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‘Which person in history would I most like to have met? My father’s parents. They both perished in #Kharkiv during the Nazi occupation.’

🎯 We put Natalya Chernyshova... On the Spot

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The fall of the #BerlinWall posed various questions. Was a united Germany dangerous? How to protect the East’s heritage? And how should the Wall be remembered?

✍️ Danny Bird

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Come What May, We’re Here to Stay: The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain by Taj Ali charts the rise and uncertain future of #SouthAsian activism in the United Kingdom.

✍️ Samir Jeraj

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Incognito investigative journalism was a #Victorian invention.

What explained its overnight success?

✍️ Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery

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A signature in a collection of autographs reveals a story of Indigenous Australian service in the Great War. #RemembranceDay

✍️ Alexandra McKinnon

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‘Which person in history would I most like to have met? My father’s parents. They both perished in Kharkiv during the Nazi occupation.’

🎯 We put Natalya Chernyshova... On the Spot

https://t.co/1Uy9FYkKRr

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The fall of the Berlin Wall posed various questions. Was a united Germany dangerous? How to protect the East’s heritage? And how should the Wall be remembered?

✍️ Danny Bird

https://t.co/lJVxjIRGqY

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Come What May, We’re Here to Stay: The Story of South Asian Resistance in Britain by Taj Ali charts the rise and uncertain future of South Asian activism in the United Kingdom.

✍️ Samir Jeraj

https://t.co/3xN7hMbe6M

[History Today @HistoryToday]

Incognito investigative journalism was a #Victorian invention. What explained its overnight success?

✍️ Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery

https://t.co/Y8nbTNMKWr

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Abolitionist #GranvilleSharp was born #OnThisDay in 1735

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?

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Although the Presbyterian Church carefully monitored female fertility in #17thcentury #Scotland, women helped one another ‘part with child’.

✍️ Clarissa Harris

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Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality by Danny Orbach resists easy explanations for Imperial #Japan’s wartime atrocities.

✍️ Richard Overy

https://t.co/obm4v9gCfh

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In this week’s newsletter: how did dancing become a sin?

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The #RomanEmpire had two main populations: gods and humans.

By its end, there was only one god left. How, and why, did he reign supreme?

✍️ Paula Fredriksen

https://t.co/r4skNJC6iR

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Abolitionist #GranvilleSharp was born #OnThisDay in 1735.

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?

https://t.co/bRIPHFeKHq

[History Today @HistoryToday]

Although the Presbyterian Church carefully monitored female fertility in 17th-century #Scotland, women helped one another ‘part with child’.

✍️ Clarissa Harris

https://t.co/O3HzEDA8f3

[History Today @HistoryToday]

Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality by Danny Orbach resists easy explanations for #ImperialJapan’s wartime atrocities.

✍️ Richard Overy

https://t.co/obm4v9gCfh

[History Today @HistoryToday]

In this week’s email newsletter: how dancing became a sin.

📬 Sign up for Miscellanies at https://t.co/kQ9fGtjJeJ, and we’ll send it to you on Thursday.

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The #RomanEmpire had two main populations: gods and humans. By its end, there was only one god left. How, and why, did he reign supreme?

✍️ Paula Fredriksen

https://t.co/r4skNJC6iR

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Abolitionist Granville Sharp was born #OnThisDay in 1735.

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?

https://t.co/bRIPHFeKHq