Podcast appearances and mentions of river elbe

Gasten: Rachel Boertjens en Leontine Coelewij In deze aflevering van Wie Wat Bewaart spreekt Jeroen de Vries over de Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana en de tentoonstelling Ana Lupas - On this Side of the River Elbe. Met Rachel Boertjens wordt de Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana besproken. Dit is de grootste collectie joodse cultuurgeschiedenis op het Europese vasteland. Deze collectie bevat vele gedrukte werken en handgeschreven bronnen, daterend van 1290 tot nu. Het materiaal uit de collectie is geschreven in alle talen waarvan joden zich in de loop der eeuwen hebben bediend en wordt door zowel Nederlandse als internationale studenten en onderzoekers geraadpleegd. Met Leontine Coelewij praten we over de tentoonstelling Anna Lupas – On this Side of the River Elbe die tot 15 september te zien is in het Stedelijk Museum. Anna Lupas komt uit Roemenië en behoort sinds de jaren 60 tot de meeste toonaangevende kunstenaars uit Oost-Europa. Zij maakte kunst onder zeer moeilijke politieke omstandigheden. Leontine heeft voor deze tentoonstelling Ana bezocht in haar atelier in Cluj (Roemenië). * Rachel Boertjes is conservator van de Collectie Rosenthaliana. * Leontine Coelewij is conservator moderne en hedendaagse kunst van het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Foto : Ana Lupas in haar Atelier in Cluj (Roemenië), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

The theme of the Lord's invitation to us continues, this time accompanied by the lapping waters of the River Vltava, (which means ‘Wild Water,' and is widely known by its German name, the Moldau) as depicted by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. Exquisitely performed for us by Fontane Liang, the music beautifully captures the sound of the river as it gathers strength and momentum from its source in the Bohemian mountains, wending its way through a landscape of forests and meadows. It tumbles through the St John's Rapids before widening out again to pass through Prague on its way to the mighty River Elbe. It is music that is iridescent with Smetana's love for his homeland, just as we are illumined by the joy of our eternal home as the Holy Spirit flows through our lives. How we need His water of life sparkling within us! At the scent of water, even that which is drooping and failing springs back to life. Why spend our money and direct all our labour to that which cannot satisfy, when He invites us to receive so much more by His Spirit? Music Moldau from Má Vlast (My Fatherland) by Bedřich Smetana Musician: Fontane Liang From the earliest verses in Genesis, right through to the very end of the Scriptures, we see the great benefits and blessings of water, both physically and spiritually. There are more than seven hundred references to it in the Scriptures – far more occasions than words such as faith or prayer or worship. Thank You Lord that You use water to bring healing, as Naaman discovered when he obeyed the prophet and was healed of his leprosy in the River Jordan, and the blind man likewise, when Jesus enabled him to wash in the pool of Siloam. Thank You that You brought about great deliverance for the people of Israel, first when they crossed the Red Sea and later, the River Jordan at a time when it was in spate. (2 Kings 5:1-14, John 9:1-7; Exodus 14:1-15, 21; Josh. 3:13-17) Rather as protective waters surrounded us in the womb, thank You, Lord, that water symbolises our own deliverance when we were baptised, dying to our old life, and being raised to our new life in Christ. Shepherd of our souls, lead Your people to still waters; give them water to drink even in desert places. How we need the water of life for our bodies and spirit alike! At the scent of water, even that which is drooping and failing springs back to life. Why spend our money and direct all our labour to that which cannot satisfy, when You invite us to receive Your Spirit? We want to listen carefully to You, and to eat what is good, so that our souls can delight in the richest of food, and You can have the joy of seeing a people who are hungering for Your presence, who really are looking for You all the time. So here we are Lord, coming with all our failings and contradictions to receive this soul-replenishing water; coming to buy the wine that gladdens our hearts, and the milk that nourishes our bones. We come to You, leaning in to hear You, listening closely, so that our soul may live. (Is. 55:1-3 BSB)

Patreon Kent's pick this week is an Art Haus movie he was introduced to in German class! The 1976 movie, Kings of the Road, was written and directed by Wim Wenders and stars Rüdiger Vogler and Hanns Zischler. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Near the Eastern borders with West Germany, Bruno, a solitary, permanent citizen of the road and film projection equipment repairman, witnesses the sad sight of a VW beetle car storming straight into the River Elbe. After a while, however, the depressed driver, Robert, instinctively accepts an offer for a lift in Bruno's repair van, and just like that, an impromptu relationship begins. Now, against the backdrop of the German countryside, the new companions find themselves sharing the same need for freedom, visiting dilapidated movie theatres for maintenance, and getting to know each other one small town after another. But, no one knows, or cares, how long is the road that stretches out ahead of them. After all, the only thing that matters is one's commitment to a precious ideal. Have the kings of the road found life's true meaning? thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thevhsstrikesback/support

Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe is highly recommended to visit

In this final episode of the Bill Parker series, after linking up with the Russian Army at the River Elbe, T/Sgt Parker makes it to Victory in Europe day but his trip home is delayed after a jeep accident. He also tells us a great story about an orphaned boy who sought help from Bill and his unit, how Bill took care of him and how that young boy was smuggled back to the US on a troop ship. Bill also talks very poignantly about his struggles with PTSD that continue to this day as a 97 year old man.

Magdeburg, the city where the Thirty Years' War changed. As the Swedes gathered in North Germany, and the Imperials moved to counter them, their paths led to Magdeburg, a city on the River Elbe with a history of defiance. The city fathers of Magdeburg may have believed that their city would serve as the turning point of the war, but what they could never have imagined was the price which would have to be paid, by Magdeburg's citizens...**DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW THESE LINKS!**1) To support the podcast financially in return for some extra audio content, check out Patreon!2) To find a community of history friends, look at our Facebook page and group!3) To keep up to date with us, follow us on Twitter!4) Matchlock and the Embassy, our new historical fiction novel, is out NOW! Get it here Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to the banks of the River Elbe. In this episode we resume our HSV story including the 1983 European Cup Final, the legend of Felix Magath, Dutch wizard Rafael Van Der Vaart and a historic relegation to the 2nd division. Make sure to check out part 1, and don't forget to follow us for our next stop around the footballing world!

A conversation with author Michael Wagg.  In The Turning Season, he goes in search of hidden histories and footballing ghosts from before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He revisits the 14 clubs that made up the 1989 DDR-Oberliga, East Germany's top flight. From Aue in the Erzgebirge mountains to Rostock on the Baltic Sea, this quirky account of his whistle-stop tour is for fans who know that football clubs are the beating hearts of the places they play for. There are portraits of the lower levels as well as the big league, stories of then and now that celebrate the characters he met pitch-side. There's Mr. Schmidt, who's found a magical fix for the scoreboard at Stahl Brandenburg; Karl Drössler, who captained Lokomotive Leipzig against Eusébio's Benfica; and the heroes of Magdeburg's European triumph, last seen dancing in white bathrobes, now pulling in to a dusty car park by the River Elbe. The Turning Season turns its gaze on East German football's magnificent peculiarity, with 14 enchanting stories from a lost league in a country that disappeared.

Anyone driving through eastern Germany may be surprised by the number of old churches east of the River Elbe. Almost every small village has one. Many of them are fieldstone churches built more than 800 years ago.

A bonus episode to accompany our podcast about the 1969 Daily Mail Great Transatlantic Air Race.Rolf Richardson flew one of the winning civilian entries in the air race in a BOAC Super VC10. Here he tells us what was involved, and how, although he was operating a scheduled commercial flight from New York to London, they really pushed the limits, and even got special treatment from air traffic control. Some of the most amazing stories are what happened on the ground, but it’s all scarcely believable in this day and age.Rolf also talks about his time on some of the earlier airliners such as the Argonaut, and completely shatters our illusions about the Bristol Britannia which he says ‘must have been designed by a team of mad professors’. He also flew Britain’s first ever jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor, at a time when it had a disturbingly high attrition rate.  Since leaving aviation Rolf has been a noted photographer and is a successful thriller writer, always with a bit of aviation in the storyline, much of it based on his experiences in the early years, but entirely fictional, and with a good dollop of sex and murder. Look out for his books on Amazon, available both on Kindle and in paperback.Books by Rolf Richardson: 'THE LAST WEISS', set during the final stages of WW2 in two of his favourite countries, Germany and Norway. In COFFIN CORNER we move to a fictional airline in 1960s Singapore, with excursions to Australia. With BEAR BUGGER CRUISE it's off to the Caribbean and the mystery disappearance of a cruise ship passenger. In NIGHT WATCHMAN we stay in Britain, where disaster strikes the political establishment. ROAD TO MANDALAY starts in the French Alps, but finishes on the Road to Mandalay. Reason: the strange new world of cyber power.In STASILAND we're again in Germany, now united but with echoes of the past when death stalks the River Elbe.LETTER FROM GALAPAGOS is a mystery set in the South Seas with the disappearance of a yacht.TEA WITH RASPUTIN starts in Alaska, but ends in the mafia world of St.Petersburg 

HMM Algeciras reimagined by Cities and Memory. "The world's largest ship may well be an awesome feat of engineering, but it is also a stark warning of the level of pollution with which we're filling the oceans - and it's about sound pollution as well as the better-known pollutants. "Sound pollution is a major issue for marine life - marine and shipping noise can damage or even kill marine life (https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/effects-of-noise-pollution-from-ships-on-marine-life/) such as whales, crabs or squid, and  dolphins are being forced to simplify their calls (https://qz.com/1437423/in-noisy-seas-dolphins-simplify-their-calls-to-be-heard/) due to undersea shipping and drilling noise. Whales have been reported to have been lost far from their breeding grounds, disorientated by noise from the shipping lanes. "This piece moves from above the surface to below and back again, dipping up and down to show on the one hand the excitement of spectators checking out the ship's arrival - and beneath the surface, the synth lines represent the whales and other marine life being disorientated and devastated by our shipping noise.  "The synth lines are built largely from whale song, and some underwater hydrophone recordings from beneath the River Elbe in Germany are blended into the undersea sections."

To mark the 75th Anniversary Commemorations of VE Day, we spoke with a few of the veterans we know about their experiences on 8th May 1945 and hear their advice for future generations. As soon as he was able to do so, Danny volunteered to become a paratrooper going through the all the rigorous training that this entailed to wear the famous maroon berry. Posted to the 8th Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division which had cut its teeth in Normandy and in the Ardennes already. Danny was keen not to let the war pass him by due to his age, so when the opportunity came to fill the boots of a comrade who could no longer jump because of medical grounds, he jumped at the chance to volunteer for his first overseas operation and first combat jump. This was to be the largest Allied airborne drop of the war to date – Operation Varsity – with the Rhine Crossing in March 1945. Once on the ground, Danny and his comrades battled through Germany helping spearhead the thrust towards the River Elbe. Only a few days before the war officially ended, Danny had been wounded by a German aircraft attack on his position. He was evacuated out of the line to Belgium and was in hospital on 8th May 1945 for VE Day. In typical Airborne style, that did not stop him breaking out of the hospital to join in the celebrations and have a few drinks.

Overview In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head. The Corsican-born Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army during the late 1790s. By 1799, France was at war with most of Europe, and Napoleon returned home from his Egyptian campaign to take over the reigns of the French government and save his nation from collapse. After becoming first consul in February 1800, he reorganized his armies and defeated Austria. In 1802, he established the Napoleonic Code, a new system of French law, and in 1804 he established the French empire. By 1807, Napoleon's empire stretched from the River Elbe in the north, down through Italy in the south, and from the Pyrenees to the Dalmatian coast. Beginning in 1812, Napoleon began to encounter the first significant defeats of his military career, suffering through a disastrous invasion of Russia, losing Spain to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula War, and enduring total defeat against an allied force by 1814. Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815. Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa, where he lived under house arrest with a few followers. In May 1821, he died, most likely of stomach cancer. He was only 51 years old. In 1840, his body was returned to Paris, and a magnificent funeral was held. Napoleon's body was conveyed through the Arc de Triomphe and entombed under the dome of the Invalides. The French Civil Code The French Civil Code was enacted on March 21, 1804. The Code represents a comprehensive reformation and codification of the French civil law and was considered by Napoleon himself to be one of his most significant achievements. Nowadays it remains a strong legal, sociological and cultural landmark for the French nation. And in spite of some revisions that were introduced later, the Napoleonic code is still very applicable in the French Republic and Law today. Was Napoleon a force for good, or evil? Napoleon had a vision for Europe and he succeeded in making that vision a reality, at least for a while. Whether he was a saviour of the people or a war-mad megalomaniac might simply be down to the loudest propaganda. Whatever else, he was an enigma, and someone who will continue to fascinate, inspire and disgust down the generations.

Explore Europe Dresden Podcast Episode Show Notes Here are the show notes for this episode of Explore Europe brought to you by Used Car Guys. Dresden is the capital of the German state of Saxony. It's situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the border with the Czech Republic and was part of the former East Germany until reunification in 1990. The city has experienced dramatic changes since the early 1990s. It still bears many wounds from the controversial bombing raids of 1945, but it has undergone significant reconstruction and the buildings have been mostly restored to their former glory. Dresden is once again a cultural, educational and political centre of Germany and Europe.  Here are the links from our Explore Europe Dresden episode: The Indian restaurant that John raves about: http://www.littleindia-dresden.de/ The Fish restaurant: https://kastenmeiers.de/ The Opera: https://www.semperoper.de The famous Frauenkirche: https://www.frauenkirche-dresden.de/ Segway tours in Dresden Walking tours: http://www.dresden-cultour.de/de/fuehrungen/stadtfuehrungen.html The Palace with the lovely gardens: https://www.grosser-garten-dresden.de/de/startseite/ Podcast Conversation Timeline: 00:01 - Introduction1:00 - John gives us a brief overview of Dresden’s history2:20 -What is the transport like in Dresden? How about getting to and from Dresden, and parking the car?3:16 - Did John use booking.com for his hotel reservation? Find out here…3:50 - John gives you more history about Dresden and it’s East Germany past.So, What did John and Ramona do whilst in Dresden?5:10 - Did John eat the best indian curry he’s ever had in Germany?5:59 - John tells all about his very sophisticated outing to the Dresden Opera house….and his star spotting experience too!8:15 - A must see highlight of Dresden - The Frauenkirche11:01 - Where is John’s Explore Europe favorite hop on and hop off bus in today’s episode?11:24 - The palaces of Dresden12:43 - Find out how to get around the city centre?…..Meanwhile, John makes a bold statement about Dresden!15:23 - Do you have to pre-book tickets for the tourist attractions?17:04 - John recommends an amazing fish restaurant to visit17:59 - Michelle goes through the practicalities of travelling to Dresden: Visa to visit?/ Cash vs Card debt/ English speaking?/ Is it safe?20:23 - Would John recommend Dresden with kids?21:18 - The walking tour of Dresden23:10 - The beautiful Christmas Markets - a must see during the holiday season24:42 - Michelle’s overview of the awesome Dresden25:23 - The sustainable travel tip with Jen Gale Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next time for another episode of Explore Europe!

WMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome season of monthly Local/Live segments! On Tuesday, November 7th, we welcome the one, the only, Wisconsin legend…the Rhythm Chicken! The Rhythm Chicken is a non-musical enigma wrapped in uncooked bacon. He’s played in the woman’s bathroom at the Cactus Club and to a crowd of 40,000 at Miller Park. He’s played at the finish line of a marathon in Las Vegas and on a pontoon boat in the River Elbe in downtown Dresden during the fireworks finale of Stadtfest. He’s played at sausage shops and fish boils. He’s played in Poland, German, Kansas, California, and Cudahy. He has played to a crowd of zero in the woods, and he’s had Deathcab for Cutie open up for him. All this might lead you to believe he’s notable on some level, but he’s not. He’s just a chicken who lives above a soup shop. You can join WMSE and the Rhythm Chicken at his newest show locale at Club Garibaldi’s as we team up for this live radio show. If you can’t make it, listen live over the airwaves (or in the WMSE archives). As always, WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach will lead the Rhythm Chicken through questions in between the live performance with the help of our audience (audience participation is encouraged!). Doors are at 5:30pm and the segment starts at 6pm and runs until 7pm. Club Garibaldi’s is located at 2501 S. Superior Street in Bay View. This is a 21+ event which is FREE and open to the public. Again, if you can’t join us for the live segment and show at Club Garibaldi’s, please tune in, per usual, to 91.7 FM (or stream online at WMSE.org) at the 6 o’clock hour.

Dahl came to Dresden in 1818 from the Copenhagen Academy. He soon joined the circle of the Dresden Romantics, centred around Friedrich and Carus. Friedrich’s immediate influence can be seen clearly in Dahl’s works from this period. His initial cloud studies in Dresden show the same delicate, atmospheric handling of the sky that can be observed in Friedrich’s landscapes. It was not until his visit to Italy in 1820–21, however, that Dahl first found his own expressive style. From that time onwards his paintings demonstrate the characteristic use of colour and painterly freedom that even Friedrich admired and sometimes emulated. From 1823 Dahl lived in Dresden in the same house as Friedrich. From the studio window of his apartment he had an unrestricted view over the River Elbe, a fact that was influential in stimulating his interest in cloud studies. He undertook a large series of studies of the sky at different times of day and under various weather conditions. He painted most of these studies using a smaller format than for the rest of his works, and occasionally inscribed the date on them. His interest in the accurate observation of the sky and clouds was stimulated by the discussion that had arisen amongst his fellow Dresden artists in response to Goethe’s essay ‘Howard’s cloud forms’ of c. 1820. Goethe approached a number of artists with a view to getting them to paint visual representations of Howard’s cloud classifications. While Friedrich declined the request, Carus incorporated the principles of scientific exactitude into his own theory and practice of landscape painting. He shared his enthusiasm for Goethe’s work on Howard with Dahl. Shortly before Dahl’s second journey to Norway in 1828, Carus lent him his own edition of Howard’s ‘Essay on the modification of clouds’. Howard’s work intensified Dahl’s scientific approach to painting and in the following years he painted more cloud studies than he had ever done before. The small format, and use of cardboard for the support, lead us to conclude that Dahl actually painted the 1832 study en plein air. The study shows powerful cumulus clouds hovering over the landscape. Dahl paints their bright sunlit-defined forms using strong, muscular brushstrokes. Unlike Constable, he places more emphasis on the cloud’s contours and their sense of mass. Jenns Howoldt Translated by Mark Henshaw and Christine Dixon.