"It is a mistake to think that the dead are somehow dead."
Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.
Hannelore Hoger
Gabi Teichert, Geschichtslehrerin
Dieter Mainka
Ein Spanner, tagsüber Staatsschützer
Alfred Edel
Herr Mürke, Staatsanwalt
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Fernsehlieferant
Alexander von Eschwege
Beate Holle
Kurt Jürgens
Willi Münch
Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.
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