A Cold War Museum for Berlin

  • The Cold War is ancient history to young people now. They have no idea of the underlying issues that fueled the Cold War or how it evolved and affected people’s lives. Current college and university students (aged 18-26) were between zero and six years old when the Berlin Wall came down, which is to say they did not live during the Cold War and have no direct understanding of what it was. It really is history to them, seemingly as distant as World War II or maybe even the French Revolution. The Cold War world, of mutually assured destruction, communism vs. capitalism, and Berlin on the front line divided by a wall, has been replaced by fears of terrorism, global warming, and financial crisis.

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Author:Hope M. HarrisonORCiDGND
URL:https://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/2-2008/4514
DOI:https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-1862
Parent Title (English):Zeithistorische Forschungen – Studies in Contemporary History
Publisher:ZZF – Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen
Place of publication:Potsdam
Document Type:Journal Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2009/05/15
Date of first Publication:2009/05/15
Release Date:2020/09/02
Volume:5
Issue:2
First Page:270
Last Page:274
ZZF Chronological-Classification:1945-
ZZF Topic-Classification:Politik
Public History
Kalter Krieg
Ausstellungen
Museen
Transnationale Geschichte
Friedens und Konfliktforschung
Global History
Weltgeschichte
Internationale Beziehungen
Cold War Studies
Verflechtung
ZZF Regional-Classification:regional übergreifend
Web-Publications:Zeithistorische Forschungen
Studies in Contemporary History: Articles:2 / 2008 Offenes Heft
Licence (German):License LogoZZF - Clio Lizenz