"In the land of the Pyrenees may she be buried" - The Spanish Flu in the District of Gütersloh
A virtual exhibition from the Gütersloh District Archive
19.05.2021
Virtual exhibitions in the DDB
Today we present you again many, great new virtual exhibitions of archives, which they created with DDBStudio. If you can't really go to museums, these entertaining and attractively designed insights are highly recommended.
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Shortly before the end of the First World War, an influenza pandemic hits the world, killing 2 ½ million mainly younger people in Europe alone. The virtual exhibition of the Gütersloh District Archive impressively depicts the course of the Spanish flu, its aftermath and everyday life in the region.
"An unbelievable spring" - The end of the war in Greven in 1945.
A virtual exhibition of the city archive Greven and the local history society Greven e.V.
The virtual exhibition of the Greven City Archive and the Heimatverein Greven e.V. tells the story of the end of the Second World War in Greven and the surrounding area using documents and eyewitness accounts.
A cloverleaf for Herne. The history of the Shamrock colliery
A virtual exhibition of the Herne City Archive
In March 1857, English and Irish investors, led by the Irishman William Thomas Mulvany, have Shaft 1 of the Shamrock Colliery in Herne sunk. Coal production at the colliery began in 1860. Shamrock translates as cloverleaf, and the colliery is thus named after the Irish national symbol, the three-leaf clover. The exhibition of the Herne City Archive tells the eventful history of the colliery and mining in Herne.
Monuments Men in Marburg. The State Archive Marburg as Central Collecting Point
A virtual exhibition of the Hessian State Archives - State Archive Marburg and the German Documentation Center for Art History - Picture Archive Photo Marburg.
Immediately after the Second World War, the American military government set up the first Central Collecting Point in Marburg. The aim was to collect objects looted during the Nazi regime and return them to their rightful owners.
Hans Lachmann. Contemporary history in snapshots
A virtual exhibition of the Archive of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
When photojournalist Hans Lachmann died in Monheim am Rhein on July 31, 2006, he left behind a legacy that will be dealt with by generations to come. His estate contains the pictorial documentation of half a century, captured in around half a million prints. This exhibition is dedicated to the genesis of his comprehensive oeuvre.