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German History Competion poster 2018/2019 | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

07 March 2019

German History Competition Received Around 2,000 Entries

28 February 2019 was the closing date for the German History Competition entitled "Enough Is Enough - Crisis, Change, a New Beginning". 1,997 entries by more than 5,500 young people were sent in. This makes the it one of the most successful German competition since 1993.

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Photo: David Ausserhofer

01 September 2018

German Federal President Calls for Participation in History Competition

"Enough Is Enough - Crisis, Change, a New Beginning" is the topic of the 26th call for entries for the Federal President's History Competition. From 1 September 2018 to 28 February 2019, all children and young people in Germany under the age of 21 will be invited to search for historical traces.

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (second from right) | Photo: David Ausserhofer

22 November 2017

German Award Ceremony 2017

On 22 November, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured this year’s first prize winners of the German history competition in the Bellevue Palace Berlin. The topic of the competition was “God and the world. Religion makes history” which encouraged over 5,000 young people to participate and to send in a total of 1,639 contributions.

Read more … German Award Ceremony 2017

Cara Sophie Fellmann | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

11 July 2017

A German Student Traced Her Mennonite Family Background

All of Cara's ancestors on her father’s side were Mennonites. How did they live? What made them different? The whole process of researching her family history was emotional and enriching in many ways, Cara wrote. Take a look at what Cara said about her competition entry.