ury: Unter den Linden, 1922.
Impressionistisches Gemälde zeigt Kutschen und links Passantinnen mit Regenschirmen vor Häusern auf den grauen Unter den Linden. Mittig und rechts Bäume. Nachweis von wiki commons folgt.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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ddbkultur.bsky.social
Nächste Woche!
ddbkultur.bsky.social Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek @ddbkultur.bsky.social · Aug 7
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Werbegrafik: Frau mit Hut und sehr roten Lippen liest in Zeitung mit dem Logo der DDB auf dem Titel
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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isgv.bsky.social
Die Pilzsaison ist an diesem #Fotofreitag noch in vollem Gange. So haben wir für heute nach ein wenig Pilz-Content in unserem Bildarchiv gesucht und sind mit diesem schönen Steinpilz fündig geworden. Es stammt von Helmut Stapff aus dem Jahr 1970.
Abbildung eines Steinpilzes im Gras
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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brodiewaddell.bsky.social
240,000 pages of manuscript and printed sources at your fingertips, now with much improved usability! 🗃️📜
timhitchcock.bsky.social Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 6d
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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ddronline.bsky.social
GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1
GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1 – DW – 11/01/2025
The hunt for the assets of the former East Germany’s ruling party has the hallmarks of a thriller. There are dubious characters, bags of cash, and key witnesses who suddenly die. At its heart is the q...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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coe.int
#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome. 
 
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.

Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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thismanyyearsago.bsky.social
103 years ago, on the 4th of November 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was rediscovered. Howard Carter spent nearly 10 years cataloguing the objects in the tomb. In 2022, a letter came to light revealing Carter had been stealing treasures from the tomb. #otd #history 🗃️
Inside Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, 18th dynasty
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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joesaunders1.bsky.social
Never say the English aren't inventive with our placenames. Gardeners Garden, Shoreditch, London (Ogilby & Morgan map, 1676). 🗃️ www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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stabiberlin.bsky.social
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Zum Kalender 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/termine/
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November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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europeana.bsky.social
The #Heritage of ancient Greece is commonly recognised as a ‘pillar’ of European culture and identity. But the complex historical processes of cultural reception & appropriation that have shaped this idea are not yet fully understood.

@michaelcultureasso.bsky.social explores ➡️ bit.ly/3KreRDx
The fascination with Greek culture - Ancient Greece as a ‘pillar’ of common European culture and identity
The heritage of ancient Greece is commonly recognised as a ‘pillar’ of common European culture and identity. However, the complex historical processes of cultural reception and appropriation that have...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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nathalieraoux.bsky.social
2.11.1938 Wo se présente "Salle des étrangers" au Ministère de l'Intérieur. On lui dit que son passeport l’attendra sous 15 jours. Espoir ! Lui et Ann peuvent quitter la France... Hélas, rien ne se passa comme prévu. (Oui, j'aime les chronologies fines)
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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johnraimo.bsky.social
Sibylle Bergemann, Das Denkmal (Kerber Verlag, 2025; DE/EN/FR, #skystorians, #photography): kerberverlag.com/de/buecher/s...
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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drleonj.bsky.social
For Halloween, here are the four scariest things I have ever seen 🗃️
Rotten ms Rotten, rusty ms Crumbling ms Dissolving ms
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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strassenverlauf.bsky.social
"[...] Die Zerstörung von Lissabon, das war damals so, als würde man heute sagen, die Zerstörung von Chicago oder von London. Um die Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts stand Portugal noch auf der Höhe seiner gewaltigen Kolonialmacht."

Walter Benjamin: Erdbeben von Lissabon (Rundfunkgeschichte für Kinder) 🧵
bhgross144.bsky.social Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · Nov 1
#OnThisDay in 1755, a massive #earthquake devastated the city of #Lisbon.

The Linda Hall Library recently acquired a sammelband of 6 scarcely held tracts examining various aspects of the disaster. Read more in today's #ScientistOfTheDay post.

www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...

#histSTM #speccolls🗃️
“Das Erdbeben zu Lissabon,” the Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon imagined after the 1755 quake, engraving in Gesammlete Nachrichten von dem Erdbeben der Stadt Lissabon, by J.H. Rühlen, and 5 other tracts, Tract 6, 1756 (Linda Hall Library)
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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arolsenarchives.bsky.social
Jan Stępniak, 19 years old, was executed on November 2, 1942, for “denigrating the German people”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🎶 I'll send an SOS to the world...🎶
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
Consider yourself an academic? But where is your hat with tassel, the hair worn in a plait, the spotted suit and checked tights, like this fella from 1773 - called: the Academic Mac - is wearing? #academicchatter
A 1773 brush drawing in grey wash, with pen and grey ink showing "The Academic Mac"; a man standing, wearing a hat with tassel, the hair worn in a plait, a spotted suit and checked tights. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1865-1014-459
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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stabihh.bsky.social
#HamburgerZeitungenDigital “Am Ende bin ich selbst und meine ganze Mitmenschheit die Ursache!“

In der Bürgerzeitung vom 22. Nov. 1885: Abschrift des Vortrags von Dr. med. Eduard Reich auf der #Vegetarierversammlung 1885 in #Glücksburg.
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Eine historische Zeitungsseite aus der "Bürger-Zeitung" vom 22. November 1885. Die Seite enthält einen Vortrag von Dr. Eduard Reich über Bildungsreformen gehalten auf der Vegetarierversammlung 1885 in Glücksburg.
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
One more owl wearing eyeglasses and I’ll shut up for today: bsky.app/profile/dbel...
dbellingradt.bsky.social Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Nov 25
The wise owl. This engraving of 1625 features a comment on the art of being an ignorant. A short 🧵 for #skystorians.
The engraving from Cornelis Bloemaert is titled "The Wise Owl", and was made around 1625. You see an own with specs standing on a book next to a candle. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1945-0512-17
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM