Author: Annika Heyen, M.A.

Even supposedly well-researched objects of history can generate new knowledge if considered from a new perspective. But how far can a researcher go in this regard while still valueing the established historiography? The following essay is an experiment of thought that explores two questions: First, how far can I go…

The term “Übersiedelung” (“relocation”) was used by the officials of the Kingdom of Hanover to describe the practice, employed by the kingdom and other German states, of enforcing the emigration of their own subjects to the United States of America. Between 1832 and 1866, approximately 3.000 people were removed from…