Cooperation partner
berlinHistory e. V.
The history app
The non-profit organization berlinHistory e. V. was founded in 2016. As operator and developer, the berlinHistory app team contributes its expertise as a central cooperation partner to the “Nazi Crimes Atlas – Digital Atlas of Nazi Crimes” project. The IT structures and technology of the berlinHistory app serve as a stable and user-friendly basis for the communication of historical information. The app is free of charge, ad-free, bilingual (German/English) and specially optimized for mobile devices running Android and iOS. Its unique selling point is the location-based presentation of multimedia content such as texts, photos, videos and audio.
The content is provided by over 60 Berlin cultural institutions and private initiatives, which guarantees high quality and diversity. Users benefit from thematic tours, interactive maps and innovative functions such as a camera module for creating before-and-after images. Since its release in 2019, the berlinHistory app has continued to develop and has established itself as a reliable medium for historical education. The association dieKunstBauStelle has been working with berlinHistory since 2019 and developed the BayernHistoryAppwhich successfully introduced digital local history in Bavaria as an app.
Team meeting in Berlin, Oliver Brentzel, Katharina Erlenwein, Rainer Klemnke, Wolfgang Hauck, Edith Raim (iPad), Klaus König, Photo: Conny Kurz
Management Board
Rainer E. Klemke
Chairman
Rainer E. Klemke, board member of berlinHistory e. V., has initiated and managed numerous projects in Berlin and Brandenburg, both professionally and on a voluntary basis. His projects include the “Long Nights of Museums” and various themed years. Klemke has made a significant contribution to ensuring that the culture of remembrance has achieved a high status in Berlin and beyond.
As an advisor to the federal government’s memorial concept, he played an important role in the development and redesign of Berlin’s memorial landscape. From 1995 to 2012, Klemke headed the department for museums, memorials and contemporary history in the Berlin cultural administration. He initiated the Berlin annual themes, including “2013 – Destroyed Diversity”, and works as a project developer for museums and memorials.
Klemke heads the round table for the Roedeliusplatz memorial site and, as chairman of the “Cold War Center” association, is promoting the establishment of a museum on the Cold War at Checkpoint Charlie.
Rainer Klemke, Photo: Conny Kurz
Management Board
Oliver Brenztel
Initiator
Oliver Brentzel (*1971) is the creator and initiator of the berlinHistory app. He studied communication design and has been designing multimedia applications and apps for many years. His interest in the fascinating history of his home city of Berlin gave him the idea of bringing it to life in an app. He has been successfully implementing the berlinHistory app together with his colleagues since 2016.
In addition to project management for the berlinHistory app, he and his team now oversee a network of various history apps, such as Frankfurt History, ExitExil, PotsdamHistory, the BayernHistory app and the NaziCrimesAtlas.
Oliver Brentzel, Photo: Conny Kurz
