Our public history projects
Our public history projects shed light on the history of Helmut Schmidt in the context of German and international contemporary history. Closely linked to the scientific cataloguing of the Helmut Schmidt Archive, they communicate history through educational work and innovative formats. Public history brings history into society - whether through archives, museums or places of remembrance.
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Magnus combines in-depth expertise on the life and political career of Helmut Schmidt with public history formats centered on the foundation’s exhibition projects. Central to this work is always the question of how history and the present are interconnected.
He studied history in Göttingen and earned his doctorate at the University of Erfurt on the everyday history of World War II. Since 2005, he has worked both independently and as a staff member and exhibition curator for institutions including the German Historical Museum in Berlin, the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, and the University of Vienna.
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