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Jüdische Geschichte(n) erzählen. Podcasting und die Herausforderungen und Chancen eines digitalen Mediums

This article provides an overview of the development of the podcast medium in the field of historical studies and explores the motives and goals of the podcasters. In addition to the questions of “Who?”, “How?” and “Why?”, it analyses the challenges and opportunities for the communication of (Jewish) history. The focus is on how the medium of podcasting, and with it an audio technology that reinforces the role of voice, has been transformed and changed by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Jubilee Year 2021, which celebrates 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany.

„Ich bitte innigst um Nachricht von meinem Kinde …“ Korrespondenzen von Jüdinnen und Juden mit dem Roten Kreuz zwischen circa 1938 und 1942

This article describes how Jews attempted to contact their families or learn about their whereabouts through the German Red Cross (DRK) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). These attempts concern inquiries from exile as well as from what was then the “Reich.” It begins with a presentation of where the sources came from and how the communication worked. Then the focus shifts to individual inquiries and the fates behind them.