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Eugeniusz Szumiejko, Oppositionist’s Biography
Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, 2012 In his account, Eugeniusz Szumiejko (born on Sept 9, 1946 in Wierobiejki), anti-communist opposition activist, recounts his childhood spent on the territories that were joined to the Soviet Union after the Second World War, resettlements and his later ...
Grzegorz Kowal
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Sustainable deathstyles? The geography of green burials in Britain [PDF]
, 2014 In the context of a wider literature on ‘deathscapes’, we map the emergence of a new mode of burial and remembrance in Britain. Since a ‘green’ burial ground was established in Carlisle in 1993, sites for so-called ‘green, ‘natural’ or ‘woodland ...
Kelly, CL +3 more
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“Autogangs”. Car Smuggle to Communist Poland in the 1980s
Studia Historiae Oeconomicae, 2017 The article refers to the economic consequences of the post-war division of Europe into the capitalist West and communist East. One of the consequences of this division was the creation of peculiar crime phenomenon on the eastern side of the “iron ...
Karol Nawrocki
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Warriors of Bronze: The Virginia Monument and Remembrance Day
, 2017 Memory is a peculiar thing. To recall it is to remember, and there are two days dedicated to this activity in mid-November in Gettysburg. On November 18 and 19, reenactors and keynote speakers gather here to honor the sacrifices of millions of soldiers ...
Wesley, Zachary A.
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The First World War Centenary in the UK: ‘A Truly National Commemoration’? [PDF]
, 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron has called for ‘a truly national commemoration of the First World War’. This article shows this to be problematic, politicised and contested. This is in part due to the elision of English and British histories.
Andrew Mycock +6 more
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Some Small Tribute: How Modern Americans Find Meaning in the National Cemetery
, 2015 metery By Matt LaRoche ’17 In anticipation of Remembrance Day and Dedication Day this week, we have asked our Fellows why and how they commemorate the Civil War.
LaRoche, Matthew D.
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Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, 2011 Review article, Nie tylko walka... Żołnierze Armii Krajowej w powojennym Wrocławiu i na Dolnym Śląsku, red. Grzegorz Kowal, Wojciech Kucharski, Jarosław Maliniak i Grzegorz Strauchold, Wrocław 2010, Wydawnictwo „Lena”, Światowy Związek Żołnierzy Armii ...
Bogusław Kleszczyński
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, 1996 (Excerpt) The theme announced for this Institute is Grace upon Grace: Uving Bread. In this keynote address I have been asked to set an ecumenical tone for your conversations about the Eucharist, speaking to how it means for the faithful and drawing ...
Power, David N, O.M.I.
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Filmed Documents. Methods in Researching Archival Films from the Holocaust
Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, 2019 Holocaust-related archival films document pre-war Jewish life and the fate of the Jews during the Second World War and, to some extent, during its aftermath as well. These materials – propaganda films, amateur films, documentary films – capture events at
Efrat Komisar
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Jewish Women in the Kraków Ghetto: an Outline of Research Issues
The Person and the Challenges, 2013 This article describes the very varied, and at times, surprising role of Jewish women in the Kraków Ghetto during World War Two.
Martyna Grądzka
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