The secret army of amateur historians

All over Germany, volunteers are quietly doing what they can to ensure that we never forget our past. I was invited to join one of them on two consecutive weekends, and learned a lot about menhirs, royal weddings, and shell cases used as postcards. Chapters: 00:00 Posing the question 00:47 A mysterious standing stone 01:40 Dead counts 02:13 Headquarters 02:58 The bureau 03:53 Connecting with the world 04:30 Macabre souvenirs 05:06 Learning from history 05:43 The schloss and its hidden church 06:44 The mill and the smithy 07:25 All the work of volunteers Thanks to the Heritage and Historical Society of Mömbris and the Historical Society of Meerholz and Hailer. Music: "Dusty Rhymes" by Freedom Trail Studio YouTube Audio Library "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence --------- Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for.