Media mentions

“(…) the book is written in highly readable language and manages, without resorting to excessive complexity, to explain key contexts and circumstances and shed light on history from a number of angles. It is a brilliant work of scholarship, not only for school students (…)” Oliver Hinz: Ein Meilenstein für den Schulunterricht (A Milestone for the Classroom). In DIALOG 117 (2016), p. 85

 

“One of the messages of the book is that Europe’s societies were closely intertwined one with another at a very early stage in their history, yet went through very diverse experiences over time. The [book’s] feature “Point of View” juxtaposes the differing memories and judgements [that have arisen from these different experiences].’”

Oliver Hinz, ibid., p. 84

may 17, 2018

“Europe – Our History”. A Textbook for Poland and Germany

PUBLIC HISTORY WEEKLY. THE INTERNATIONAL BLOGJOURNAL: Is it really possible to create one textbook in two language versions for history classes in two different countries? (…) A textbook that also teaches about their European heritage, which is necessary to understand their own national culture and literature? To create such a textbook is the aim of a Polish-German team of experts, who have already been working for more than a decade on this project. →

 

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