Blog Archive

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January 2025
27:  
Reflections on the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau


January 2023
20:  
Zigi Shipper BEM, 18/01/1930 - 18/01/2023


November 2021
8:  
'The Dressmakers of Auschwitz': Book Review


October 2019
15:  
'The Dollmaker of Kraków': Book Review


August 2019
14:  
Eva Mozes Kor, 31/01/1934 - 04/07/2019


February 2019
18:  
In Defence of the Auschwitz Museum

5:  
Harry Bibring BEM, 26/12/1925 - 31/01/2019


September 2018
22:  
'The Death of Hitler': Book Review


June 2018
8:  
Gena Turgel MBE, 01/02/1923 - 07/06/2018


May 2018
2:  
'Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away': Exhibition Review


March 2018
2:  
Poland and the Holocaust: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions


January 2018
28:  
Holocaust Memorial Day 2018: The Power of Words


September 2017
20:  
'The Red Ribbon': Book Review


August 2017
10:  
'Face to Face. Art in Auschwitz': Exhibition Review


April 2017
13:  
Spicer is Not a Holocaust Denier, Just Ignorant - Which Might be Just as Bad


February 2017
9:  
An Open Letter to Theresa May


January 2017
27:  
Holocaust Memorial Day 2017: How Can Life Go On?


December 2016
30:  
Theresienstadt: Photo Essay

26:  
Auschwitz-Birkenau (Tourism): Photo Essay


November 2016
1:  
Bełżec: Photo Essay


October 2016
22:  
Majdanek: Photo Essay

6:  
Treblinka: Photo Essay


June 2016
19:  
Babi Yar: Photo Essay

10:  
'Son of Saul': Film Review


April 2016
20:  
Why Holocaust Memorial Day IS for Everyone

7:  
Coming Soon - Dilemmas, Choices, Responses: Britain and the Holocaust


February 2016
1:  
'Yellow-Star Houses': Interview with Nigel Swann


January 2016
29:  
An Update on the UK Blog Awards 2016

13:  
The Holocaust Educational Trust's Lord Merlyn-Rees Memorial Lecture, Tuesday 12th January 2016


December 2015
28:  
2015: The Year in Review

12:  
Selective Tolerance is Never an Option


November 2015
26:  
Holocaust Educational Trust Regional Ambassador Day, Wednesday 25th November 2015

16:  
Conference Round-Up - Part Two

11:  
Conference Round-Up - Part One


October 2015
25:  
Professor David Cesarani OBE, 13.11.1956 - 25.10.2015


September 2015
17:  
Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation 2015, USA


July 2015
17:  
Visit Number Six: New Perspectives on Scale - Part Two


June 2015
25:  
A Quick Update


May 2015
13:  
'Why Are We Obsessed with the Nazis? The Third Reich in History and Memory': Talk at Senate House, 12th May 2015

11:  
Visit Number Six: New Perspectives on Scale - Part One


April 2015
9:  
Do You Have to be Jewish to Study the Holocaust?


February 2015
27:  
Why I'm So Glad Katy Perry Visited Auschwitz

10:  
'This Place Holds No Fear': Book Review

4:  
Thoughts on the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission Report


January 2015
27:  
70 Years on from Auschwitz

26:  
The Holocaust Educational Trust's Lord Merlyn-Rees Memorial Lecture, Wednesday 21st January 2015

22:  
'The Eichmann Show': Programme Review

9:  
'Tracing Topographies: Revisiting the Concentration Camps Seventy Years after Liberation', 6-8 January 2015


December 2014
21:  
Season's Greetings and Reflections on 2014


November 2014
4:  
The Problems with Safeguarding History


September 2014
23:  
Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation 2014


July 2014
2:  
Justice is Justice, Whatever Your Age


June 2014
3:  
The Importance of Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month


April 2014
27:  
'That Jew Died For You' - but Not for This Awful Misuse of the Holocaust

16:  
A Week in Auschwitz on Tumblr, and 100th Blog

15:  
Sites of Holocaust Education and Memorialisation in the UK


March 2014
27:  
Calling All West Midlands/London Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassadors!

10:  
'Anka's Story' - A Tribute to Anka Bergman


February 2014
28:  
Alice Herz-Sommer, 1903 - 2014

9:  
Just One Example of Why I Study the Holocaust


January 2014
28:  
Reflections on 'Journeys': Holocaust Memorial Day 2014

22:  
The Holocaust Educational Trust's Lord Merlyn-Rees Lecture, Monday 20th January 2014

14:  
2013: My Year with the Holocaust Educational Trust

2:  
The Blog in 2013


December 2013
23:  
A Christmas Message to My Readers

12:  
Guest Blogger Karianne Hansen: Describing Concentration Camps (Part Four)

6:  
Guest Blogger Karianne Hansen: 'Describing Concentration Camps' (Part Three)


November 2013
26:  
Guest Blogger Karianne Hansen: 'Describing Concentration Camps' (Part Two)

8:  
Guest Blogger Karianne Hansen: 'Describing Concentration Camps' (Part One)


October 2013
18:  
West Midlands Remembers: Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE at The University of Birmingham, Wednesday 16th October 2013

9:  
MA Holocaust Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London


September 2013
25:  
Holocaust Educational Trust Appeal Dinner, Monday 16th September 2013

17:  
Why the Metro Got It All Wrong

9:  
The Holocaust in Recent News


August 2013
5:  
'Operation Last Chance' by Efraim Zuroff: Book Review

2:  
Anka Bergman, 20th April 1917 - July 2013

1:  
Reception at Speaker's House and Panel Discussion at House of Lords, Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th July 2013


July 2013
30:  
Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassador Conference, Monday 8th July 2013: Part Two

29:  
Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassador Conference, Monday 8th July 2013: Part One

12:  
AJEX commemoration of Armed Forces Day, 26.06.13


June 2013
20:  
Update: Holocaust Educational Trust Student Ambassador Conference

8:  
Calling All Holocaust Educational Trust Student Ambassadors!

5:  
'Defying Hitler' by Sebastian Haffner: Book Review


May 2013
24:  
Warsaw: A Phoenix from the Ashes (Part Three)

12:  
Warsaw: A Phoenix from the Ashes (Part Two)


April 2013
21:  
Warsaw: A Phoenix from the Ashes (Part One)

19:  
Commemorating 70 Years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

18:  
A Week of Holocaust News


March 2013
18:  
The Nazi Salute: More Than A Bookable Offence

10:  
'20 Million' Victims?


February 2013
22:  
Regional Ambassador Day, Thursday 21st February 2013

15:  
'Lessons from Auschwitz' Project (West Midlands), Wednesday 13th February 2013

8:  
Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE at the University of Birmingham, Friday 8th February 2013

2:  
Britain's Holocaust Survivors: Documentary Review


January 2013
29:  
National Holocaust Memorial Day Event, Monday 28th January 2013

29:  
BBC West Midlands Radio and Birmingham City Council Event, Sunday 27th January 2013

27:  
Holocaust Memorial Day 2013: A Statement

23:  
The Lord Merlyn-Rees Lecture, Monday 21st January 2013

20:  
An Announcement, An Anniversary and A Reflection

12:  
Munich: A Step Back in Time

7:  
What is Holocaust Memorial Day?


December 2012
31:  
Reflections on This Blog in 2012

25:  
A Message to My Readers

24:  
A Visit to Dachau - Part Three

21:  
A Visit to Dachau - Part Two

16:  
A Visit to Dachau - Part One

5:  
Everyday Anniversaries


November 2012
27:  
'The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hiter': Documentary Series Review

16:  
The Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London

14:  
'Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution' by Laurence Rees: Book Review

9:  
A Quick Update & Remembering Kristallnacht

6:  
'Man's Search For Meaning' by Viktor Frankl: Book Review

5:  
Holocaust Survivors: The Real Role Models

1:  
'The Book Thief': Book Review


October 2012
26:  
Antoni Dobrowolski, 8/10/12 - 21/10/12 & Wilhelm Brasse, 3/12/17 - 23/10/12

23:  
100 LFA Visits to Auschwitz

14:  
Artefacts from the Holocaust: Museum or Market?

10:  
Auschwitz: Exhibits on the Internet

9:  
Shlomo Venezia, 29/12/1923 - 01/10/2012

1:  
Amsterdam: City of Exposure..and Hiding


September 2012
30:  
Berlin: Where It All Began

25:  
Krakow Ghetto, Then And Now: A Short Tribute

20:  
Budapest: The Secrets of the Danube

19:  
Krakow: Where The Walls Speak For Themselves

19:  
The Fourth Visit


August 2012
30:  
The 'Hauntings' of Auschwitz?

27:  
'Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution' by Laurence Rees: Documentary Series Review

27:  
'Commandant of Auschwitz' by Rudolf Höss: Book Review

26:  
'If This Is A Man' by Primo Levi: Book Review

21:  
Jasenovac? No, I Hadn't Heard of it Either

13:  
'Memory'

9:  
'Kitty: Return to Auschwitz': Documentary Review

3:  
Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day: In Memoriam

1:  
'Return to Auschwitz' by Kitty Hart: Book Review


July 2012
29:  
'The Sunflower' by Simon Wiesenthal: Book Review

23:  
'Horrible Histories' and the Holocaust: A Child's Education?

19:  
The Power of Music

18:  
France's Darkest Chapter: 70 Years On

16:  
Auschwitz Through a Lens

11:  
Professor Ladislaus Löb: No Ordinary Train Passenger...

10:  
A Big Thank You...and A Little Video!

9:  
What Next for the Blog?

9:  
Post-Trip Reflections: Part Two

3:  
Post-Trip Reflections: Part One

1:  
Day Six - The Final Day

1:  
Day Five


June 2012
27:  
Day Four

26:  
Day Three

25:  
Day Two

24:  
Day One