Latest / The History of Germany: Kingdoms, War, and Rebuilding Europe — Fexingo History
The Berlin Palace: Humboldt Forum and Germany's Identity
This episode moves beyond the stones and scaffolding of Berlin's reconstructed city palace to ask what it means to rebuild a symbol. Lucas and Luna trace the building's layered history: the original Baroque palace of the Hohenzollerns, its damage in World War II, its demolition by the East German regime, the rise of the Palast der Republik on the same ground, and the contentious decision to rebuild the old facade while housing the Humboldt Forum's ethnographic collections inside. They discuss the debates over colonial loot, the role of the palace in German memory, and how…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.