World War II Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/world-war-ii/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:46:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png World War II Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/world-war-ii/ 32 32 Teaching History through the use of World War II Memorials. https://contestedhistories.org/resources/educational-materials/teaching-history-through-the-use-of-world-war-ii-memorials?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-history-through-the-use-of-world-war-ii-memorials Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:43:06 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Since its initiation in 2020, the Confronting Memories programme has devoted its work to generating dialogues through history to help build bridges and promote peace. Its methodology is centred around multiperspectivity as a strategic approach to teaching students how to understand other perspectives on history in addition to our own. Within the framework of this programme, […]

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]]> Since its initiation in 2020, the Confronting Memories programme has devoted its work to generating dialogues through history to help build bridges and promote peace. Its methodology is centred around multiperspectivity as a strategic approach to teaching students how to understand other perspectives on history in addition to our own. Within the framework of this programme, various media have been created and events organised to serve this purpose: the exhibition ‘Different Wars’ that examines how World War II is depicted in school textbooks in six countries; short films on the commemoration of World War II and an observation on the current war in Ukraine; public discussions; webinars; summer schools for history educators; and now this pedagogical guide.

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]]> Monument to Gratitude to the Soviet Army in Legnica https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/monument-to-gratitude-to-the-soviet-army-in-legnica?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monument-to-gratitude-to-the-soviet-army-in-legnica Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:29:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Soviet memorials have been the subject of removals in Poland since the 1980s, with the Monument of Gratitude to the Soviet Army have faced the same destiny. After 70 years of reminding locals of the country’s soviet past in Legnica, Poland, the monument was removed in 2018 and moved to a museum. The decision was […]

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]]> Soviet memorials have been the subject of removals in Poland since the 1980s, with the Monument of Gratitude to the Soviet Army have faced the same destiny. After 70 years of reminding locals of the country’s soviet past in Legnica, Poland, the monument was removed in 2018 and moved to a museum. The decision was based on following through with de-communisation and memorial laws. However, this removal has not been taken lightly by Russian officials, who, in addition to seeing it as an unnecessary act of fueling tensions between the two countries, also view it as breaking an agreement signed in 1994.

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