Eine Stunde History live. Bilder, die lügen – Wie wir von der Propaganda belogen werden

In the organizer's words:

Whereas in the past it was retouched photos that made unpleasant people "disappear", such as Leon Trotsky, who fell out of favor with Stalin, or Liebknecht on the balcony of the Berlin Palace, today we are downright lied to with fake films, news and images.

Reality becomes a distorted image and narratives are created along ideological and political lines of conflict. Disinformation campaigns, fake images and invented stories are part of the "modern warfare" of hybrid warfare and political historiography.

The aim is to unsettle societies, destabilize political institutions or individuals and influence their decisions and perceptions of history.

In "Images that lie - how we are lied to by propaganda", "Eine Stunde History" discusses a seemingly new phenomenon that is currently being used on a massive scale by Russia and whose roots go far back into the past.

The following experts have been invited:

• Prof. Dr. Steffen Siegel, Folkwang University of the Arts Essen
• Dr. Benno Nietzel, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder
• Prof. Dr. Annette Vowinckel, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
• Steffi Orbach will moderate the discussion, Dr. Matthias von Hellfeld will co-moderate.

Dr. Matthias von Hellfeld, born in 1954, has been a freelance journalist and historian since 1978. He works as a presenter and editor at ARD and is currently the editor in charge of the magazine program "Eine Stunde History" at Deutschlandfunk Nova. Von Hellfeld has worked on numerous radio features and TV documentaries.

He is also a lecturer at various universities and training academies and the author of more than 25 non-fiction books on European and German history. In 1984, he won the Carl von Ossietzky Prize of the City of Oldenburg, was nominated for the German Radio Prize in 2017 and received the German Podcast Prize in 2019.

Steffi Orbach was lucky enough to know early on that she wanted to work as a journalist. After starting out in print journalism, she worked in various positions in radio and television before joining WDR as a trainee.

She worked for ZDF's children's news program "logo!" for several years, has been writing and broadcasting news for all WDR channels for more than 20 years and presents the media magazine "Töne, Texte, Bilder" on WDR 5.

She was a presenter on Deutschlandfunk Nova's daily program for many years. Today she presents "Deutschland heute" on DLF and has hosted the podcast "Eine Stunde History" since 2023. she lives in Cologne with her husband, two children and dachshund Toni.

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- Language: German

- Hall 1, ground floor

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