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Bill Niven

@bniven.bsky.social

Avid fan of cakes, Nottingham Forest, and Wagner, and dedicated to a range of gloomy research topics

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Calling on Goethe experts - who is meant by Goetheβ€˜s daughter?

14.01.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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/

14.01.2026 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Danke!! Freue mich auf die LektΓΌre!

12.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"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 β€žJud SΓΌΓŸβ€œ on Austrian radio tomorrow at 18:05 British time (19:05 Austrian time)

oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

29.12.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of Germany’s leading newspapers reports on the Kindertransport findings of Nottingham Trent University alumnus Dr. Amy Williams

29.12.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

22.12.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 spΓ€t durchsetzte.

www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gespraech-mi...

13.12.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can anyone decipher the handwriting here? Thanks.

12.12.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unbedingt lesenswert!

10.12.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wie taz so etwas behaupten kann, ist mir schleierhaft…

10.12.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maiken Umbach, Amy Williams and Holocaust survivor John Fieldsend speaking today at the National Holocaust Museum about the #Kindertransport

07.12.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very proud of my former student Amy Williams and all she has discovered and achieved.

02.12.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look forward to reading!

01.12.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

29.11.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

29.11.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interview – Bill Niven Bill Niven explores how memory β€” national, transnational and contested β€” shapes identity, history, and politics in Germany and beyond.

www.e-ir.info/2025/10/30/i...

29.11.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great and detailed review of the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne where I heard so many fascinating papers

06.11.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to speaking with students about the Kindertransport in Potsdam next week! Thanks to Ulrike Schneider for the invitation.

04.11.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the invite!!!

30.10.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

30.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to the discussion!

28.10.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eckermann: Ich fand Goethe betrΓΌbt vor. Zelter wusste keinen Rat. Christiane schimpfte ΓΌber die Ausgaben in Marienbad. Goethe wollte zum Telefon eilen, um Herrn GΓΆbel anzurufen, worauf Schubart, der hΓ€nderingend auf und ab ging, den Geheimrat daran erinnerte, das Telefon gΓ€be es noch nicht.

25.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some photos of tonight’s showing of the film about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley β€œI was 8814” in Berlin (directed by David Peters and with so many other wonderful contributors.) Introduced by Amy Williams.

19.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At Berlin Indie Film Festival for the film β€žI was 8814β€œ about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley

19.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well done, Zelter!

16.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

04.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

04.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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…

04.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Instructions for the Viennese Kindertransport on 10 January 1939:

β€žMit RΓΌcksicht auf die WitterungsverhΓ€ltnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme UnterwΓ€sche und Kleidung, womΓΆglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugebenβ€œ

04.10.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
wir-halle.de – Festival 2025

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01.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0