Vojtěch BlodigTerezín Memorial, Deputy of the director and head of the Historical Department Cover picture: The National Cemetery in Terezín On 6 May 1947, the government of the Czechoslovak Republic decided to set up a Memorial to National Suffering in Terezín as a reminder of the fate of those who passed through it during the …
Marc DíazResearcher and educator in human rights at the University of Barcelona’s Solidarity Foundation Cover picture: Arch of Sorrow, Alzhir Museum-Memorial complex. Picture: Marc Díaz Planas There are currently four museums that specifically focus on political repression during Soviet times in Central Asia. One is in Uzbekistan and the other three are dotted around Kazakhstan. …
Ricard Conesa SánchezHistorian and project officer at the EUROM Cover picture: The Memorial Site of the Les Corts’ Women Prison was inaugurated in 2019, after years of work and vindication by the Platform Future Monument Presó de dones de les Corts. Barcelona City Council. On 14 December 2019, the monument dedicated to the now defunct …
New museums and (political) narratives in Slovenia Kaja ŠirokHistorian. Assistant professor at the University of Nova Gorica Cover image: Part of the permanent exhibition “Slovenians in the 20th century”, which tells the story of the independence and democratisation of the country; Jože Suhadolnik/DELO In March 2021, on the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the …
Céline Sala-PonsDirector of the Camp of Rivesaltes Memorial Nicolas LebourgHistorian, expert in the history of the Camp of Rivesaltes Cover picture: Rivesaltes Camp Memorial. ©HuguesArgence In 2015, the Rivesaltes Camp Memorial [MCR in French] was inaugurated in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France, several kilometres form the Franco-Spanish border. This inauguration marked the patient construction of …
Ricard Conesa SánchezHistorian and project officer at the EUROM “It ends up being an exhibition where you don’t really know if it is about history, art history or aesthetics. It does not come from any of these disciplines and it comes from all of them at the same time”. This is how Núria Ricart, a …
Ana SánchezJournalist and photographer, specialising in cultural communication and historical memory Cover picture: Factory 14 shelter © Ana Sánchez From 30 March to 30 July, galleries 3 and 4 in the former La Model prison played host to the photography exhibition Barcelona’s 1,322 air-raid shelters. It is the product of a research study that made …
Marta Marín-DòmineWriter Cover picture: Jorge Semprun at the set of Apostrophes, 1984. Foto: Cordon
The case of the Third Reich Congress Hall in Nuremberg Dominique TroucheAssistant Professor in Communication and Information Sciences at University Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier. Author of Les Mises en scène de l’histoire, Approche communicationnelle des sites historiques des Guerres mondiales, L’Harmattan, 2010 Cover picture: View of the reception of the footbridge. Documentation Centre on …
Cover image: Patricio Guzmán, 2013 Giza Eskubideen Zinemaldia – Festival de Cine y DDHH. Picture by Argazkia /Iñigo Royo CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Chile’s coup d’état, the death of Salvador Allende and the beginnings of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Your three-part documentary …