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Germany: Memories of a Nation

Neil MacGregor

How has Germany chosen to remember its history, the proud parts and the shameful ones, in the objects and monuments around it?

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Author
Neil MacGregor

Why read it

  • You will learn to read a monument or an object as an argument about how a nation sees its past
  • You will see how shared language, fairy tales and symbols helped hold a divided people together
  • You will understand how a country can leave a scar visible on purpose, as a warning to the future

Who it is for

  • A traveler to Germany who wants more than sightseeing
  • A reader who wonders how countries face shameful pasts
  • Someone drawn to history told through objects

Contents

  1. Introduction: Monuments and memories
  2. Introduction: Monuments and memories
  3. Part One
  4. 1 The view from the Gate
  5. The view from the Gate
  6. 2 Divided heaven
  7. Divided heaven
  8. 3 Lost capitals
  9. Lost capitals
  10. 4 Floating city
  11. Floating city
  12. 5 Fragments of power
  13. Fragments of power
  14. Part Two
  15. 6 A language for all Germans
  16. A language for all Germans
  17. 7 Snow White vs Napoleon
  18. Snow White vs Napoleon
  19. 8 One nation under Goethe
  20. One nation under Goethe
  21. 9 Hall of heroes
  22. Hall of heroes
  23. 10 One people, many sausages
  24. One people, many sausages
  25. Part Three
  26. 11 The battle for Charlemagne
  27. The battle for Charlemagne
  28. 12 Sculpting the spirit
  29. Sculpting the spirit
  30. 13 The Baltic brothers
  31. The Baltic brothers
  32. 14 Iron nation
  33. Iron nation
  34. 15 Two paths from 1848
  35. Two paths from 1848
  36. Part Four
  37. 16 In the beginning was the printer
  38. In the beginning was the printer
  39. 17 An artist for all Germans
  40. An artist for all Germans
  41. 18 The white gold of Saxony
  42. The white gold of Saxony
  43. 19 Masters of metal
  44. Masters of metal
  45. 20 Cradle of the modern
  46. Cradle of the modern
  47. Part Five
  48. 21 Bismarck the blacksmith
  49. Bismarck the blacksmith
  50. 22 The suffering witness
  51. The suffering witness
  52. 23 Money in crisis
  53. Money in crisis
  54. 24 Purging the degenerate
  55. Purging the degenerate
  56. 25 At the Buchenwald gate
  57. At the Buchenwald gate
  58. Part Six
  59. 26 The Germans expelled
  60. The Germans expelled

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