Here's one Cambodian's verdict
"I’m a scholar of the political economy of Cambodia who, as a child, escaped the brutal Khmer Rouge regime with four siblings...
In both a professional and personal sense, I am aware of the near 50-year impact Kissinger’s policies during the Vietnam War have had on the country of my birth."
Re: authentic & fake #Jews: the tragic #Gaza war has predictably led to bad #history going viral:. European Jews are descendants of medieval #Turkic converts--#Khazars-- thus have no #historical & #genetic connection to the land of #Israel
A myth, promoted by a combination of the cynical or stupid, sadly embraced by the naive & uninformed
Sadly relevant, as I will give a virtual talk about this at Indiana Uni this week.
I have to teach tomorrow, but for many students in a college town--as it once was, so shall it always be, Alpha et Omega--the weekend begins tonight, on Thirsty Thursday.
Here is a huge line of students waiting to get into a local bar, circa 8 p.m. (I was coming from dinner after our #BookHistory seminar on materiality, spatiality, and temporality in Martial's poetry
My Hitler Book: What am I supposed to do with it? - Tablet Magazine
Interesting to me
As author says, these #Nazi books are neither rare nor valuable. Mine came from my father, who found them in his office during the US occupation
Article draws a contrast between those who thoughtlessly (or worse) collect Nazi memorabilia vs. dealers like Mark Funke, who thinks carefully about historical value & interpretation
@CitizenWald #history I saw german movie " the unwanted - odyssee of the St. Louis" . ( german language) https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL2hyLW9ubGluZS8yMDUwMzk
On youtube the earlier hollywood adaption " Voyage of the damned" with many stars can be found in full length including documentary footage. All about Captain Gustav Schröder who got his cruise ship with 1000 jews back to Antwerpen, Belgium only few days before the war. @bookhistodons@bookstodon
@BahnAnsagen
ich wäre misstrauisch und könnte mir vorstellen, der Zug hinter meinem Zug entscheidet sich unerwartet, bei der nächsten Abzweigung einfach abzuhauen 🤣