this child is literally a wizard, this is incredible

Will die Bundesregierung wirklich warten, bis alle, die in Polen unter dem Nazi-Terror gelitten haben, gestorben sind? Bald braucht es keine "humanitäre Geste" mehr, Deutschland wäre wortbrüchig und die Rechte in Polen würde sich bestätigt sehen. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/pole...

The Putin regime is under pressure. Dictatorships are often overestimated because they are opaque, brutal, and ruthless. I also believe that the regime still has a certain degree of resilience. But what is happening right now is new. Putin seems to have finally lost touch with reality.

He is becoming a burden—for both the elite and the population. We should expect the regime to try to demonstrate its strength through escalation, repression and intimidation. But we should also watch for the first signs of cracks beginning to appear. Wavering dictators tend to have feet of clay.

ONLINE LESSON | Poles at Auschwitz Learn about the creation of Auschwitz, the reasons for the incarceration of Poles & the plans for the development of Auschwitz into the main camp in German-occupied Poland: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/ All lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org

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Gerade treffen sich in London Vertreter der extremen Rechten, Abtreibungsgegner und Klimaleugner. Mitten drin nicht nur britische Spitzenpolitiker, sondern auch Besuch aus Deutschland, Ralf Höcker etwa. Und, sogar als Speaker: Mathias Döpfner, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Axel Springer.

Der Geschichtsstreit zwischen Polen und der Ukraine über die UPA nutzt am Ende Russland. Dabei sind beide Länder doch auf enge Zusammenarbeit angewiesen, hat mir die Historikerin Bozhena Kozakevych vom @deplhaus.bsky.social heute im Dlf-Interview gesagt: www.deutschlandfunk.de/polnisch-ukr...

🇵🇱🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️ Some comments from me on Poland's thorny attempts at implementing the CJEU judgment on recognition of same-sex marriages, for Notes From Poland. A long road to a stable legal landscape ahead, I'm afraid.

12 June 1892 | German Jewish woman, Sophia Serphos, was born in Neuenhaus. She emigrated to the Netherlands. In March 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

10 June 1931 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Zsuzsanna Bleier, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

📢 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘂𝘀? Am 9. Juni diskutieren wir die Folgen des Hin und Her von Liberalen und Populisten für die Visegrád-Staaten mit @danielhegedus.bsky.social (@iep-berlin.de) Tanja Börzel (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) Kai-Olaf Lang (@swp-berlin.org) @libmod.de @scripts-berlin.eu

The Polish government has formally requested that the United States establish a new permanent military base in Poland. The announcement comes shortly after President Donald Trump pledged to send 5,000 additional American troops to the country.

Neue Wege der Erinnerungskultur: wie Technologie ethische Komplexität abbilden und uns in die Verantwortung nehmen kann.  https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7978-6/ #Erinnerungskultur #Holocaust #Digitalisierung #Geschichtswissenschaft

1 June 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Manuel Scheffer, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber together with his mother, Rachel.

31 May 1926 | Belgian Jewish girl, Bertha Kaufman, was born in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Mechelen on 11 August 1942. She did not survive.

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Der AfD-Politiker #Benninghaus, der im Thür. Landtag mit antisemitisch aufgeladenen geschichtsrevisionistischen Ausfällen aufgefallen ist, möchte Landrat in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt werden. Sollte er am 7.6. gewählt werden, wäre er Vorgesetzter der Kollegen in der KZ-#Gedenkstätte Laura.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

14 May 1925 | A Polish boy, Karol Kobyłecki, was born in Krakow. In #Auschwitz from 3 April 1942. No. 28797 In 1944 he was transferred to KL Mauthausen and liberated there. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

So military equipment should be protected from drone attacks, but people attending the parade is fine? Ru government is on brand as not giving a rat's ass about its people.

Either this is just a squeaky toy for Trump to play with, which is never intended to be taken seriously by anyone else, or a worrying number of people in the administration *really* don't understand what NATO is or how it works.

"Ich hege trotz allem, was ich erlebt habe, keinen Hass gegenüber irgendjemandem. Dieses Wort habe ich aus meinem Wortschatz gestrichen. Wenn wir uns alle daran halten würden, gäbe es heute gewiss weniger Kriege, weniger Gewalt und weniger Leid." Pavel Kucera, Überlebender des KZ Bergen-Belsen

🔎 Schreibt KI Geschichte? Wie verändert KI unsere Erinnerungskultur & welche Verantwortung folgt daraus? Darüber diskutieren Experten & Expertinnen aus Forschung & Praxis bei der Tagung der @wannseekonferenz.bsky.social. 📅 17.–18.06.2026 📍 Berlin 👉 Mehr Infos & kostenlose Anmeldung: t1p.de/l8kj9

20 April 1926 | A Czech Jewish woman, Mariana Brodová, was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 10 December 1941. Deported to #Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 together with her mother Terezie. They both did not survive.

On 15 April, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen Our archive holds a wealth of information regarding the camp including photos from the liberation, testimonies given to the Library by survivors, and document collections relating to its afterlife as a DP camp Search now 🔗 www.whlcollections.org

This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old. Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy. Bohdan sang in the church choir. Deepest condolences... Russian terrorism must be stopped.

Die Forderung an die Ukraine, Territorium abzutreten, sei des ungarischen Widerstands von 1956 „unwürdig“, sagt Magyar. Die Ukraine habe das uneingeschränkte Recht, sich gegen die russische Aggression zu verteidigen, 1/2 kyivindependent.com/asking-ukrai...

Im französischen Bergdorf Le Chambon-sur-Lignon entschieden sich während der deutschen Besatzung Hunderte Menschen, nicht wegzusehen. Der Pfarrer André Trocmé und seine Frau Magda versteckten mit Helfern verfolgte Jüdinnen und Juden in Häusern, Schulen und auf Bauernhöfen. 1/2

👺 Russians violate ceasefire 10,721 times during "Easter truce" – Ukraine's General Staff

#HungaryElectionThread Record turnout in #Hungary; 37,98% until 11:00 am. Expect final turnaround in the range of 65-80%. (2022:69%) This benefits #Tisza also structuraly: extreme high turnout lowers the chances of the extreme-right party Our Homeland to clear the 5% threshold.

⚡️Russian drone strikes ambulance in northeastern Ukraine, injuring 3 paramedics despite Easter ceasefire. A Russian drone struck an ambulance in Sumy Oblast, injuring three paramedics overnight on April 12 despite an Easter ceasefire being in place, local authorities reported.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged on Friday that she was “thinking about” seeking the presidency again in 2028, offering some of her most detailed remarks to date about her future political ambitions. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...

10 April 1937 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sinie Cozijn, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in March 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

"die Deportationen der Jüdinnen und Juden aus deutschen Städten [...] geschahen unter aller Augen. Die Initiative 'last seen' hat in jüngster Zeit eine ganze Reihe Fotos von solchen Deportationen zu Tage befördert, auf denen auch das Vergnügen der Zuschauenden kenntlich ist." atlas.lastseen.org

Otto und Elise Hampel führen ein unauffälliges Leben in NS-Deutschland – bis Elise Hampels Bruder 1940 als Wehrmachtssoldat in Frankreich fällt. Sie entschließen sich zu handeln und schreiben und verteilen über 200 Postkarten. Darin rufen sie zum Widerstand auf. Mehr: t1p.de/uv28s

Elise u. Otto Hampel, Arbeiterehepaar aus dem Berliner Wedding verteilen zwischen 1940 u. 1942 mehr als 200 Postkarten und Flugblätter, auf denen sie zum Sturz des Hitler Regimes aufrufen. 1942 werden sie denunziert. Am 8. April 1943 werden sie in Berlin Plötzensee ermordet.

7 April 1939 | Czech Jewish girl Anna Fischlerová was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 October 1944 with her brother Jan (Hansi) (b. 1937). They were murdered in a gas chamber.

Happy International War Crimes and Genocide Day to those who celebrate it.

Hungarian internet users are not necessarily buying the terrorist plot peddled by Viktor Orbán’s government, which accuses Ukraine of being behind an alleged plan to blow up the TurkStream pipeline in Serbia on Easter Sunday.

5 April 1926 | Czech Jewish girl Eva Raimannová was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 24 October 1942. Two days later she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents Viktor & Gisela and her brother Josef. None of them survived.

Nach der deutschen Besetzung der Niederlande wurde die Malerin Marianne Franken antisemitisch verfolgt, nach Westerbork deportiert und starb am 4. April 1945 im KZ Bergen-Belsen. Marianne Franken: Selbstporträt, o. D.

4 April 1938 | Dutch Jewish girl, Emma Johanna de Jonge, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in December 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

3 April 1921 | A Pole, Michał Hamerski, was born. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941. No. 11820 He was shot on 11 November 1941. --- ▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

24 March 1936 | A French Jew, Jacques Gabai, was born in Quimper. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 6 February 1944 in a transport of 1214 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 999 people murdered in gas chambers after selection.

Wenn wir Persönlichkeitsrechte so schützen würden wie Urheberrechte, dann wäre zunächst jede Verwertung meines Gesichtes nur mir vorbehalten, es sei denn es gäbe ein ausdrückliche Erlaubnis oder gesetzliche Ausnahme. Das ist das dänische Modell.

The historic Bernardine Monastery in Lviv, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, is on fire after a russian drone attack. 🎥 Xenia Gerke on Facebook

24 March 1911 | A Pole, Zygmunt Jaszczur, was born in Warsaw. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 7 March 1942. No. 26599 He perished in the camp on 7 September 1942.

Die Pläne von Bundesfamilienministerin Karin Prien (CDU) für das Programm „Demokratie leben!“ gefährden wirksame Bildungsarbeit gegen Antisemitismus und die Entwicklung innovativer Bildungsansätze zur Extremismusprävention im digitalen Raum.