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Lisa Kirschenbaum posted an update in the group
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoThanks, Anne, for putting this group together. My book International Communism and the Spanish Civil War was published by Cambridge in 2015. It explores the personal and political lives of international communists, centering on the SCW as a key moment in the history of communism and communist life histories.
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Anna Girling posted an update in the group
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoHi all – and many thanks Anne for setting up this group and inviting me to join. I’m very glad to be here! My interest in the Spanish Civil War began with my grandparents – who both went there as volunteers from the UK. I started a blog last year (http://redthirties.wordpress.com/) with the aim of looking at some of the archival materials that I…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Suitcase of SCW photos in the news in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoThis article doesn’t require a login: “La Guerra Civil, vista por un cuáquero inglés“
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Collections of SCW materials / images in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoA start:
“The digital Archive of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship is an initiative of UCSD in collaboration with several Spanish civic associations, such as the ARMH (Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica), the Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos, the Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria…[Read more]
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Laura Hartmann-Villalta replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoHello! I work on SCW visual culture and women’s writing. I am a happy panel contributor and collaborator.
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Anne Donlon started the topic Introductions in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoPlease introduce yourself! Share your interests and previous / current / future work related to the Spanish Civil War, as well as any other info you’d like to put out there.
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Anne Donlon started the topic Collections of SCW materials / images in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoDo you have any favorite (digital) collections of SCW-related materials?
Searching for public domain images for the header & group avatar, I was trying to think of good places to search. The V&A had a number of posters, but weren’t easy to download for image use. (Suggestions about our cover/group image, send them my way.)
Do you know of online…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon started the topic Suitcase of SCW photos in the news in the discussion
Spanish Civil War Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoAnother suitcase of SCW photographs emerges: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lost-photographs-of-the-spanish-civil-war-found-in-a-suitcase-9c25d3pzv
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Anna Hajkova deposited http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/186462/otto-dov-kulka in the group
Holocaust history on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoIn 2013 the Israeli historian Otto Dov Kulka published a recollection of his childhood in concentration camps, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death. Historians and general audiences praised the poetic and reflective tone of the book. Deported at 11 years of age from Theresienstadt, Kulka spent a year and half at Auschwitz and is one of the very…[Read more]
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Anna Hajkova deposited Das Polizeiliche Durchgangslager Westerbork [The Police Transit Camp Westerbork] in the group
Holocaust history on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoOverview article on history and logistics of the Westerbork transit camp, making extensive use of the original Westerbork records in the NIOD. The paper also specifies the connection between the Jewish Council in Amsterdam and Westerbork, as well as the set-up of transports and the system of “Sperren”. The article includes a complete and revised…[Read more]
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Anna Hajkova created the group
Holocaust history on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months ago
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