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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, Germany’s most iconic monument, endures a long, deeply bittersweet history.
Chapter 3: Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall physically split an already ideologically split nation.
Chapter 4: German influence once reached far wider, rendering the nation’s borders hard to define.
Chapter 5: German identity revolves around the German language, standardized by reformer Martin Luther.
Chapter 6: Beer is about as quintessentially German as it gets, and drinking it is a national pastime with deep roots.
Chapter 7: Traces of Germany’s expansive medieval trade network still remain visible overseas even today.
Chapter 8: Prussian royals wore iron jewelry to demonstrate their preference for utility over luxury.
Chapter 9: A darker facet of Germany’s more recent past is poignantly and powerfully expressed through Käthe Kollwitz’s art.
Description
Germany (2014) is about the culture and history of the Germanic nations that eventually came together to form modern Germany, a state which has had its share of dramatic historical moments.
Who Should Listen
- Culture vultures
- Historians
- Travelers to Germany