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It’s the story of a little museum that could—an institution that survived two World Wars, the Holocaust, the Cold War and widespread antagonism to a museum dedicated to Germany. More than 100 years ago, tucked away in the vacant Rogers Gymnasium, Harvard Faculty members...
Ironically, construction of the museum space finally began wholeheartedly in July 1914, just weeks before World War I undermined the Germanic Museum’s concept of peaceful cultural exchange. The museum nevertheless endured, opening its new halls to the public after the war in 1917.
Chair of the Department of Germanic Literatures and Languages Eric Rentschler—a key figure in the development of Harvard’s film studies program since his arrival as a tenured member of the department five years ago—echoes this view of the project, saying he...
Thomas Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature Eckehard Simon, whose class Literature and Arts C-25, “The Medieval Stage,” discusses the historic role of theatre as a widespread informer of religion, says that passion plays have traditionally had the unsettling effect of justifying anti...
Geraldine A. Grimm, teaching fellow in Germanic languages and literatures.