The German Historical Museum explores "The German Language" |
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| Sunday, 18 January 2009 03:58 |
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Language changes constantly and is influenced by numerous factors. The division of Germany between 1945 and 1990, for example, brought about a politically determined transformation of the language. Numerous regional dialects exist side by side with the uniform, standardized High German. In Europe German is spoken nowadays above all in Germany, Austria and several cantons in Switzerland. In addition there are also a number of German language islands on all continents. In the EU German is the official national language of Germany, Austria and Luxembourg.  The exhibition in the German Historical Museum in Berlin, presenting a broad, thematically organized overview of the history of the German language under the title “The German Language”, is being carefully coordinated with an exhibition to take place in the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn entitled “man spricht Deutsch” ("German spoken here"), which places the accent on phenomena of the present-day German language. From 1952 to 1990 the "Museum for German History", founded by the Central Committee of the SED (Socialist Unity Party), was located in the Zeughaus. The aim of the museum was to convey the Marxist-Leninist concept of history. As the central museum of history in the German Democratic Republic it undertook extensive activities to collect and display historical material. In September 1990 the museum was dissolved by the last government of the GDR. Its collections and properties, including the Zeughaus, were transferred into the hands of the German Historical Museum, founded three years earlier by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Land Berlin. Visit the German Historical Museum in Berlin at : http://www.dhm.de/ENGLISH/ Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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