The German Historical Institute London (GHIL) is an academically independent institution and part of the Max Weber Foundation German Humanities Institutes Abroad. It promotes research on medieval and modern history, in particular on the comparative history of Britain and Germany, on the British Empire  and the Commonwealth, and on Anglo-German relations. Its public library specializes in German history.

 

 

Symposium and Exhibition

 

The Insititute hosted a one-day symposium on 31.October 2014, as well as an exhibition which ran for five months. This coincided with the twenty-fifth aniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The symposium and exhibition explored ideas around representations of East German history and identity as well as sharing membories of the night the Berlin Wall was opened on November 9th 1989.

 

For more information about the Institute visit the GHIL website (opens new window).

 

 

You can also find more information online at:

Robert Havemann Gesellschaft Archive for all materials pertaining to this longitudinal project

Molly Andrews : email (M.Andrews@uel.ac.uk) to request the exhibition video