pickLove a visual history book showing objects to illustrate history, I think it makes history really accessible. You can just dip into this book when you feel like it. The parts about the two world wars are covered very sensitivly and MacGregor emphasises how history has affected modern German politics and attitudes.
I‘m really enjoying this book right now, the ideas are cohesive around idea of national identity and memory using artefacts and ideas, and I‘m just learning a lot about German history 😊 #currentlyreading #nonfiction
#LitsyMeetupBielefeld
In case you have missed this but want to participate, there will be a Litsy Meetup in Bielefeld in Germany in early October! Unfortunately I won‘t have time to participate but lovely Littens will be there! Comment below and tag @julesG if you want to join in!😊
My #backpackeurope trip is going really well, and I am enjoying myself immensly so far:) Luckily I remembered to send some postcards just before leaving Denmark! Now I'm off to visit some friends in #Germany, my stop number three for this trip. My company this time will be 'The Book Thief'. It has received so many praises that I am a bit worried the hype could potentially ruin it for me. Guess I'm about to find out 🤞🏻📚
Got this kindle in the mail today it's in German! Any idea how to change it to English ?
pickJust finished Neil MacGregor's second run through history (which you can access free at BBC Radio 4). Germany - a country I love and loathe and which will always be my home, and which is, unlike it always strives to seem, much older and much more complex than the mere 25 years this nation counts. So many lessons it teaches... I very much recommend this podcast...
Germany: Memories of a Nation | 
