Bill Niven

Calling on Goethe experts - who is meant by Goethe‘s daughter?

Colleagues might be interested in this article which recently appeared in Germanistik in Ireland, Vol. 19 (2025). Sorry the photo is not so good…https://germaninireland.wordpress.com/home/

Danke!! Freue mich auf die Lektüre!

"Jud Süß" - Geschichte und Gegenwart eines NS-Propagandafilms | DI | 30 12 2025 | 19:05 Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte eines der erfolgreichsten Filme des nationalsozialistischen Deutschland.

Just to say I will be talking about the reception of „Jud Süß“ on Austrian radio tomorrow at 18:05 British time (19:05 Austrian time)

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One of Germany’s leading newspapers reports on the Kindertransport findings of Nottingham Trent University alumnus Dr. Amy Williams

Very pleased Phoenix Cinema in Leicester will be showing this moving film about @hanna.miley, who came to England on a Kindertransport, in January 2026. My colleague Amy Williams is featured in the film, she got to know Hanna when researching the Kindertransport at @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social

Der Holocaust war ein einzigartiges Verbrechen - aber die Erinnerung droht zu verschwinden Historiker Jan Gerber beleuchtet in seinem Buch, dass sich die Erkenntnis von der Besonderheit des Holocaust erst spät durchsetzte.

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Can anyone decipher the handwriting here? Thanks.

Unbedingt lesenswert!

Wie taz so etwas behaupten kann, ist mir schleierhaft…

Maiken Umbach, Amy Williams and Holocaust survivor John Fieldsend speaking today at the National Holocaust Museum about the #Kindertransport

Very proud of my former student Amy Williams and all she has discovered and achieved.

Look forward to reading!

I actually fly to Berlin from Stansted on the 10th. When are you speaking?

Thanks Neil. Looking forward to reading your new book when I finally get time!

Interview – Bill Niven Bill Niven explores how memory — national, transnational and contested — shapes identity, history, and politics in Germany and beyond.

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Great and detailed review of the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne where I heard so many fascinating papers

Looking forward to speaking with students about the Kindertransport in Potsdam next week! Thanks to Ulrike Schneider for the invitation.

Thanks for the invite!!!

Thanks so much for the great opportunity! Very talkative students, a great class you have!

Looking forward to the discussion!

Eckermann: Ich fand Goethe betrübt vor. Zelter wusste keinen Rat. Christiane schimpfte über die Ausgaben in Marienbad. Goethe wollte zum Telefon eilen, um Herrn Göbel anzurufen, worauf Schubart, der händeringend auf und ab ging, den Geheimrat daran erinnerte, das Telefon gäbe es noch nicht.

Some photos of tonight’s showing of the film about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley “I was 8814” in Berlin (directed by David Peters and with so many other wonderful contributors.) Introduced by Amy Williams.

At Berlin Indie Film Festival for the film „I was 8814“ about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley

Well done, Zelter!

If you are in Berlin on 19th October please come and watch! This film about Hanna Miley’s Kindertransport journey won best documentary film at the Berlin Indie Festival. I am passing on Hanna’s invitation. Amy Williams and I were part of the film project and will be there to talk about it.

Thanks!

Can anyone give me an idea what 50 Reichsmark would have bought me in 1939 Germany? Trying to get a sense of how much that is…

Instructions for the Viennese Kindertransport on 10 January 1939:

„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“

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