The Flensburg Files also features a news project page, where a list of thematic categories are featured so that you can have a look at and comment on some of the articles written by the author. While some of the themes are based on what was mentioned in the mainstream news media but some aspects are being added, but also there are some that are rarely covered at all but are important, especially for those who want to know how these themes affect expatriates as well as German-American relations, just to name a few. Some of the projects currently being covered by the Files outside tourism and English include:
CURRENT EVENTS AFFECTING GERMANY AND ABOVE (Mostly for discussion purposes):
Organ Donations Law– Should people be declared automatic organ donors when they die?
Speed Limits on German Autobahns– Should German Motorways have them and if so, how fast? The Bundestag rejects latest proposal (2019)
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New Penal Laws for Traffic (Busgeldkatalog) in Germany 2020:
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Corona Virus Series (2020-present)
Corona and Travel
Travelling by Train (Frage für das Forum)*
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Corona and Environment
Lessons Part 3- Connectivity, Responsibility and Awareness*
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Corona and Medicine
History in Connection with SARS*
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Corona and Politics
Reducing Unnecessary Discussion*
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting by Julio Vincent Gambuto
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Corona (Misc)
Lessons in Equality and Humanity
Spoonful of Clorox by Randy Rainbow
We Stopped our World and the World Stopped with Us*
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75th Anniversary of the End of World War II (2020)
12 of History’s Most Stirring and Profound Military Quotes*
The Search for Missing Soldiers 75 Years Later*
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History and People:
Dachau: The Question I never asked my Father*
Germans Reflect on Arrival of Allies*
Virginia Hall: How the Woman of No Important Became the Nazi’s Most Feared Enemy*
Lee Miller: From Being Seen to Seeing*
The Oversteegen Sisters- Seducing the Nazis*
How the West Lost the War at Yalta*
International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg*
Women and the Holocaust: In Their Own Words (also as literature)*
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History and Literature:
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
The Winter Army by Maurice Issermann
Not included: Wartime Bridges. Click here to access the page.
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100th Anniversary Bauhaus Movement (2019)
The Story of Bauhaus by Francis Ambler (book)
100 Years of Bauhaus or the Myth of German Efficiency
New Museum (news from Richardsonian)
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1989:
Berlin:
Peaceful Revolution Dates (Glocal)
Borders to Bridges Guessing Quiz and Answers
The Bridges at Checkpoint Bravo between Berlin and Potsdam
The Bridges along the Berlin Wall
Glienicke Bridge (Bridge of Spies)
Oberbaum Bridge between Berlin- Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain
Berlin Wall: Keeping the Memory Alive (Richard Quest-CNN)
Checkpoint Charlie: 1. Sausages
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Leipzig: 1. Nikolai Church- the Start of the Demonstrations, 2. Light Festival (Glocal),
3. 9 October Revisited (Cedar News Press).
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Bayerische Vogtland Region/ Hof:
Brückenrasthaus Frankenwald and Rudolphstein Viaduct
The Motorway 72 Saale River Crossing near Hof
The Three-State Corner (Drei-Staaten-Eck): Bavaria-Thuringia-Saxony
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Other places along the Inner-German border:
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Other topics/ Literature and Film:
Genre: The Magic Lantern by Timothy Garto Ash
Michail Gorbachev’s Speech: 1989- 30 Years Later (Time)
Life in the GDR: An interview via Leipzig Glocal
From the Attic: Film on the 40th Anniversary of the GDR
TYB: The Fall of the Wall- The Broadcasts (2014)
Teaching the Berlin Wall in the Classroom- An Author’s Perspective (2014)
Highlights from the 25th anniversary celebrations (2014)
Christmas in the GDR before 1989 (coming soon)
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2018/19: THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1978/79
Schneekatastrophe 1978/79 in Pictures
Literature Piece: The Big Snow
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2017: THE YEAR OF MARTIN LUTHER AND THE 95 THESES:
Martin Luther and the 95 Theses
Martin Luther and Indulgences- a modern perspective
Martin Luther and Homosexuality
Martin Luther and 2.0 Technology
Martin Luther and the Apple Tree
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2016: THE YEAR OF THE BEER
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THE BERLIN WALL
Discussion in the Classroom- some tips
Bornholmer Strasse/ A Tribute to Gunther Schabowski
Highlights of the Fall of the Wall 25th anniversary celebrations
Taking You Back to the Fall of the Wall
GERMANY AT 25– Please refer to the page Interesting Facts about Germany
THE PROBLEM WITH SOCCER
REFUGEE CRISIS IN GERMANY
Refugee Crisis: A Chance or a Hindrance?
Wir sind das Volk als illegale Ansage?
How to Live in Peaceful Co-existence
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ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA
What is an American Dream? Does it Really Exist
We’re Fine. It is You we are Worried About: Info-prying in America
US Elections Promotional Campaign
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GREAT WINTER 1978/79
Film Documentaries from the Attic
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If there is a theme that you would like to see brought up, please contact Jason Smith at the Files using the contact info below:
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