To celebrate the release of the English translation of the audio walk about the disputed historical authenticity of Potsdam’s city centre, we invite you to a preview tour on 17 September from 3 pm to 4.30 pm. The tour will be guided by Achim Saupe (Leibniz Research Alliance 'Value of the Past', ZZF Potsdam) and Hanno Hochmuth (ZZF), two of the creators of the tour.
We’ll meet at 3 pm at the “Neuer Markt” in Potsdam to start the tour together.

Together, we will explore some selected locations near the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, where the audio walk was created. Afterwards, you can then continue the tour independently, letting the audio walk take you to more fascinating places of (debated) authenticity.

What is the tour about?
It addresses the question of what authenticity actually is. As we walk through Potsdam’s city centre, we will discover the surprising diversity of what is considered authentic. The walk will take us to buildings, squares, and streets that are often considered authentic. As historians from the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, we ask: is it really authentic? What does this label mean, who uses it, and why does authenticity spark our curiosity?

What do you need to participate?
You will need your smartphone and earphones, and in some cases a power bank might also be useful.
We recommend downloading the tour and one of the following apps to your phone before joining the activity: Guidemate or the PotsdamHistory App.

This audio walk is a Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) project funded by the Leibniz Research Alliance 'Value of the Past'.