68 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/68/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:59:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png 68 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/68/ 32 32 Hindenburg Street in Darmstadt https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/hindenburg-street-in-darmstadt?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hindenburg-street-in-darmstadt Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// After retiring from his military career, Paul von Hindenburg, acclaimed commander of the First World War, became president of the Weimar Republic in 1925. After his election to a second term in 1932, he appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor and authorised decrees that enabled the Nazis to circumvent democratic safeguards. Hindenburg died in 1934 and […]

The post Hindenburg Street in Darmstadt appeared first on Contested Histories.

]]> After retiring from his military career, Paul von Hindenburg, acclaimed commander of the First World War, became president of the Weimar Republic in 1925. After his election to a second term in 1932, he appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor and authorised decrees that enabled the Nazis to circumvent democratic safeguards. Hindenburg died in 1934 and was not implicated in the worst Nazi atrocities. However, because of his key role in facilitating the Nazi seizure of power, his legacy remains controversial. Hindenburgstraße in Darmstadt, dedicated in 1915, was one of several memorials to Hindenburg built throughout Germany. After a decades-long political battle, in 2023, the street was finally renamed in honour of Fritz Bauer, a Jewish jurist who prosecuted Nazi crimes. This case study details a research-focused and democratically oriented process for the rededication of streets, while showing the increase in tensions that can be associated with a drawn-out renaming process.

The post Hindenburg Street in Darmstadt appeared first on Contested Histories.

]]>