Remnants of War – Dunkirk
The 27th of May 1940 was the first full day of Operation Dynamo, aka the ‘Dunkirk evacuation’. This first day […]
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Remnants of War – German WW2 Board Game & Hagen’s Air Raid Bunker
Fancy a Second World War German board game night? On a recent tour of the WW2 bunker in Hagen, I
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Remnants of War – Potsdam’s Soviet Cemetery
The 8th of May is celebrated as “VE Day” in Western Europe, but for the Russians, the 9th of May
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Stolperstein Sunday – Martin Cohn
A regime’s revenge metered out upon the innocent. On the 18th of May 1942, a Berlin Jewish-Communist resistance group carried
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Traces of War – Moltkebrücke Berlin
Moltkebrücke, an unassuming bridge located just a stone’s throw from Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof, played a key role in the final days
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Stolperstein Sunday – Richard & Alfred Tworoger
Father & Son Stolpersteine stories. Usually Stolpersteine give only the basic facts about a victim; such as their name, year
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Stolperstein Sunday – Alexander Nisselowitsch
A happier Stolperstein Sunday entry this week! Alexander Nisselowitsch was born in Minsk in 1899 but moved with his mother
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Stolperstein Sunday – Martin and Sonja Fleischmann
An emotional double-whammy for our second Stolperstein Sunday… The story of Martin & Sonja Fleischmann, a father and daughter living
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Before and after – Reichstag Berlin
I took part in a Battle of Berlin walking tour last Sunday and found the spot where the Soviets raised
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Stolperstein Sunday – Fritz Tobias
Berlin is covered in “Stolpersteine” (‘stumbling stones’) – small stones in front of houses where victims of the holocaust once
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