Culture

And every day, the Danube greets us – Childhood and youth along the ‘River Europe’0
- Culture, Current, Main article
- July 2, 2026
In Freiburg, there is an institute that studies the lives of Germans in Eastern Europe: the Institute for Cultural Analysis of Germans in Eastern Europe (IKDE). Researchers there have delved into the archives and unearthed photographs and audio recordings of childhoods and youth along the Danube. Together with partners from the Danube countries, this has
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Danube Swabian women in today’s Europe 0
- Culture, Main article, Society
- March 15, 2026
What does Danube Swabian identity mean today? Women from across the Danube region gathered in Budapest to discuss language, memory and the future. The first Danube Swabian Women’s Conference demonstrated just how strongly women continue to shape culture, tradition and community – and why their stories have long been overlooked. It was precisely these questions
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Srebrenica: Films for a better future 0
- Allgemein, Culture, Current, Society
- September 18, 2024
The journey from Sarajevo to the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica leads through a beautiful landscape. It is the middle of July. The countryside that seems so peaceful today was the scene 29 years ago of one of the worst war crimes in Europe since the Second World War, which went down in history as
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The Danube ignores borders – keep it up! 20 years Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm 0
- Culture, Society, Travel
- May 15, 2023
It was just a generation ago that the Danube, Europe’s second longest river, was not a blue ribbon linking country after country like a string of pearls. By the way: more countries than any other river on this earth! 34 years ago, the Danube was part of the Iron Curtain that separated East and West.
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