Yesterday was the anniversary of the murder of Sophie Scholl by the Nazis, a uni student who stood up against the regime with friends who named themselves the White Rose. I have never forgotten this quote, about the day 3 of her friends were killed, from a book written about them
We are delighted to finally announce the winners of the GHS Undergraduate Essay Prize 2021! 🏆
First place was awarded to @charleydos, for a brilliant essay on “Women’s Bodies in Auschwitz: An Exploration of the Psychological Implications of Malnourishment on Female Prisoners”.
Day 2 of our @TheRestHistory FESTIVAL OF WORLD HISTORY, & we are in GERMANY for THE WHITE ROSE: the heroic story of young Germans who, in the very depths of WW2, dared defy the Nazi regime.
@dcsandbrook gives - no other phrase will do - a tour de force
https://t.co/UUiTlhO9c1
Imagine if we had a Labour government Now imagine the front pages of the right wing rags. The ones that have told you for 12 years through 4 failed PMs that these people know what they’re doing and have your interests at heart up. Wake up.
How exactly did China turn Hong Kong into a police state? It wasn't just the national security law. It was decades in the making. The party used infiltration, co-option, fear and intimidation - tactics it is now trying in the rest of the world. Our essay: https://t.co/L9rWwmKnM1
Every woman has their own chronology, but it's even more frightening when your daughter starts to tell you of her own - it's time to #ReclaimTheseStreets#SarahEverard
On Feb. 25, 1941, at least 100,000 Dutchmen stopped working to protest the Nazis’ persecution of Jews. Although it was soon broken and German authorities retaliated with even more violence, it became a lasting symbol of Dutch resistance. https://t.co/lrdSLJdQAY
At Auschwitz we see the end of the long process. It's important to remember that the Holocaust did not start from gas chambers & murder.
The hatred slowly developed from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice, through legal exclusion, escalating violence & dehumanization.