Armenian national identity has long been associated with what has come to be known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Immersing the reader in the history, culture and politics of Armenia - from its foundations as the ancient kingdom of Urartu to the modern-day Republic - Gaidz Mi…
"On 16 August, 1819, at St Peter's Field, Manchester, armed cavalry attacked a peaceful rally of some 50,000 pro-democracy reformers. Under the eyes of the national press, 18 people were killed and some 700 injured, many of them by sabres, many of them women, some of them childr…
"In January 1942, Soviet photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented. That day, they took pictures of the first liberation of a German mass atrocity site, where an estimated 7,000 Jews and others were executed at a trench near Kerch on the Crimean peninsul…
Introduction: Introducing Grief -- The making of a war photographer and the German occupation of Kerch -- Witnessing Grief -- The aftermath of Grief -- Producing and displaying Grief -- Valuing Grief -- How Grief became a commodity? -- Seeing the Holocaust in Grief. "In January…
"In January 1942, Soviet photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented. That day, they took pictures of the first liberation of a German mass atrocity site, where an estimated 7,000 Jews and others were executed at a trench near Kerch on the Crimean peninsul…
"In January 1942, Soviet photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented. That day, they took pictures of the first liberation of a German mass atrocity site, where an estimated 7,000 Jews and others were executed at a trench near Kerch on the Crimean peninsul…
This work is the first of its kind to 'map' these new institutions and cultural spaces, which, although varying widely in size, style, and political situation, are nonetheless united in their desire to promote peace, tolerance, and the avoidance of future violence.
"More than 2,000,000 Jews were killed by shooting during the Holocaust at several thousand mass killing sites across Europe. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) aims to raise awareness of this centrally important aspect of the Holocaust by bringing together o…
Comunistas contra Stalin: masacre de una generación
by Broué Pierre
fromLibros abiertos
"En 1937 el dictador dominicano Leónidas Trujillo desata una feroz persecución contra los haitianos. En ella pierden la vida cientos de hombres, mujeres y niños que han llegado a República Dominicana buscando trabajo. Algunos pocos logran huir y salvar su vida. Pero será una vid…
Animals are the unknown victims of armed conflicts. Wildlife populations usually decline during warfare, with disastrous repercussions on the food chain, on fragile ecosystems and precarious habitats. Belligerents take advantage of the chaos of war for poaching and trafficking o…