History Online

Contemporary witnesses tell their individual stories and share their personal experiences: Discover more than 8,000 contemporary witnesses videos covering the times from World War I until today. The videos are all in German.

To Zeitzeugenportal

In our Tweetups all the participants comment live on Twitter about their visit to the museum and discuss the exhibition: simultaneously on location and in social media.

LeMO is the German-language online portal on German history from the 19th century to the present day. It features videos, reports by contemporary witnesses, timelines, biographies, chronicles of individual years, 360° views of exhibits, and much more besides.

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Whether at home, on the road or in the museum: Our free AudioGuides will guide you through our exhibitions online at any time.

To our AudioGuides

We interact with you on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, and report on our exhibitions and events, presenting contemporary history in the process. Looking forward to your comments and posts!