Read more about the start of Facts & Files in 1999 on the blog Zeitgeschichte Online (in German). On April 17, 2000, the German news magazine “Der Spiegel” published an article on the start-up Facts & Files. Titled with “Old files, new facts” it also reinterpreted our firm’s name. The article is online here.

On the occasion of our anniversary, we are starting to issue a newsletter about our projects, with news from our team and information about our events.

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Here is the first issue from February 28, 2024.

The second issue from April 19, 2024 is here hier.

On July 2, 2024 we published the jubilee edition as third issue.

The forth newsletter was issued on September 18, 2024 – here is the online version.

On November 8, 2024, newsletter #5 was published.

Newsletter #6 was issued on December 20, 2024.

We are taking our anniversary as an opportunity to present some of the events of 1899, 125 years ago, inspired by our projects. You can follow this loose series of calendar pages on our Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram accounts::
twitter: @FFHistorians
Insta: @factsandfiles
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/facts-&-files

Webinare

We present some of our projects and research methods in the webinars. The webinars are held online via Zoom.

Webinar Transcribathon: 14 March 2024, 11.00 a.m.

Webinar Biographical Research: 16 May 2024, 11.00 a.m.

Webinar Transcribathon in English: 6 June 2024, 2.00 p.m. (Berlin time)

Webinar  “The German Victims of Stalinism at the Moscow Donskoye Cemetery 1950 – 1953”: 14 November 2024, 4 p.m.

Webinar “Biographical Research” on 28 November 2024 at 11 a.m.

Webinar  “The Art Collection of Richard Semmel” on 12 December 2024 at 12 p.m.

 

 

Symposium “Aktendiskussion” 27 September 2024

Cooperation partners, clients and colleagues of Facts & Files presented (in German and English) insights on research by chance, archive anecdotes and ideas related to their historical research.

Updated Programme

11.00 a.m. Welcome

11.15 a.m. Beate Schreiber, Berlin: Recovering Julio Metal

11.45 a.m. Tom Kuhn, Oxford: “Haven’t you finished with the rubbish yet? Unexpected discoveries in a literary archive

12.15 p.m. Andreas Matschenz, Berlin: PS Berlin

12.45 p.m. Constantin Goschler, Bochum: On the ground of compromise. Mosaics as a Source of Contemporary History

 

13.15 p.m. Break for refreshments and snacks

 

14.15 p.m. Myfanwy Lloyd, Oxford: ‘A physical reminder of man’s inhumanity to man’: Returning to Buchenwald

14.45 p.m. Nicolas Weicker, Berlin: Books of Remembrance from Falkensee

15.15 p.m. Keith R. Allen, Berlin: Archives and Slavery Disclosure: American (and European) Examples

15.45 p.m. Raquel Erdtmann, Frankfurt am Main: On Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer

16:15 p.m. Conclusion

16:30 p.m. Small reception with refreshments and snacks