Why has the centenary of Erzberger's violent death only been commemorated within national boundaries so far? Wouldn't it be helpful for many others in Europe and beyond to share Germany's "Erzberger Jahr 2021" culture of memory? At the initial events earlier this year, the Aufa100 founder seemed to appear as the only non-German participant.

Out of the war-unleashing core of the 33 signatories, including five British colonies, at the final day of the Paris Conference on June 28, 1919, the state of war lasted shortest for the 1917 accessed United States of America?

A hundred years ago, this was the first day that saw Austrian-born Adolf Hitler as a leader. Aged 32, the lead of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) was taken up by this Westfront veteran. His leadership career would not end before the final, subterraneous stage of his life in the Führerbunker, 24 years later on in Berlin.

"The truce is a significant event in the Decade of Commemorations. Reflecting on the truce, which was agreed 100 years ago, it is appropriate to recall how the people in the streets of villages, towns and cities hoped and prayed for peace," Irish President Michael D. Higgins is quoted by the Irish Times.

Colocaust?

07-07-2021

Dass Deutschland im Bereich der Kriegsverbrechen die unangefochtene Nummer eins ist, wird wohl niemand in Frage stellen. Im Zuge der postkolonialen Debatte bzw. seit dem ersten Zentenarium des Weltkriegszeitalters machte sich in dem Land ein Trend bemerkbar, bei dem die Inanspruchnahme deutscher Singularität überdies auf Verbrechen während der...

Non à Trianon

01-07-2021

Media: Here's a 101-year-old Trianon in Franco-German broadcasting company Arte's trilingual version. Raise awareness, whether or not from a linguistic perspective, on what is Europe's tragedy and how long it has endured until the present day. Let's put it progressively and acknowledge a (West) European hiatus.

June 17, 1921. Berlin, Germany. Hunger! For the first time in Germany's parliamentary history, a row occurs in the then one-year-old Reichstag Parliament.

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      Below: Aufa💯's academic prehistory, i.e. Centenaire 2018 and 2019 lectures held by our founder.