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5 Short courses in Modern History in Germany

The Cold War
This course at Freie Universität Berlin utilizes the city of Berlin as a laboratory in which to examine the origins, nature, and conclusion of The Cold War that defined international relations between 1945 and 1991.

The Making of Europe - From the 20th to the 21st Century
This The Making of Europe - From the 20th to the 21st Century course at Freie Universität Berlin provides an overview of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that shaped Europe throughout the 20th century and the first decades of the 21th century.

Twentieth Century Berlin - People, Places, Words
This Twentieth Century Berlin - People, Places, Words course from Freie Universität Berlin approaches the story of Berlin through the reflections and refractions of individual humans’ lives who struggled upon the immense stage of a city at the very symbolic and literal heart of the catastrophes of the twentieth century.
Fascism without Borders. Fascist Movements in Comparative Perspective
This Fascism without Borders. Fascist Movements in Comparative Perspective course from Freie Universität Berlin addresses the question of what Fascism is, how it developed and changed over time, and how it unfolds in different regional contexts.
Rebels, Radicals, Revolutionaries - Resistance and Protest in Post-War Europe 1953-1989
In this Rebels, Radicals, Revolutionaries - Resistance and Protest in Post-War Europe 1953-1989 course at Freie Universität Berlin we examine the emergence of mainly youth-led resistance and protest movements in post-World War II Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and attempt to understand their origins, their meaning and their effect on the societies in which they occured.