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How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement
The 1920s and early ‘30's looked like the beginning of the end for centuries of gay intolerance. Then came fascism and the Nazis.
How Spam became one of the most iconic American brands of all time
Eighty years ago, Hormel Foods introduced a simple, canned meat product called Spam. It would go on to become one of the greatest marketing success stories of all time.
Paddington Bear: the story of the refugee and a message of kindness
The children's author Michael Bond left a literary legacy of inclusion and tolerance.
Tribute to a Namibian icon: Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Andimba (Herman) Toivo Ya Toivo remained loyal to what made him the personification of the desire to live in an independent country governed by, and for, its people.
Churchill: Downton does D-Day
The latest film about Britain's revered war leader struggles to capture the man – or give his wife the credit she deserves.
When it comes to disappearing ocean history, HMAS Perth is the tip of the iceberg
Archaeologists this week found that more than half of of HMAS Perth, a WWII wreck in Indonesia, has disappeared. It's now a race to protect the millions of other wrecks and sunken cities lying under the oceans.
What veterans’ poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
Secret justice leaves a corrupt and damaging legacy
History does not look kindly on hearings behind closed doors.
Remembering Bill Tutte: another brilliant codebreaker from World War II
He was one of the brilliant mathematical geniuses who helped crack the Nazi codes, but few have ever heard of his name. So who was Bill Tutte?
70 years on, Primo Levi’s If This is A Man is still a powerful reminder of what it means to be human
The imperative issued by Levi’s text is not that one should persist in seeing the human in the inhuman. It is more like its opposite: that one bear must witness to the inhuman in the human.
How Christianity shaped the experience and memories of World War I
Writings at the time of WWI aimed to construct a religiously diverse and conflicted America into a virtuous, Christian nation. This narrative continued in the cemeteries for the war heroes.
British media suspicion of child refugees goes back to the 1930s
There were mixed reactions to refugees from the Spanish Civil War and the Nazis by the British press.
The Imperial War Museum originally opened as a museum to end all wars – that didn’t last long
The Imperial War Museum was founded to do a very different task to that of today.
America has not always been as welcoming to refugees as we think
Trump's travel ban is an echo of policies passed in the United States during World War II.
Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
Sunken World War II warships, the final resting place for thousands of sailors, have been disappearing in Indonesia. But so far there's been little action taken to ensure their protection.
SS-GB: why the renewed obsession with alternative Nazi histories?
Why do alternative histories of a Nazified world again have such commercial and cultural traction?
Why Trump needs the civil servants he wants to fire: Lessons from abroad
The Trump administration may do well to make a friend of the federal bureaucracy it's so intent on gutting, according to an expert who studies the role of civil servants in government.
African-American GIs of WWII: Fighting for democracy abroad and at home
When war broke out, black Americans fought in segregated units to serve their country. The breath of freedom they experienced in Europe flamed the fight for equality when they returned home.
Britain’s response to WWII child refugees puts modern society to shame
Post-WWII Britain welcomed child refugees with open arms. Now they are put in camps and treated with contempt.
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