The German House of History
The German House of History is now online with German time history from the end of World War II up to the present. Liberation and occupation, the Adenenauer-era and terrorism are some topics of the permanent exhibition. (Its virtual counterpart at present is under construction.) The site offers a truly substantial amount of text and image information, for press and visitors alike, dealing with current and future special exhibitions (at this time: "Finally vacation - Germans traveling"), the original concept and story behind the museum.
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Roman Open-Air Museum (Hechingen-Stein)
A reconstructed roman villa from the 1st-3rd A.D. century can be visited here with a full description of the museum, a virtual tour as well as excavation and reconstruction reports. It is not Pompeji but indeed a big and outstandingly well preserved Roman estate which was discovered in a forest in 1973 - undiscoveredfor the forest ground for 1700 years. The virtual tour shows all stops and attractions with short explanations, pictures and a block diagram of the current site.
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German Historical Museum (Berlin)
Current exhibitions of the German Historical Museum in Berlin offer: The demonstration in Berlin on 4 November 1989, pictures and reports on German history, photographs of the 50s and the "Wirtschaftswunder", Europe in the age of the dictators (1930-1945). Don't miss two thorough web exhibitions worth a visit: "End and Beginning" - shows photographs just prior to the end of World War II , "Visible Time" is an exbitit with works by photographer Michael Ruetz, including historical pictures, among other things: Rudi Dutschke, the Prague spring, East Germany in the sixties and seventies.
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Nuclear Cellar Museum (Haigerloch)
A genuine museum and an exhibition for the WWW at the same time: It was in the small town of Haigerloch (in southern Germany) where the World War II's last nuclear fission tests occured, from the end of 1944 throuh April, 1945. It was carried out by a research group centered around W.Heisenberg and C.F. von Weizsaecker. This exhibition gives background informations: 1.) How everything began - Otto Hahn and the discovery of nuclear fission, 2.) The experiment B8 in Haigerloch, 3.) The end of the experiments in Haigerloch (occupation and dismantling). You will find an interview with Werner Heisenberg about the nuclear-power experiments in the Nazi period and very informative texts. It's pity that the images are too big: 160-240 kB, the basement outline has 485 kB!
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