{"id":2541,"date":"2020-10-13T19:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mannhardt.alfahosting.org\/geschichte\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:35:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/en\/history\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-element=\"km-image-slider\" id=\"km-custom-block_ab3078599924fbd685e4da859350f8f3\" >\n                            <!-- more than one image in slider -->\n        <!-- slick slider -->\n        <div class=\"slick mt-3 mt-md-5\">\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gedenkstaette-Gueterbahnhof_Copyright-Mitte-Museum-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Overgrown railway tracks with a birch tree\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">1\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>Gedenkort G\u00fcterbahnhof Moabit, Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5348-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"People standing around a stylised map on the floor\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">2\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>&#8220;Gewachsen auf Sand&#8221; (2021), Credit: Ute M\u00fcller-Tischler<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kriegsgraeberfriedhof_Berlin_Moabit_Gedenktafel_Copyright-Mitte-Museum-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque on a brick wall\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">3\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>Kriegsgr\u00e4berfriedhof Berlin Moabit, Gedenktafel. Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ausstellung_EMoP_Winde_ehemal.-BzBm-Buro_2019-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures of offices in a wood panelled room\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">4\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>Exhibition J\u00f6rg Winde, mayor&#8217;s offices in Germany, 2019, Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MM_Aussenansicht_copyright-Mitte-Museum-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Brick building in the sun with yellow flags in front\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div 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w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Gedenkort G\u00fcterbahnhof Moabit, Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">1\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5348-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"People standing around a stylised map on the floor\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>&#8220;Gewachsen auf Sand&#8221; (2021), Credit: Ute M\u00fcller-Tischler<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">2\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n       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Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">3\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ausstellung_EMoP_Winde_ehemal.-BzBm-Buro_2019-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures of offices in a wood panelled room\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Exhibition J\u00f6rg Winde, mayor&#8217;s offices in Germany, 2019, Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">4\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MM_Aussenansicht_copyright-Mitte-Museum-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Brick building in the sun with yellow flags in front\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Mitte Museum, Credit: Mitte Museum<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">5\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- EOF slick slider -->\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-introtext\" id=\"km-custom-block_0985bacd3873151633efa4b258f9d304\">\n    <div class=\"row has-border pb-0\">\n        <div class=\"col\">\n            <h2 class=\"font-size-big font-size-24-36\">\n                <p>Our awareness of history is constantly changing. It is ignited at authentic places where public perception moves with the ongoing reconstruction of the city and its inhabitants. It is the critical reflection on these processes that forms the basis for the work of the Department of Remembrance Culture and History. The location at which Berlin was founded is located in the Mitte district. For centuries it has been the city\u2019s and state\u2019s political centre and is home to prominent institutions of science, culture and history. It is here where the front line of the Cold War was drawn and the German division was ended. When the Berlin districts merged in 2001, the former districts of Alt Mitte, Tiergarten and Wedding merged to form today&#8217;s Mitte district. In no other Berlin district is the historiography and remembrance culture more diverse and dynamic than in Berlin Mitte.<\/p>\n\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_38c1b437d477db124ccf2a25a96e2ace\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mt-2 mb-5 my-sm-0\">\n                <p>Culture of Remembrance<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>The Department of Remembrance Culture and History\u2019s institutions of the Mitte Museum and the Museum Lab are dedicated to the research, collection and communication of everyday regional history. The Department of Remembrance Culture and History also participates in cross-district history projects of the state. Relevant topics of the district\u2019s history are explored in the form of exhibitions, events, museum education projects, workshops, lectures and readings. At the heart of our work regarding remembrance culture and history is a comprehensive archive and a library for regional history.<\/p>\n<p>Another important part of our work is our research on street names and information boards and the development and supervision of commemorative events and memorial sites. By involving local citizens, schools and other educational institutions in the district and in cooperation with universities, specialist institutions and civil society, we contribute to the discourse on history and remembrance in Berlin-Mitte.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_64b606e4d2bc54d7dc101baebe16a243\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mt-2 mb-5 my-sm-0\">\n                <p>Address<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>Mitte Museum<br \/>\nPankstr. 47<br \/>\n13357 Berlin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mittemuseum.de\/\">www.mittemuseum.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_90978c3aef94fd0701e56577fc8c98a5\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mt-2 mb-5 my-sm-0\">\n                <p>Contact<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>Head of the Department for Remembrance Culture and History<br \/>\nDirection of the Mitte Museum<br \/>\nNathan Friedenberg<br \/>\n(030) 460601916<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:friedenberg@mittemuseum.de\"><span id=\"eeb-613938-926327\">friedenberg@mittemuseum.de<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Head of the Department of History and Remembrance Culture<br \/>\nArchive and Collection<br \/>\nSigrid Schulze<br \/>\n(030) 460601924<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:schulze@mittemuseum.de\"><span id=\"eeb-892122-388068\">schulze@mittemuseum.de<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2540,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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