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Germany destroyed – Cologne 1945 Cologne, 1965 - Germany destroyed – Cologne 1945 The picture shows a bird'S-eye view of Cologne in the year 1945 after the destruction of the city.In the aftermath of the allied air strikes the city laid in ashes. What had been one of the most important industrial and trading cities of western German was a sea of debris now. You can see the Cologne Cathedral which was the only building of the city that remained fairly undamaged. The scale of devastation depicted in this picture is applicable to most of the industrial cities in Germany after 1945.

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Demagogy of National Socialism Berlin, 1960 - The picture shows the oration of Goebbel on the 18th of February 1943 in the Berlin Sportpalast after the capitulation of the German troops at Stalingrad. Under this shock effect and under the influence of the Nazi propaganda twelve thousand selected people answer with “Yes” when Goebbels asked if they want the total war. As unanimously as their blind obedience, are their uniformed clothes. In the foreground Goebble is standing with a fanatical facial expression, on the left side the huge flag of the National Socialists.

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Election posters (1930-1932) , 1970 - The picture shows election posters of four German political parties, published towards the end of the Weimar Republic. 1. The Social Democratic Party (1930) with the slogan: “These are the enemies of democracy! Away with it! Therefore vote for list 1”; 2. Centre Party (1932) with the slogan: “Brüning, the last bulwark of freedom and order – truth – freedom – justice; vote for list 4”; 3. The Communist Party of Germany (1932) with the words: “end this system, KPD List 3; 4. The National Socialist German Workers' Party (1932) with the parole: “Our last hope: Hitler”.

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Marching out for World War I 1914. The people is swept up in a wave of patriotic enthusiasm. , 1960 - The picture shows soldiers, liable to military service in August 1914, who are gathering after the announcement of mobilization (1st of August). The crowds are waving with their hands and flags and the street is decorated with the black-white and red flags of the German Empire. The uniforms and helmets of the soldiers are also decorated; the soldiers seem to march out enthusiastically, voluntarily and with a sense of self-sacrifice.

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Technical achievements are opening the gateway to the world New York, 1972 - The picture shows a cruiser (named Bremen) of the German shipping company Lloyd. The four-funnel express steamer wins the race for the fastest Atlantic crossing; in terms of technical progress the so called “decade of the Germans” (1898-1908) began. Furthermore a Zeppelin is depicted. This rigid airship was constructed by Graf von Zeppelin, who was supported by the German shipping company Hapag. On the picture you can see the cruiser and the airship arriving in the harbor of New York. They both are flagged with the black-white and red flags of the German Empire (1971-1918). American sailors are welcoming them enthusiastically. The picture intends to express the high level of German technical achievements, with which the German Empire aimed at prevailing over the rest of the world.

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In St. Paul's Church 1848 , 1948 - The picture shows the delegates of the Frankfurt Parliament in St. Paul’s Church (1848). The deputies had been elected during the German-Austrian March Revolution in order to achieve the demanded changes. In front of the speaker’s desk the first president of the Parliament is depicted: Heinrich von Gagern (1799-1880). He’s in deep conversation with a further delegate. Among the visitors in the loge on the right side of the dais you can also see women. The 812 delegates of the Frankfurt Parliament created a new German government, developed and passed a catalogue of fundamental rights. With this first democratic all-German Parliament also the first parliamentary groups were established.

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German folklore (Volkstum) all over the world. The overseas are calling! German expatriates before leaving the harbour. , 1939 - The picture shows German expatriates leaving to America at the pier. Caused by a long lasting economic crisis it came to mass emigration from Germany. People with their families and their few belongings which they had wrapped in cloth are waiting to enter the boat which is going to take them to the big flagship you can see in the background. Emigration reached its peak in the 19th century. The wide unsettled land of the United States and news of gold finds in California attracted the immigrants.

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The first German train 1835 , 1975 - Bewlow the picture you can find a time-line.

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Treaty of Ryswick (arrival of representatives at Huis Nieuwburg) (1697) Rijswijk, 1856 - On September 20th 1697 the Treaty of Ryswick was signed between the Alliance of Augsburg (consisting of the German Holy Roman Empire, England, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, the Dutch Republic and the Duchy of Savoy) on one side and the French on the other. This treaty settled the Nine Year’s War.

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Germany after the Thirty Years War , 1958 - The wall charts shows a map of Germany after the “Peace of Westphalia” (24th of October 1648). Territories of Habsburg, Wittelsbach, Wettin, Hohenzollern, ecclesiastical territories and imperial cities are marked with colours. After the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire the loose confederation of principalities, that means 382 sovereign and semi-sovereign territories, was an important factor of peace in Europe.

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Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, praying before the Battle of Lützen 1632 Lützen, 1911 - “Based on an oil-painting of Prof. Louis Braun”. The picture shows king Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), who1630 intervened in the Thirty Years War in Germany. He fought for the German Protestants against the Habsburg powers, who reaching the Baltic Sea were a threat to Sweden. In the year 1632 near Lützen (today Saxony-Anhalt) he fought against Wallenstein and the Habsburg troops and was killed by a shoot. Later the Protestants revered him as martyr and declared him savior of the German Protestantism, although he only aimed at defending the hegemonic power of Sweden. The picture shows Gustav praying before the battle raising his sword up to the sky. Behind Gustav you can see cavalries with the Swedish flag, in front of him killed soldiers.

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Een vergadering van de Nationele Synode te Dordrecht, 1619. Dordrecht, 1911 - Uit handleiding circa 1915: ‘Hoe statig, die vergaderzaal met sobere vloer, rechte wanden en koepelvormige bekapping, hoe eenvoudig , die lange tafel en lange banken en dat zwaar betimmerd afsluithek. Statig rustig en eenvoudig als de zaal zelve zijn ook de gecommitteerde van de Hoogmogende Algemene Staten, de uitheemse theologen en de vaderlandse professoren, predikanten en ouderlingen. De edellieden, burgers en vrouwen in hun zwierige kledij voor de balustrade vertegenwoordigen het lekenelement. Aan de tafel voor de schouw zit of staat Bogerman, de voorzitter van de Synode. Aan dezelfde tafel zijn de secretarissen en assessoren gezeten. Om de lange tafel in het midden van de zaal hebben de Remonstranten, de gedaagden, plaats genomen. De banken links achter in de zaal worden ingenomen door de gecommitteerden van de Staten-Generaal.; , de volgende banken door de afgevaardigden van Zutfen en Zuid-Holland en verder, meer naar voren, achter de balustrade, de afgevaardigden van Friesland, Utrecht, Zeeland en Noord-Holland. Rechts, net de rug naar de aanschouwer, zitten afgevaardigden van de Waalse kerken van Drente, van Stad en Lande en van Overijsel. Daarop volgen de afgevaardigden van Bremen, Genève, Westfalen, Zwitserland, Hessen, de Palts en Engeland. De banken voor de Franse afgevaardigden bestemd, zijn onbezet gebleven. De plaat geeft het moment te zien, waarop de woordvoerder van de Remonstranten, Episcopius, het standpunt aanwijst, dat hij en zijn partijgenoten tegenover de Synode wensen in te nemen.’ Het voornaamste doel van de Nationale Synode was een uitspraak te doen tussen de remonstranten en de contraremonstranten. In deze vergadering werd onder andere besloten de bijbel in het Nederlands te vertalen.

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German Yeomanries are fighting for their independence , unknown - The picture shows a scene of the German peasants‘war between 1524 and 1526 (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Beside the peasants also mine workers and urban citizens took part in the revolution against the oppressive authorities. You can see the fight of the peasants against the knights of the seigniors. The peasants are fighting with lances and flails. In the background other peasants are looting and destroying a mill, probably an aristocratic estate. The battlefield is covered with snow; the scene of the depiction is dated to March of the year 1525 – the beginning of the revolts in Leipheim. The peasant troops were combated by the troops of the Swabian confederation. The subtitle of the wall chart is “Lewwer duad üs Slav” (its better to be dead than to be a slave) cites a Frisian slogan, well known as verse of Liliencron’s ballad “Pidder Lüng” (1844) which tells about the revolt of a poor fisherman. Later the slogan was abused by the Nazi-Propaganda as an example for the alleged bravery of the (blonde and blue-eyed) Nordic.

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Rudolph I of Germany Speyer, 1958 - You can see Rudolph in December 1273 at the Imperial Diet of Speyer, where he induced the return of illegally appropriated goods (the so called policies of revindication). Rudolph took drastic action against the robber barony, in order to ensure general peace. Governors had to retrieve the goods. Probably, these governors are depicted on the scene.

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Thyra grundlægger Dannevirke , 1898 - Ifølge et meget udbredt sagn var det Gorm den Gamles dronning Thyra Danebod, der i begyndelsen af 900-tallet grundlagde det voldanlæg, der strækker sig tværs over Slesvig nord for den gamle dansk/tyske grænse ved Ejderen. Dele af anlægget er dog væsentlig ældre, men i 1800-tallet, hvor Danmark to gange førte krig mod tyskerne om hertugdømmerne Slesvig og Holsten, var det et populært motiv for de nationalromantiske malere.

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Ansgar prædiker i Haralds gård ?, 1898 - Den danske konge Harald Klak lod sig døbe ved et kirkemøde i Ingelheim i 826 og bragte munkene Aubert og Ansgar med til Danmark. De rejste rundt og missionerede, men blev fordrevet. Ansgar kaldes almindeligvis ”Nordens apostel” og blev senere biskop i Bremen.

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Vikingeflåde. , 1956 -

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The Coronation of Charlemagne Rome, 1956 - On Christmas Day of the year 800 AD pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne "emperor of the Romans". Both are surrounded by bishops; a chronicler is sitting in the foreground.

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Oldnordisk gæstestue , 1956 -

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En vikingehøvdings højsætning. , 1893 -

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Wodan – Odin. , 1920 -

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[Fra Gundestrup til Jellingsten] , ? -

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Donar – Thor. , 1920 -

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Fra Vikingetiden , 1898 - Billedet viser den gængse opfattelse af vikingerne, som hærger og plyndrer, hvor de kommer frem. Her er det et kloster, det går ud over.

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Gravsætning (i skib). , 1956 -

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Boniface fells the Oak of Donar Geismar near Fritzlar, 1956 - The Anglo-Saxon missionary Boniface fought against the pagan Cult of Donar. The picture shows monks felling the Oak of Donar (723 AD). Boniface is standing behind them. In the foreground Teutons are watching with horrified faces.

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Boniface fells the Oak of Donar near Geismar , 1911 - The picture shows the Anglo-Saxon monk Boniface felling the pagan Oak of Donar, 723 AD. His companions on the left side are praying and holding up the cross. On the right side of the picture you can see the scared pagans, fearing the revenge of Donar. The heathen priest is dodging the falling oak.

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De Romeinen in ons land Nederland, circa 1911 - Uit handleiding circa 1915: Het zich ontwikkelend legerdorp bij een Romeinse vesting, geeft enig denkbeeld van de invloed van de Romeinse cultuur op de primitieve beschavingstoestand van de Germanen. Het legerdorp is bevolkt door Romeinse handwerkslieden, marskramers, zoetelaars en oudgedienden, die, zich veilig voelende in de nabijheid van de vesting, hun brood trachten te verdienen door te voorzien in de behoeften der Romeinse legersoldaten. De Germanen, hoe vasthoudend ook aan hun gewoonten, maken gebruik van de kennis van de Romeinse burgers. Zij leren van hen het hout en het ijzer bewerken, klei tot stenen bakken, het graan tot meel malen in de molen, welputten graven, moesgroenten kweken, het land bebouwen en het vlas en de wol tot garen spinnen en doeken weven. Op de voorgrond het in aanbouw zijnde legerdorp; op de achtergrond rechts de buitenmuur van de vesting en links als tegenstelling een Germaans gehucht met rieten hutten.

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Arminius the Chersuci. Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Bramsche am Kalkriese, 1938 - The picture shows Arminius, the chieftain of the Cherusci, who in the year 9 AC defeated three Roman legions. You can see the Germanic soldiers coming out of the woods and throwing their spears after the Romans. Arminius had Roman civil rights and as a Roman ally had obtained the confidence of the Roman governor. Arminius awaited the right moment, ambushed the Romans and defeated them.

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From German East Africa. Landscape around the Kilimanjaro Moschi at the Kilimanjaro, 1911 - The picture shows a village in the former German colony respectively the German protectorate German East Africa (1885-1918). At the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro you can see fertile forests and a village. The German military station “Moschi” is depicted behind the village with its thatched huts.

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A germanic farmstead around the turn of the eras , 1956 - The picture shows a Germanic farmstead around the turn of the eras. A water ditch, a strong timber fence, a wide gate and a watchtower surround the building. The wooden houses with gable roofs are covered with straw and have very small windows. Some men carry in a bagged bear. The skulls of horses and cows on the big tree in the centre, at the fence and the gate are cultic items. You can further see a smith standing at a clay furnace.

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Germanic farmsteads before the Migration Period , 1889 - The picture shows a Germanic free man and his companion, armed with lances, returning to their farmstead. His wife and children are welcoming them. The scene takes place before the Migration Period (before 375 A.C.). The cow or goat skulls, hanging at the entrance and the fence are pagan symbols. Different hairstyle and clothes of the depicted persons indicate differences in origin form different tribes, Saxons and Suebi and status. The free man is depicted with blond and red hair, whilst his slave is depicted as foreigner with dark hair and skin.

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The Bronze Age 2000-800 B.C. , 1963 - The subtitle on the chart is: „4000 years ago humans learned to produce metal from ore. With copper and tin they obtained hard materials that could be cast in moulds: Bronze. This was the beginning of a new era of mankind, the beginning of the Metal Ages.” A map on the wall charts shows the spread of Indo-Germanic settlements. Ten images show a Germanic man of the Bronze Age; a Germanic woman; a belt buckle and an armlet; jewelry for female garments, an East-Germanic face urn; the Trundholm sun chariot, a wind instrument called lur, some kinds of weapons: sword, dagger, axe and lance as well as a lake-dwelling settlement and petroglyphs of the Northern tribes as a symbol of cultic feasts.

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Siege of a medieval castle , 1972 - According to the subtitle, “ Manesse manuscript University of Heidelberg” this wall chart shows one of the miniatures of the Codex Manesse, which is one of the most comprehensive and important German manuscripts of medieval Minnesang. The picture is dated to 1305-1340 and illuminates the manuscript of a song written by a minstrel “Düring”. Due to the songwriters name and the dialect of the minnelied its origin might lay in the German region “Thüringen”. On the picture you can see the siege of a castle. While knights assault the castle with bows, arrows and ax the Lord of the castle and his men defend it by throwing stones.

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Nordic Thing in the Middle Age , 1932 - The picture shows a folkmoot (Old English „meeting of the people”) according to the old Germanic rules between the year 0 and 500 A.C. All the free members of a tribe or district are gathering on the so called thingstead. The hill nearby is crowded with spectators. In a fenced circle in the foreground, the Elders are negotiating a “thing”. In this case it seems to be a matter of war and peace: Warriors in chain mails and armored with shield and lances mount guard over the thingstead.

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Roman estate , 1943 - The picture shows an estate (villa rustica) in a Germanic or Gaulish province of the Roman Empire. In the foreground you can see the agricultural work and the grain harvest. The landlord is riding a horse and watching the peasants work. The farmstead, with the main building, agricultural and annex buildings as well as temple is depicted in the background. In front of the farmyard you can see the road with a group of Roman soldiers and a few cavalrymen, carriages and haywains.

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Village in the Young Stone Age , 1956 - The picture shows life and culture around 4000 to 2000 B.C. in the south-western part of Germany: In the foreground a big house of wood and clay with a thatched roof is depicted. It is built on piles close to the lake (the Lake Constance). In the background you can see a further lake-dwelling settlement which is only accessible by a narrow bridge. The following activities are depicted on the wall chart: On the right side in the foreground you can see three men at work, constructing further lake-dwellings. Left of them a further man is working with a Young Stone Age drilling machine. A woman with a child on her arm is standing at his side and a young boy is playing on the wooden ground. Behind him you can see a domestic dog. On the right side of the family a women is weaving cloth with help of a weaving frame and another women is milling grain on a granitic boulder. On the water you can see fishermen at work with their fishing nets and spears; others are caving a tree trunk with the purpose to use it as a boat. In the background peasants are furrowing the field.

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Old Nordic and Germanic gravesites , 1936 - This big chart shows seven different types of graves from different historical periods in seven times three columns. (On the left and on the right: tools, pottery and jewelry; in the centre: depictions of graves). 1. “Old Nordic megalithic tomb of the Young Stone Age (3000 B.C.)” You can see megalithic tombs made of huge blocks of stone, a passage tomb in the foreground and a smaller dolmen in the background. 2. “Barrow of Leuningen”. Early Bronze Age. First half of 2nd Millennium B.C.” Prehistoric graves were constructed by heaping up stones or earth. You can see an artificially decorated roof heaped up with lots of stones and earth. 3. “Tree Trunk Coffin from Jutland. Middle Bronze Age. Midst of 2nd Millennium B.C.” The tree trunk coffin a lengthwise split and caved tree trunk can already be found in the early Stone Age but mainly appears in the Early European Bronze Age. 4. “The royal tom of Seddin. Late Bronze Age around 800 B.C.” This barrow has a diameter of 85m and his 10 meters high. 5. “Ashes graves of the Iron Age. 800-500 A.C.” 6. “Tomb of Leuna. Early Iron Age around 300. A.C.” In this field of inhumations graves you can see skeletons and jars of silver, bronze and glass. 7. “Oseberg-grave. Finland. Viking-Age. Around 900 A.C.“ The Oseberg-ship, the grave of a Norwegian princess was discovered in 1903. You can see grave goods as tools, artificially carved carriages and slides in the right column of the picture.

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Knights and peasants in the German East (13th century) , - The picture shows a scene from the High Middle Ages (12th/ 13th century), when German rulers, knights, monks, peasants, citizens advanced into the East – some of them violently others called by christianized Slavic rulers. You can see people, most of them peasants, arriving at their new homelands and asking the Teutonic Knights for their settlement sites. The knights are wearing white cloaks with a black cross. The peasants who have all their belongings on a covered wagon are standing in front of them. Many of the settlers were attracted by low taxes, hereditary rights to the land and further liberties. After Konrad I of Masowia had called the Teutonic Knights and their Grand Master Hermann of Salza against the heathen Old Prussians, a settlement movement - the so called medieval German settlement into the East (German Ostsiedlung)- began.

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Bismarck speaking to the Reichstag , 1962 - The picture shows Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) delivering a speech to the Reichstag in his function as first Reich Chancellor of the German Empire (1871-1890). You can see Bismarck in the uniform of a Cuirassier. Bismarck who played a dominant role in the formation of the German Empire was at the same time chairman of the Federal Assembly, Prime Minister of Prussia and minister for foreign affairs.

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The Nydamboat. Fourth Century. , 1937 - „Adapted by Prof. Dr. Reinerth, Berlin.“ The picture shows the Iron Age seagoing war boat Nydamboat, which was named after the place where it was found (Nydam, Jutland). Around 320 A.C. this rowboat was scarified to the moor and rediscovered in the year 1863. The boat served as a fast troopship and could carry until 45 men. On the picture you can further see several men with swords. During the fourth century Germanic tribes ruled in Europe.

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9th Century. Viking Raids. The naissance of the first German Reich , 1937 - This frieze shows a timeline of the 9th Century (800-900 A.C.) with the following dates, which are tagged by red or black arrows: 800-804 A.C. Charlemange emperor of Rome, 843 A.C. Treaty of Verdun, 879 A.C. Treaty of Mersen, 843-876 A.C. Louis the German.

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Chart of Ancient History , 1963 - This chart shows art works, weapons, jewelry and graveyards from eight different historical periods in 5 times 8 columns (top down). I. Lower to middle Paleolithic 600000-4000 B.C.; II. Neolithic 4000-1800 B.C.; III. Bronze Age, 1800-1000 B.C.; IV. Hallstatt Culture 1000-500 B.C.; V. La Tène-Culture, 500-0 B.C VI. Roman Empire 0-400 A.C.; VII. Migration Period 400-800 A.C.; VIII. Viking Age 800-1000 A.C.

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Divisions of the Carolingian Empire , 1957 - The picture shows a map of the Carolingian Empire with its borders: 1st after the treaty of Verdun (843 A.C.) and 2nd after the treaty of Meersen (879 A.C.) In the Treaty of Verdun the sons of Louis II and the grandsons of Charlemagne agreed on the division of the territoriy of Francia into three parts: 1. The Western Frankish Realm of Charles the Bald (Neustria, Aquitaine), 2. the Central Frankish Realm of Lothar I (Burgundy, Provence, Austrasia), and 3. the Eastern Frankish Realm of Louis the German (Frisia, Saxony, Alemannia, Bavaria). With the Treaty of Meersen the territory of Lotharingia was divided between Charles the Bald and Louis the German. Until World War II this treaty remained a matter of conflict between Germany and France.

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Celebration at a German princely court in the 18th century , 1951 - The picture shows a grand princely Court in the baroque period (end of 16th/ 17th century). The depicted scene takes place in the courtyard garden where music and fireworks entertain the ceremony guests who are illuminated by the enlightend halls in the background. The ladies are wearing baroque-style abundant crinolines, frill sleeves, low-cut necklines, are carrying fans and are wearing small masks and have pinned-up, ribbon-decorated hairstyles. The men are wearing Justaucorps, vests, knee breeches, white knee-socks, buckled shoes, lace-trimmed collars and periwigs. Influences of French colonialism are obvious: a short, dark-skinned man with poulaines, golden earrings and a turban is running after a small dog.

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The Welser are moving to Venezuela , 1942 - The picture shows members of the Welser, a patrician banker and merchant family from Augsburg and Nurnberg. Since 1420 the family had a trading company and possessed foreign trading posts all over Europe (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, France, Italy, Dominican Republic). That way they accumulated enormous wealth and power. On the wall cahrt you can see a fleet, its crew and equipment financed by the Welser. Depicted are three-masted merchant vessels, anchoring off the coast of Venezuela; two rowboats are starting for the beach. In the year 1528 Charles V ceded the governorship of the Spanish overseas province Venezuela to the Augsburgian Welser Bartholomäus V. The German Welser explored and exploited America until they lost their mercantile rights when Charles V resigned in the year 1556.

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A mural painting. Teaching historical consciousness , - The painting shows three oblong pictures, one below the other, with subtitles naming important periods and incidents of the "German history".

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A Germancic farmsted around the turn of the eras. , 1935 - The picture shows a Central European Germanic farmstead of the Iron Age (1st century AD). You can see three oblong, single-bay houses and gables with clay walls, thatched roofs and timber framework, two main-buildings and an annex. The family is standing in front of the shed and the dwelling house. There are the man of the house with a companion, riding horses, two women, three children and a grandmother. The depicted tools like the wooden plough, cattle livestock farming, the pheasant hunt and spinning shall tell us about the daily life of the people.

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Under the flag of the drawstring shoe , - The picture shows the rebellious peasants of the so called "drawstring-shoe-movement" (1493-1517) in southern Germany during the early period of the Peasants’War(1524-1526). You can see a group of about twenty peasants gathering under their standard the drawstring shoe.

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Caricatures of Bismarck , 1973 - The picture shows four cartoons of Bismarck: Drawn with an oversized spike of a helmet Bismarck is depicted as militarist for whom the constitution means nothing than an impedimental peace of paper. 2. The Prussian helmet, the spiked helmet, symbolizes the power and politics of Bismarck who’s pulling his helmet over the German Kleinstaaterei. 3. Bismarck depicted as pointsman, on who depends if the two trains “Britannia” and “Russia” will collide or not. 4. “Dropping the Pilot”; 75 years old Bismarck is fired by young 31 years-old William II.

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The Harbour of a Viking town , 1936 - The pictures shows Vikings (800-1000 AD) arriving in the home port with their ships and delivering loot to their families, wives and children.

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The arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands (100 years BC) Schenkenschans (Betuwe), 1856 - This image shows the Batavians in the Netherlands. They came from the area now known as Germany and moved to the Netherlands due to consistent wars.

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Germanic Solstice Celebration (Proto-Germanic period) , 1935 - The picture shows a midsummer night celebration, which was an important feast in many ancient and medieval cultures. You can see a tribe gathering on a hill at the time of sunset. All people have blond hair which is as unlikely as their short haircut. During the Northern Bronze Age there were many different and culturally independent peoples and tribes. Thus, the existence of the depicted Proto-Germanic ethnic identity is questionable.

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