Verband der Geschichtslehrer Deutschlands e. V
Contact Information
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Bettelpfad 46
d-55130 Mainz
Germany
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Phone number: +49 6131832533
Fax Number:+49 06131834146
About the Organisation
History
The German Association of History Teachers, was founded in Marburg in 1913 and refounded in Munich in 1949. At the moment the Association has 3400 members who are spread over 16 subassociations in the single federal states and act autonomously, while the main body of the federal association has coordinating, initiating and stimulating functions.
AimsThe Association’s aims are focused on the support of History’s system, guaranteeing the scientific character of teachers´ training in Germany. The Association also works to take up debates in the field of historical-political education in order to contribute to the content-aspects of modernizing the subject of History.
Activities
The association`s activities comprise the publishing of the professional journal “History for Today. The Journal for historical-political education” (published by Wochenschau), the co-organization of the German Historians´ Symposium, international relations, as well as the organization of advanced training courses and the classical task of representing the interests of their subject and its teachers. A series of workshops have been founded since 2002 and funded by different foundations and institutions in order to serve VGD’s goal to contribute to the content-aspects of modernizing the History.
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Visit the 49th German Historians´ Symposium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, from Sept, 25th-28th this year! This year´s motto Resources and Conflict promises interesting workshops and presentations. VGD is going to chair several sections, among others presentations by EUROCLIANS Prof. Dr. Robert Stradling and Dr. Marat Gibatdinov as well as a panel discussion on the topic of trans-cultural approaches in European history textbooks.
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Peter Lautzas (President), Sylvia Semmet (International cooperation)
A very special museum is being constructed near Göttingen (Lower Saxony) at the moment: The former transit camp for 4 million refugees, repatriates from the former GDR and ethnic German immigrants from Russia into the Federal Republic since 1945 is now, as it has not been used anymore, being turned into a memorial site and a museum. Its focus is not only put on the aspect of remembrance but also on the phenomenon of integration - in order to show different types of integration but also problems that accompanied attempts to integrate immigrants. As this issue has not only been of historical interest but is also a topical point with political implications, history and civics educators at schools are one of the main target groups of this unique site. The German Association of History Teachers is supporting the didactical shaping of the museum, promoting modern history education.
