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The book „Wer ist Walter? International Perspectives on Resistance in Europe during World War II” gathers 32 contributions and case studies on the history of resistance against Nazism, fascism, occupation and collaboration during World War II, as well as on its transmission after 1945, especially in Museums. The authors are historians, curators and other researchersContinue reading “New publication: Wer ist Walter?”

This workshop aims to explore relations among countries both within and beyond the Iron Curtain through the lens of international friendship. In diplomatic and political history, as well as in public discourse, the term ‘friendship’ is often employed casually to describe various types of interstate relations, ranging from partnerships lacking close bonds to special relationshipsContinue reading “Conference: International Friendship within and beyond the Iron Curtain”

PROGRAM Histories of the Non-Aligned Movement keep opening up a variety of unexplored topics, as well as new perspectives on its organisation and the promotion of transnational networks of solidarity. In doing so, these new perspectives help in formulating critical questions about the legacies of this political platform, and encouraging new forms of responsibility inContinue reading “Workshop “Alliances and ruptures. The Non-aligned movement and its contradictions””