“Local Hero, Global Villain?” Jürgen Zimmerer explains a dispute over Hamburg’s Bismarck Monument

Jürgen Zimmerer, professor of Global History with a focus on African history at the University of Hamburg, presents how a costly renovation of the world’s largest Otto von Bismarck monument in Hamburg triggered emotional debates which shine a light on unresolved questions relating to Germany’s postcolonial legacies. The video is a short version of his keynote speech on 18 March 2021.