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#ForgottenFriday – Resistance

#ForgottenFriday – Resistance

This week’s #ForgottenFriday explores ways German citizens resisted Nazi rule. Disclaimer: This article features graphic descriptions of execution. May marks 91 years since the mass burning of anti-Nazi books throughout Germany. Enthusiastic crowds witnessed the...
Forgotten Friday – York Air Raid

Forgotten Friday – York Air Raid

Forgotten Friday – York Air Raid – 28-29th April 1942   The York Air Raid refers to a significant event during World War II when the city of York in England was bombed by German aircraft. The raid took place on the night of 28th – 19th April, 1942, and it...

Forgotten Friday – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Forgotten Friday – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising This week in our Forgotten Friday, we are focusing on The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. After the Grossaktion Warsaw of summer 1942, in which more than a quarter of a million Jews were deported from the ghetto to...
Remembering Pearl Harbor: A Turning Point in World War II

Remembering Pearl Harbor: A Turning Point in World War II

Understanding Pearl Harbor History On the morning of 7 December 1941, 177 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base on Oahu, Hawaii, at  Pearl Harbor. What happened? And why did Pearl Harbor lead to WW2 for the U.S.? To understand...
Forgotten Friday – Archive Donations: Stalag XXI-D

Forgotten Friday – Archive Donations: Stalag XXI-D

Forgotten Friday – Stalag XXI-D Artefacts! It’s #ForgottenFriday! Today, we are looking at some of the fantastic donations we received at the museum, which mention a POW camp named Stalag XXI-D. Some of the donated items include original documents belonging to...