»The profession of historian is a beautiful profession. To be practiced properly, it requires a lot of work, a lot of different skills and a real intellectual power: curiosity, imagination, orderly thinking and, finally, the ability to express people's thoughts and feelings clearly and accurately.«
Main focus
- Social, economic and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Jewish history and culture in Germany and Europe
- History of the middle classes and the working class in the German Empire (1871-1918)
- History of National Socialism and its aftermath up to the present day
- Frankfurt city history
- Biographical and family research
Services
- Archive research at home and abroad
- Conception and realization of historical exhibitions
- Text editing, e.g. commemorative publications, scientific essays, monographs
- Creation of digital or analog topographies
- Guided tours of cities and museums
Projekte
- 2024: Conception and research of historical theme tours through Frankfurt's Ostend district for the platform www.jewish-places.de on behalf of the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt (project management: Heike Drummer)
- 2023-24: Creation of the commemorative publication »50 years of the Frankfurt Jewish Community's Center for the Elderly«
- 2022-24: Together with Laura Schilling curator of the exhibition »Revive. The Frankfurt Jewish Community ― the First 75 Years« on behalf of the Jewish Community
- 2021-23: Co-curator of the exhibition »Metal & Society #WilhelmMerton« at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt (chief curator: Heike Drummer)
- 2022: Research and database editing for the Shoah Memorial Frankfurt on behalf of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
- 2021: Research for the digital topography »Frankfurt and National Socialism« as part of the exhibition »A City Joins In. Frankfurt and Nazism« at the Historical Museum Frankfurt
- 2017-2022: Museum and city tours on behalf of the Historical Museum Frankfurt
Studium
I completed my Master of Arts (M.A.) in History at the University of Frankfurt, the Institut d'Études politiques in Lyon, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales Paris (EHESS) and the University of Giessen.