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Germany: Memories of a Nation

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Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history using objects, art, landmarks and literature.

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Germany: Memories of a Nation: One Nation Under Goethe

One Nation under Goethe

08/10/2014

One Nation Under Goethe

BBC Radio 4 - Germany: Memories of a Nation, One Nation Under Goethe

Neil MacGregor focuses on Germany's great national poet Goethe, who was born in 1749.

Neil MacGregor focuses on Goethe, arguing that he is the greatest of all German poets and such a unifying force that the Germans are 'one nation under Goethe'.

Continuing his focus on the things which bind Germans together, Neil MacGregor examines the life and work of Goethe, the greatest of all German poets: "There is a case for arguing that if Americans are one nation under God, the Germans are one nation under Goethe. And there is no doubt that it was Goethe, more than anyone else, who made German a language read - and spoken - by educated Europe."

Producer Paul Kobrak.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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