Monthly Archives: March 2022

I believe this is the one instance in the entire museum where I saw the word “Nazi”, and it is in the translation of a contemporary publication. The military of the USSR is always Soviets, never Russians, but Poland has … Continue reading →

National WW II Museum New Orleans: The role of women in the Polish resistance movement and the Warsaw Uprising was crucial. Women held a variety of important positions, ranging from traditional female roles—cleaning, making beds, cooking, and delivering food—to serving … Continue reading →

Guardian: Boris Johnson has compared Vladimir Putin to a drug dealer who managed to hook western nations on Russian supplies of oil and gas, ahead of a trip to the Middle East in an attempt to diversify the sources of … Continue reading →

Guardian: A detainee at a secret CIA detention site in Afghanistan was used as a living prop to teach trainee interrogators, who lined up to take turns at knocking his head against a plywood wall, leaving him with brain damage, according to … Continue reading →

It would be difficult to fit the word “German” in here more often. “German concentration camp in Ravensbrück” – the change in language had been quite apparent to me before this, but this exhibit really drums it in. The contrast … Continue reading →

This is clearly visible from the road, though it is not marked at all. That memorial is to the right of the road, about where the lumber truck is. The graves are up the track to the left. The entrance … Continue reading →