Research for the book “Sturmlegende” by Johannes K. Soyener
Facts & Files conducted background research for the novel by Johannes K. Soyener in several German archives on the sinking of the “Pamir” in 1957.
Project Category: Culture & Academia
Exhibition “Legalized Robbery”
Facts & Files conducted research on the German tax authorities and the looting of Jews in Hesse and Berlin during the Nazi Era for an exhibition at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
Permanent Exhibition About the Special Camps of the Soviet Occupational Forces from 1945 to 1950
Facts & Files was commissioned by the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum to conduct research on prisoners of the special camps.
The History of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Facts & Files was commissioned by Professor Dr. Constantin Goschler and Professor Dr. Michael Wala of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum to conduct research on biographies of former staff members of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz).
Collection Inventory of the Jewish Museum Berlin
Since August 2002 Facts & Files has been inventorizing objects of the collection of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
World Heritage at the Saale and Unstrut Rivers and the Naumburg Cathedral
As part of the application for recognition as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2012, Facts & Files prepared a study of the area’s High Middle Ages history. In 2018, the Naumburg Cathedral became World Heritage site.
WGA-Files Project
The Restitution Files database provided online information on more than 800,000 files from the Berlin Restitution Offices, which had been processing restitution claims from victims of Nazi persecution in the western part of the Berlin since 1949 on the basis of the Restitution Order (REAO).
Tutankhamun – His Tomb and Its Treasures
The Tutankhamun exhibition breaks new ground in the presentation of acient Egypt history.
Facts & Files researched footage, illustrations and photographs, and created educational material, such as student work sheets.
History of the Dresdner Bank
Facts & Files was commissioned by the Hannah-Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden, to conduct an archive survey on records of the Dresdner Bank.
Art Collection of Herbert M. Gutmann
Provenance Research
Herbert M. Gutmann (1879-1942) collected paintings, porcelain, tapestries, and antiques. Mr. Gutmann was a collector of Dutch landscape as well as French and German Rococo paintings. Mr. Gutmann also collected Asian porcelain, Persian sculpture and porcelain.