... The Twentieth Century from a distant perspective ...

Welcome to the 20th Century Research Project!

Willkommen zum Forschungsprojekt "20. Jahrhundert"!

2001 - 2025

with support from
Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem from 1965-1993
Dr. Noam Chomsky, Linguistics Professor at MIT
Anderl Heckmair, First Ascender of the Eiger North Face
Emma Morano (117) – last living person born in the 1800s

Previous research has been expanded into a new project:

Die bisherige Forschung wurde zu einem neuen Projekt erweitert:

(Below you will find an insight into the “historical” side of the project. Weiter unten erhalten Sie einen Einblick in die "histrorische" Seite des Projekts)

Newly printed first draft – Aktuell gedruckter Entwurf (Winter 2023)

Essay by Dr. Stefan Högl

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The essay on the 20th Century takes a look on the events of this era,

raises some fundamental philosophical aspects and combines them

to a thesis about the historic meaning of an unfinished century

Any comments, contributions, feedback, stories are most welcome!

Further copies will are available – Witnesses of the 20th Century may order here

When the project began about 25 years ago: The „historic“ homepage:

Als das Projekt vor etwa 25 Jahren gestartet wurde: Die „historische“ Homepage:

Last updated February 2026 - contact the webmaster