Helmut Alexander: The Tyrolean Fight for Freedom in 1809 - History and Film. - An analysis of how the historic film about Andreas Hofer and the year 1809 came to be and the impact it had. Franz Caramelle: Innsbruck's Giant Panoramic Painting. - The definitive history of the rotunda with important information about the cyclorama itself. Franz Huter: The Year 1809 in Tyrolean History. - A look at the history and politics of 1809 from the perspective of the Swinging Sixties. Johann Holzner: The Image of Andreas Hofer in Literature. - How regional authors, like the movie makers, handled Hofer's history - with varying degrees of success. Peter Rosegger: An excerpt from 'Alpine Summer'. - A prominent guest's enthusiastic record of his impressions during a visit to the cyclorama in its heyday. Alfred Polgar: An article from 'World Stage'. - Reflections of a pacifist on the use of the cyclorama as a propaganda instrument during the First World War. Arno Gisinger: "Visions and Illusions" (catalog text for the "Faux Terrain" exhibit). Note: All texts are available in german language only. Thanks to the authors for the kind permission to use their texts..