EXB Blog News
What was life like in 1980s East Berlin?
The 1980s were the last decade of the DDR, but what was it really like to live […]
Berlin
Archenhold Observatory: Berlin’s astronomy temple and its sky cannon
Archenhold Observatory opened in 1986, and it features the "sky cannon" the world's longest mobile telescope. Albert […]
Books
My Grandfather’s Knife: Nazi history told through five objects
Berlin-based historian Joseph Pearson has written a book which looks at the history of Nazism and World […]
Stasi
Spies, ruins and secret cameras: The best Stasi exhibitions in Berlin
Immerse yourself in these exhibitions dedicated to the best and worst of the DDR’s Ministry for State […]
Das kleine Grosz Museum
George Grosz: Berlin’s nihilistic chronicler gets a museum of his own
A converted petrol station on Bulöwstrasse is the unlikely new location for a museum to Berlin’s most […]
Politics
Red Flag: Goodbye to Berlin’s last left-wing historian
Wolfgang Wippermann died on January 3. Now who’s going to yell at Germany's historical revisionists?