Germany: Memories of a Nation

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history using objects, art, landmarks and literature.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 13m. Bisher sind 30 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint täglich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 hours 57 minutes

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One People, Many Sausages


Neil MacGregor focuses on two great emblems of Germany's national diet: beer and sausages.


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 October 10, 2014  13m
 
 

The Walhalla: Hall of Heroes


Neil MacGregor visits the Walhalla, a 19th-century temple to German-ness, built in Bavaria


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 October 9, 2014  13m
 
 

One Nation Under Goethe


Neil MacGregor focuses on Germany's great national poet Goethe, who was born in 1749.


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 October 8, 2014  14m
 
 

Fairy Tales and Forests: The Grimms and Caspar David Friedrich


Neil MacGregor on how the Grimms and painter Caspar David Friedrich shaped German identity


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 October 7, 2014  14m
 
 

Luther and a Language for All Germans


Neil MacGregor examines how Luther created the modern German language.


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 October 6, 2014  13m
 
 

Fragments of Power


Neil MacGregor discovers how coins reveal the range and diversity of the Holy Roman Empire


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 October 3, 2014  13m
 
 

Strasbourg - Floating City


Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history.


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 October 2, 2014  13m
 
 

Kafka, Kant and Lost Capitals


Neil MacGregor visits Kaliningrad, now in Russia but formerly the German city Konigsberg.


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 October 1, 2014  13m
 
 

Divided Heaven


Neil MacGregor examines the story of the two Germanys, East and West, created in 1949.


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 September 30, 2014  13m
 
 

The View from the Gate


Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil visits the Brandenburg Gate.


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 September 29, 2014  13m