Our Team
Frank Drauschke / Partner
Born in 1970, studied History, South Asian Studies and International Relations in Asia at Humboldt University in Berlin and at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. During his studies and research visits to India, Great Britain and the United States, he conducted research in the respective archives.
In 1999, together with Beate Schreiber, he founded the partnership company Facts & Files.
Research topics
- Crowdsourcing Projects and History Communication
- Asian History of the 20th century
- Digitization of historical sources and Online Presentation
Beate Schreiber / Partner
Born in 1971, studied History, German, Educational Science and Psychology at Humboldt University in Berlin and at the Technical University in Berlin.
Following her state examination in 1998, she worked as a freelancer for various clients in areas of restitution cases in East Germany and as an academic consultant for film screenplays.
In 1999, together with Frank Drauschke, she founded the partnership company Facts & Files.
Beate Schreiber is member of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. (Research Association for Provenance Research).
Research topics
- “Aryanization” in Berlin 1933-1945
- Provenance Research
- Economic History
Contact
Dr. Hans-Christian Bresgott
Facts & Files
P: +49 (0)30 / 480 986 20
bresgott@factsandfiles.com
Dr. Hans-Christian Bresgott / Senior Researcher and Archival Services
Born in 1972, studied History, Art History and German language and literature studies at Technische Universität Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin and at the University Erfurt.
In 2009, Hans-Christian Bresgott became Senior Researcher at Facts & Files. He recieved his Ph.D. with a thesis on the history of German Baltic Resorts from the Center for Metropolitan Studies of the Technische Universität Berlin in 2014.
Research topics
- Social History of the 19th Century
- Biographical Research
- Archival Services
- Oral History
Sabine Altmann / Researcher and Project Assistant
Research topics
- History of the Early and High Middle Ages
Ruth Bergmann / Archival Services
completed her studies in cultural studies with a focus on cultural history at the Europa-Viadrina University in Frankfurt/Oder in 2003 and subsequently worked for various regional history and archaeological projects. Since 2007, she has been involved in projects on the history of collections and museums as an art and cultural mediator in the Collection of Classical Antiquities and the Islamic Museum of the National Museums in Berlin and has also organised various cultural projects since 2014. At the same time, she supported various archival and inventarisation projects of Facts & Files as a freelancer and has now been working as an archive and library staff member at Facts & Files since the beginning of 2021.
Nicolas Weicker / Researcher and Data Expert
studied Public History at Freie Universität Berlin, and graduated with a Master of Science in September 2023. During his bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in media and communication studies at the University of Mannheim, he worked as an intern and student assistant in the archives and library. Since moving to Berlin, he has been involved in various projects at different institutions dealing with the reappraisal of the SED dictatorship. Followed an internship at Facts & Files, he was a student assistant, and is now working as a researcher and expert in data handling.