Archive
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Thoughts on war: Christmas will not be canceled (Published on 24/12/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: The “permanent exhibition” on the Hürtgen war cemetery (Published on 20/12/2023)
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Thoughts on war: Werner Bergengruen – The Final Epiphany (Published on 15/12/2023, amended on 07/06/2024)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): The letters of German soldier Adelbert Rühle, 1939 to 1942 – part 2 of 4 (Published on 25/11/2023)
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Thoughts on war: Day of Decision Somewhere (Published on 22/11/2023)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): The letters of German soldier Adelbert Rühle, 1939 to 1942 – part 1 of 4 (Published on 05/10/2023)
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Thoughts on war: German Luftwaffenhelfer and Russian prisoners of war (Published on 12/09/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: Administration out of control – District now also bans photos of the fallen in uniform at Military Cemeteries in Hürtgen Forest (Published on 18/08/2023)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Letters of German soldier August Gerull from Russia to his family in March and April 1945 (Published on 14/08/2023)
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Thoughts on war: Thomas Mann – recognizing what is true (Published on 28/07/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: Higher Administrative Court of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia rejects the appeal against the denial of urgent legal protection regarding the “flower ban” on the Military Cemeteries in Hürtgen Forest (Published on 03/07/2023)
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Thoughts on war: The Prisoner of War cemetery in Kameshkovo/Russia (Published on 14/06/2023, updated on 17/06/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: District denies “flower ban” on Military Cemeteries in Hürtgen Forest to press and media (Published 13/05/2023)
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In Memoriam: Lodewijk Johannes Timmermans and the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn/Netherlands (Published on 05/05/2023)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): A father commemorates his son, killed in action in September 1944 (Published on 03/05/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: Laying of wreaths by the District Administrator at the Military Cemeteries in Hürtgen and Vossenack on Remembrance Day 2022 – or: Quod licet iovi, non licet bovi? (Published on 21/04/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: Administrative Court Aachen denies grant of a preliminary order against the District’s “flower ban”, appeal to the Higher Administrative Court (Published on 23/03/2023, latest update on 21/04/2023)
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Episodes of War: An eye for an eye in Schmidt (Published on 17/04/2023)
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Episodes of War: The Execution of U.S. Soldier Eddie Slovik by the United States and Its Relation to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest (Published on 02/04/2023)
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“Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: The ban on laying flowers and candles at the military cemeteries in Hürtgen and Vossenack (Published on 12/02/2023, latest update on 28/08/2023)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Letter from 16-year-old German soldier Franz Krügner to his family, 7 April 1945 (Published on 18/01/2023)
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Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Poem by 18-year-old German soldier Reinhard Reschop during World War II (Published on 02/01/2023)
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