Stadt der Kolonien

The colonial history has sparked intense societal debates in recent years, ranging from the restitution of stolen cultural assets to post-colonial identity discussions. Often, these debates are triggered by local conflicts over street names, monuments, and museum exhibitions.

This is also true for Bremen, once a pioneer of the official German colonial empire and a center for colonial revisionists. Since the 1970s, the city has been at the forefront of addressing its colonial past. This thought-provoking reader introduces key players as well as places and institutions involved in this development and sheds light on German (post-) colonial history.