Preserve vs dismantle: major trends in the Baltics’ politics of memory regarding Soviet monuments at sites of mass violence
Another round of the Soviet ‘monument fall’ in the Baltics, which began in the early 2000s, continued into 2022. This process, however, has not affected Soviet memorials at the sites of mass violence perpetrated during the German occupation of the Baltics. This article aims to investigate major trends in the Baltics’ politics of memory regarding Soviet monuments erected at sites of mass violence. The official policy of the Baltics towards these memorial sites has been largely shaped by the...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... anniversary of Adalbert’s martyrdom, a metal cross was erected at the same site, which remains the primary place of remembrance for Catholic mission work in the region.
After the war, Poland and the USSR had a shared memory of the struggle against Nazism and Nazi crimes. Near the village of Hohenbruch (now Gromovo in the Slavsk municipality), there was a camp where Polish intellectuals, members of Polish national organisations, consular staff and prisoners from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union ...
“Royal game” on the “royal mountain”: сhess in Königsberg
... city’s visitors (Emanuel Lasker) and local residents (Paul Saladin Leonhardt) appeared in Königsberg. Leonhardt became probably the main figure representing East Prussia at national and international tournaments after the First World War. The years of Nazism witnessed persecution of local chess players of Jewish origin in Königsberg. Chess life of the city itself remained provincial. The chess history of Königsberg ceased with the Red Army storming the city in 1945. Among the participants of the ...
A witness for the prosecution. Stanislav Dubel's testimony at the trial of Rudolf Hess
.... Sygn. IPN GK 196/107. S. 77—119.
30. Zeznanie Stanisława Dubiela z dnia 7 sierpnia 1946 roku // Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Warszawie. Sygn. IPN GK 196/85. S. 51—58.
Khodyachikh S. S.
Auschwitz concentration camp, prisoners, Nazism, history of Germany, history of Poland, World War II
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