White Rose and other German resistance during the Shoah, and why it matters in the 21st century
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Köpenick Blood Week: Remembering Johann and Anton Schmaus
By Thomas Speelhoffer. Penned on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Köpenick Blood Week, June 21 – 26, 1933.
Trigger warning: Violence.
A short timeline leading up to one of the earliest atrocities of the Nazi era.
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Keep your finger in the dam
Tourism statue in Madurodam, Netherlands, of the nameless boy plugging the dam. user:Pieter1, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons.
This post was completely unplanned. I’m currently enmeshed...
What is history worth?
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A serious request
Independent historical research and scholarship are difficult. For those of us who are not affiliated with an educational institution, our work...
Taste of next week's "serious" post
When I sent the draft of next week’s post to my “village” of friends, Alaina wrote back the very next day. She quoted a historian whose words resonated with her. Then she added her own thoughts.
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In 1994, I stumbled across the (then) little-known story of White Rose resistance. I now write full-time about their heroism.
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