The assignment contains a video clip of a Community of Learners project as part of the Master German Language and Culture of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The project is part of a research project of Prof. Dr. Bodo Plachta. He has been commissioned to write a book about the Amsterdam years of the German author Klaus Mann. A book for students of German language and culture. The video clip shows how a group of master students, together with prof. Plachta, collects materials for the book by studying the work of Klaus Mann, e.g. the film based on his book Mephisto, by studying documents in the Amsterdam City Archives, and by visiting places in Amsterdam where Klaus Mann has lived and worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch the video clip one or two times. Now complete the assignment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n