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One People, Many Sausages
Neil MacGregor focuses on two great emblems of Germany's national diet: beer and sausages.
The Walhalla: Hall of Heroes
Neil MacGregor visits the Walhalla, a 19th-century temple to German-ness, built in Bavaria
One Nation Under Goethe
Neil MacGregor focuses on Germany's great national poet Goethe, who was born in 1749.
Fairy Tales and Forests: The Grimms and Caspar David Friedrich
Neil MacGregor on how the Grimms and painter Caspar David Friedrich shaped German identity
Luther and a Language for All Germans
Neil MacGregor examines how Luther created the modern German language.
Fragments of Power
Neil MacGregor discovers how coins reveal the range and diversity of the Holy Roman Empire
Strasbourg - Floating City
Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history.
Kafka, Kant and Lost Capitals
Neil MacGregor visits Kaliningrad, now in Russia but formerly the German city Konigsberg.
Divided Heaven
Neil MacGregor examines the story of the two Germanys, East and West, created in 1949.
The View from the Gate
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Neil visits the Brandenburg Gate.