The future of remembrance in united Germany: Illustrated Talk with refreshments. Speaker - Dr Debbie Pinfold; University of Bristol. When Germany reunited in 1990  East and West Germany had very distinct […]

** This year's season of films gets underway with this 2013 drama from Hannover-based director Christian Schochow, starring Joerdis Triebel. East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej emigrate […]

** The Hanseatic League, considered an ancient forerunner of the European Union, ruled the waves in the Renaissance. Based along the German-speaking Baltic and North Sea coasts, it had an […]

** Our season of German films comes to an end with Gundermann (2018) This film, directed by Andreas Dresen, is a German biopic about singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, who worked as an excavator operator […]

** Join us for a Zoom talk tracing Berlin’s extraordinary Cold War story — from the four-power occupation and the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the building of the Wall in 1961, to the tense […]

** Talk and tour at 45-47, The Lofthouse, College Rd, Ashley Down, Bristol BS7 9FG. Housed in one of the original Ashley Down orphan homes, this small museum tells the extraordinary story of George […]