The violence of the 1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany known as Kristallnacht was a turning point in Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Concentration camps
Affichage de 1 à 20 de 25 articles
Yom HaShoah, which falls on April 17-18, 2023, pointedly commemorates Jewish resistance to the Nazis.
In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.
Many Americans know a simple version of Holocaust history, in which their country played the savior. The reality isn’t so comfortable, a historian writes.
An international campaign to preserve the memory of Lidice – and then rebuild it – helped keep the village alive.
Dark tourism can help shine a commemorative light on the pandemic that has gripped society.
While male and female prisoners at Auschwitz faced the same ultimate fate – torture, forced labor and near-certain death – women sometimes reacted differently to Nazi captivity.
An oral history based biography of a survivor of colonial genocide in Namibia indicates instances of humanity during an entirely inhumane era.
As the last survivors die out, it is more important than ever to uncover physical evidence of Nazi atrocities.
The metaphors used to defend the 21st century’s largest system of concentration camps are chillingly similar to Nazi Holocaust-era justifications.
Concentration camps are by no means only synonymous with Nazi terror or totalitarianism. In fact, concentration camps have deep roots in the culture and politics of Anglo-American liberal democracies.
Social status and location affected Dutch Jews’ chances of survival.
US agreements with Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria provide reparations to WWII victims. But an international law scholar writes that the US has failed to address war crimes in Asia.
A British Conservative MP has brought concentration camps during the South African War back into the spotlight.
In anticipation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a scholar explains how digital technologies can help close knowledge gaps about the catastrophe that claimed the lives of 6 million Jews.
Nazi, fascist, ultra right-wing - these terms seem to be bandied about a lot these days. But what do they really mean?
The 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote how refugees, in the absence of legal rights, were forced to live in a state of ‘absolute lawlessness.’ Her words matter today.
The more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder of the depravity of tearing children away from their parents and putting them in camps.
Jihyun Park escaped North Korea and is now living in Manchester. But how to explain her scars to her children? Or why they can’t call their relatives still living in North Korea?
The chaos that led to a disastrous attack in the final days of WWII.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Associate Professor, History, MacEwan University
-
Professor in International History, Flinders University
-
Assistant Vice-Principal and Director of the Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, Glasgow Caledonian University
-
Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
-
Lecturer in German history, University of Leeds
-
Professor of Social History, University of Bristol
-
Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
-
Professor Emerita of Women's Studies, San Diego State University
-
PhD Candidate, School of Art and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
-
PhD candidate in Public Policy, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Keele University
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
-
Associate Professor of History and Politics, Thompson Rivers University
-
Emeritus professor of History, University of Pretoria
-
Associate Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University
