Holocaust scholars long relied on documents and survivor testimonies to help reconstruct the history of that tragic event. Now, they’re turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures.
Tag: World War II
Doubt the Truth: Pitfalls of Treating Human Attention as a Commodity
In the age of an 'attention economy', it's important for people to be more and more conscious of what is it that they are giving attention to.
Russia: Programme of ‘Patriotic Education’ Aims To Create Next Generation of Putin Faithful
Russian schoolchildren are being mobilised in a patriotic movement which encourages military service.
World War II Diary of a Dutch Teenager Gives Insight Into Nazi Forced Labor
Jan Bazuin wrote a diary about his experiences during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Now published as a book, his testimony will also inspire a new app.
Spy Thriller ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ Asks: What If?
Could Hitler have been stopped in 1938? A Netflix production starring Jeremy Irons as former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain explores the question.
Josephine Baker: What It Means To Enter France’s Hallowed Panthéon
Panthéonisation is one of the highest honours the French Republic can bestow on its citizens.
Europe Remembers Sinti, Roma Murdered Under Nazi Rule
On August 2, 1944, 4,300 Sinti and Roma were killed in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. To this day, their descendants have been refused compensation.
Only the Poem Lasts
For Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet, left-wing activist and member of the Greek Resistance during World War II, on his 111th birth anniversary (May 1, 1909 - November 11,1990).
‘Asians Are Good at Math’ is a Racist Statement
Asian people aren’t seen as human beings; they are merely calculating machines.