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Established in 1928, the Czechoslovak port in Hamburg quickly became an important foreign trade hub for the landlocked Central European state. The port retained this importance after 1945, but this time as a Socialist outpost, 60 kilometers outside the Iron Curtain. Operating at full capacity and with open borders, this daily confrontation of political systems resulted in a unique microcosm. Sarah Lemmen presents her cultural historical research project.
Langelandsfort was built in 1952-53 as part of the Danish naval defense and in 1997 it was turned into a Cold war museum as part of the Langelands Museums.
Cultural historians aim to reinvigorate Cold War historiography through the original rubric of the city, addressing amnesia and memorialisation, the ruin and monument, conflict and retribution, commemoration and public identity, trauma and reconciliation. By Katia Pizzi.