@awdphotography@ChalkeFestival Β£120 for two adults and their children to visit for the day is certainly steep. Especially considering that those with younger children are not going to be visiting many/any lectures!
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
On this day in 1962, President Kennedy is informed by U.S. intelligence of the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuban soil. The discovery precipitates a 13-day crisis between Washington and Moscow that very nearly leads to WW3.
@primeadam I made the βmistakeβ of letting my 5 year old watch Sean Bean in Sharpe. He is now obsessed with the Duke of Wellington and Napoleonic Wars π«£π
Hi @Taff_Gillingham, we have had this Second World War dated tunic donated, it is named to Major BWH Budden. Missing the front tunic buttons, could you help me identify what buttons would be suitable please? Pocket button shown.
#OnThisDay in 1916, the Battle of the Somme began, as thousands of British Tommies went over the top into No Man's Land. 1 July 1916 set a brutal precedent for the First World War & remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army.