The practices we have come to name “public history” are characterized by their diversity. Furthermore, they have changed over time and have had di?erent national or regional trajectories and connotations. Having an umbrella term can be useful in sofar as it enriches local experiences in conversation with distant ones. However, it is crucial to understand local developments in their own terms when entering conversations with the wider ?eld so as not to sacri?ce depth. This is precisely what Jacqueline Nießer and Juliane Tomann accomplish in their article. Although the authors recognize the in?uence of US public history on the development of the ?eld in Germany, and that the “broadening of focus in historical science that takes into consideration non academic, public uses of the past”is a global phenomenon, they explain the particular shape that the ?eld has adopted in Germany as ?rmly grounded on local trajectories.