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In this section, current events related to Julius Erasmus and the research on his person are observed and commented.

 

  • Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Last letters of German soldier August Willy Hagel to his family, Eastern Front 1943 (Published on 28/03/2025)

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  • “Modern culture of remembrance” in the District of Düren: Information from the District administration on “incidents with a right-wing extremist background” at the military cemeteries in Hürtgen and Vossenack and on “violations” of the cemetery rules (Published on 13/03/2025)

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  • Thoughts on war: Otl Aicher, “the contaminated thinking” (Published on 07/03/2025)

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  • Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Letter from the English soldier Reg Fayers, crew member of a “Halifax” bomber, about the war and his missions over Germany (Published on 28/02/2025)

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  • Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Last letters from Stalingrad – Letter from an unnamed German soldier on the principle of “Resist the beginnings” (Published on 21/02/2025)

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  • Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Letter from the US soldier Roy F. Bergengren Jr. on the futility of war (Published on 18/02/2025)

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  • Thoughts on war: “Youth under Fate” – Biographies of young Germans 1946 to 1949 (Published on 08/02/2025)

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  • Mail Correspondence with Soldiers at War (“Feldpostbriefe”): Last letters of German soldier Theodor Goebel to his family, February 1945 (Published on 10/01/2025)

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  • Episodes of War: “Klaus” by Johanna Ruger (Published on 03/01/2025)

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