Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)

An accomplished academic, collector, and long-time Red Cross volunteer, Professor Dr Rainer Schlösser is head of the Red Cross Museum of the Red Cross Chapter Fläming-Spreewald in Luckenwalde. He has directed the museum since 2000. Since 2006, he has also served as official spokesperson of the Assoc...

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Main Author: Sönke Kunkel
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Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
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description An accomplished academic, collector, and long-time Red Cross volunteer, Professor Dr Rainer Schlösser is head of the Red Cross Museum of the Red Cross Chapter Fläming-Spreewald in Luckenwalde. He has directed the museum since 2000. Since 2006, he has also served as official spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany, a group connecting thirteen Red Cross museums across Germany. I met Rainer Schlösser in his office at the Red Cross Museum in Luckenwalde. After an extended and insightful tour through the museum we sat down to discuss his ideas and his work at the museum.
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spelling doaj.art-90786301bc8547c7a6be0da7ec0f33282022-12-22T00:30:49ZengManchester University PressJournal of Humanitarian Affairs2515-64112021-11-0132414410.7227/JHA.065Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)Sönke Kunkel0Junior Professor of North American History, Freie Universität BerlinAn accomplished academic, collector, and long-time Red Cross volunteer, Professor Dr Rainer Schlösser is head of the Red Cross Museum of the Red Cross Chapter Fläming-Spreewald in Luckenwalde. He has directed the museum since 2000. Since 2006, he has also served as official spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany, a group connecting thirteen Red Cross museums across Germany. I met Rainer Schlösser in his office at the Red Cross Museum in Luckenwalde. After an extended and insightful tour through the museum we sat down to discuss his ideas and his work at the museum.red cross museumsvisual mediahistorical communicationhumanitarian narrativespublic history
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Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
red cross museums
visual media
historical communication
humanitarian narratives
public history
title Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
title_full Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
title_fullStr Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
title_full_unstemmed Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
title_short Red Cross Museums as Media of Historical Communication: An Interview with Rainer Schlösser, Spokesperson of the Association of the Red Cross Museums in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Rotkreuz-Museen)
title_sort red cross museums as media of historical communication an interview with rainer schlosser spokesperson of the association of the red cross museums in germany arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen rotkreuz museen
topic red cross museums
visual media
historical communication
humanitarian narratives
public history
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