by Summer Obrien | Apr 26, 2024 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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...
by Summer Obrien | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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... by Summer Obrien | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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...
by Summer Obrien | Apr 3, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
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...
by Summer Obrien | Mar 20, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – Thankful Villages By Trish Wade From 1914 to 1918 communities across the world suffered atrocious losses due to their young men leaving home to fight in the First World War. Over 700,000 British subjects alone died in this conflict. ...
