Rebekka Grossmann
@rmgrossmann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History @UniLeiden. PhD @HebrewU | Migration & Mobility, Jewish History, Visual Culture, Israel/Palestine, Humanitarianism, Cold War Cultural Diplomacy
Auf dem Weg nach Potsdam…
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Auf dem Weg nach Potsdam…
Annette Vowinckel und ich haben für unser Dossier “Die Welt aus den Fugen. Geschichte und Gegenwart des 7. Oktober 2023” den diesjährigen “Zeitgeschichte digital” Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation bekommen. Wir sind sehr dankbar für die Anerkennung unserer Arbeit.
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Annette Vowinckel und ich haben für unser Dossier “Die Welt aus den Fugen. Geschichte und Gegenwart des 7. Oktober 2023” den diesjährigen “Zeitgeschichte digital” Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation bekommen. Wir sind sehr dankbar für die Anerkennung unserer Arbeit.
Nach dem Event ist vor dem Event - bis Montag bei Goethe Amsterdam und @duitslandinstituut.nl mit @maxczollek.bsky.social und @hadijaho.bsky.social für ein Gespräch über ihr neues Buch „Alles auf Anfang: Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Erinnerungskultur“! www.goethe.de/ins/nl/nl/ve...
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nach dem Event ist vor dem Event - bis Montag bei Goethe Amsterdam und @duitslandinstituut.nl mit @maxczollek.bsky.social und @hadijaho.bsky.social für ein Gespräch über ihr neues Buch „Alles auf Anfang: Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Erinnerungskultur“! www.goethe.de/ins/nl/nl/ve...
Am 10.11. sprechen Viola Karsten und ich mit @maxczollek.bsky.social und @hadijaho.bsky.social über ihr neues Buch „Alles auf Anfang: Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Erinnerungskultur“ im Goethe Institut Amsterdam! Große Vorfreude und Leseempfehlung! www.goethe.de/ins/nl/nl/ve...
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Am 10.11. sprechen Viola Karsten und ich mit @maxczollek.bsky.social und @hadijaho.bsky.social über ihr neues Buch „Alles auf Anfang: Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Erinnerungskultur“ im Goethe Institut Amsterdam! Große Vorfreude und Leseempfehlung! www.goethe.de/ins/nl/nl/ve...
Looking forward to speaking with @maxczollek.bsky.social this week on memory culture and postmigration at @unileiden.bsky.social. Info and registration here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Looking forward to speaking with @maxczollek.bsky.social this week on memory culture and postmigration at @unileiden.bsky.social. Info and registration here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Had the pleasure of chairing yet another fascinating panel @thegsa.bsky.social : „A Disruption or the End: Jews‘ Perception of the Transition from Democracy to the National Socialist Regime“ with @oferashkenazi.bsky.social, Arie Dubnov, Amir Engel and @kerrywallach.bsky.social.
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Had the pleasure of chairing yet another fascinating panel @thegsa.bsky.social : „A Disruption or the End: Jews‘ Perception of the Transition from Democracy to the National Socialist Regime“ with @oferashkenazi.bsky.social, Arie Dubnov, Amir Engel and @kerrywallach.bsky.social.
Great first day with lots of fun panels including our own, “Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History“ - Thanks, @swensteinberg.bsky.social, @strassenverlauf.bsky.social, Anna Augustin, Anne Rothfeld and Simone Lässig for the great conversations!
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Great first day with lots of fun panels including our own, “Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History“ - Thanks, @swensteinberg.bsky.social, @strassenverlauf.bsky.social, Anna Augustin, Anne Rothfeld and Simone Lässig for the great conversations!
Yesterday, Walter Frankenstein passed away at age 100. Roaming the streets of Berlin with his camera at a young age he was a passionate documenter of Germany under National Socialism and survived the war years and the Holocaust in hiding together with his wife and children.
April 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Yesterday, Walter Frankenstein passed away at age 100. Roaming the streets of Berlin with his camera at a young age he was a passionate documenter of Germany under National Socialism and survived the war years and the Holocaust in hiding together with his wife and children.
Excited to see hundreds of historians coming to Leiden today and looking forward to joining the discussions at ESSHC in the coming days!Be in touch if you’re here, too, or find me at panels on Global/Human Rights/Migration/Minority History
March 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Excited to see hundreds of historians coming to Leiden today and looking forward to joining the discussions at ESSHC in the coming days!Be in touch if you’re here, too, or find me at panels on Global/Human Rights/Migration/Minority History
Just coming out of a fun class teaching Ernst Lubitsch’s amazing wartime classic To Be or Not to Be (1942) and wanted to simply remind everyone that the film is available for free online via the Internet Archive (as are many other films suitable for teaching!)
March 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Just coming out of a fun class teaching Ernst Lubitsch’s amazing wartime classic To Be or Not to Be (1942) and wanted to simply remind everyone that the film is available for free online via the Internet Archive (as are many other films suitable for teaching!)
His story is part of our book on Jewish photographic practices and strategies in Nazi Germany. (6/7)
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
His story is part of our book on Jewish photographic practices and strategies in Nazi Germany. (6/7)
One year later, in 1939, he documented the parade from his window. (4/7)
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
One year later, in 1939, he documented the parade from his window. (4/7)
These photos were taken by Abraham Sieff. They are part of the Sieff collection at the Bonn City Archives. (2/7)
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
These photos were taken by Abraham Sieff. They are part of the Sieff collection at the Bonn City Archives. (2/7)
People are celebrating carnival these days. Not unlike here - in Bonn, in 1938. (1/7)
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
People are celebrating carnival these days. Not unlike here - in Bonn, in 1938. (1/7)
One year later, in 1939, he documented the parade from his window. (4/7)
March 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One year later, in 1939, he documented the parade from his window. (4/7)
These photos were taken by Abraham Sieff. They are part of the Sieff collection at the Bonn City Archives. (2/7)
March 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
These photos were taken by Abraham Sieff. They are part of the Sieff collection at the Bonn City Archives. (2/7)
It has arrived! Our first-coauthored monograph! Writing this together has been such an awarding process! (If you want tips on how to write a book together and get out in one piece be in touch;)
January 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It has arrived! Our first-coauthored monograph! Writing this together has been such an awarding process! (If you want tips on how to write a book together and get out in one piece be in touch;)
Officially out as of today! We couldn’t be more excited!!
January 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Officially out as of today! We couldn’t be more excited!!
Kicking off my Bluesky appearance by providing you with the ultimate holiday present tip :) Our book is out now and eligible for the University of Pennsylvania Press' 40% holiday discount!
December 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Kicking off my Bluesky appearance by providing you with the ultimate holiday present tip :) Our book is out now and eligible for the University of Pennsylvania Press' 40% holiday discount!