Keywords: Czechoslovakia; Europe; Jews; Holocaust; Ostrava; Nisko Plan; nazi prison camps; soviet prison camps; NKVD documents; Erich Egger; Karel Egger; deportation;
The 18th of October 2014 marked the 75th anniversary of the departure of the very first transport of European Jews in the history of the holocaust – one that left Ostrava for Nisko upon San in the eastern part of the General Government where the Nazis planned to set up an extensive “reservation” for Jews displaced from the conquered territories and the whole of Germany. As part of the Nisko Plan , a total of seven transports with more than five thousand Jews departed from Ostrava, Katowice and Vienna in the latter half of October 1939. Their journey materialised even though, by the time of departure of the first transport, the top Nazi officials had dismissed the entire plan of establishing a Jewish reservation between the Rivers Vistula and Bug. The ensuing destinies of thousands of Jewish deportees varied; however, most of them were to die or suffer in Nazi as well as in Soviet prisons and camps.
More...Keywords: Bulgarian Antifascism;
Published in 1946 by »Maison d'édition Hémous" in Sofia. Publication has been based on material provided by Dimitre Ilieff (Dimiter Iliev), at that time Bulgarian Ambassador in Stockholm
More...Keywords: 1945; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Eastern Syrmia; Ministry of Interior Affairs of Democratic Federated Yugoslavia; communist repression; monuments; graves; memoricide;
The duration and intensity of WWII in the territoiy of the Independent State of Croatia, the presence of occupation forces of the German Reich and the Kingdom of Italy, armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia, as well as the activities of the Yugoslav monarchists and communist-led partisans, caused direct clashes between the belligerent parties. This led to a number of casualties both among soldiers and civilians. Irreconcilable ideologies and military and political interests of the conflicting parties in the general and civil war increased the number of casualties. The communists reckoning with real or purported enemies alike in Yugoslavia during WWII and especially at its end and right after it, was massive and without mercy. Part of the radical and total reckoning of the Yugoslav communists with their enemies immediately after WWII was the order of the Interior Ministry of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia of May 18, 1945 about removal of graves of "occupiers" and "enemies of the people" that targeted graves, tombstones of German, Italian and Hungarian armies, as well as those of the ustasha, chetniks and Slovenian home guards. The fact that the order was systematically implemented in the territory of the Independent State of Croatia is proven by surviving documents and testimonies of eyewitnesses, as well as by the state of the graveyards themselves. The graves of fallen partisans and victims of "Fascist terror" were protected by law, put in order and well maintained in Yugoslavia after WWII, whereas the graves of "enemy" soldiers and "collaborators" remained outside of the pale of the law. This remained so until the break-up of Yugoslavia.
More...Creation of a West European coal and steel pool // Preparations for war in West Germany (IV) // Increased activity of the German peace movement // German journalist inciting war (Dombrowski) // Call for the National Congress // German conversation // SED party conference (July 1950) // The foreign policy of the GDR (W. Pieck) // The goals of the National Front (O. Grotewohl) // The five-year plan (W. Ulbricht) // Manifesto the German people // Directive No. 3 of the High Commission // German and French resistance fighters // on the Schuman Plan // The GDR government protects the clergy // The concentration process of European heavy industry // 250th anniversary of the German Academy of Sciences // German Writers' Congress in Berlin // Development of Scientific Research // in the GDR // How heavy industry supported Hitler
More...Prohibition of the referendum against remilitarization in West Germany // Appeal of the main committee: referendum begins! // Memorandum on the constitutionality of the referendum // Carrying out the referendum in the GDR // Speech by Deputy Prime Minister Ulbricht in front of the People's Chamber of the GDR // Comments on the ban on referendums // Conference of Deputy Foreign Ministers in Paris // Preparations for the war in West Germany (XXI) // Photo documents on remilitarization // Social democratic conference against remilitarization // Emergency cry of the West German peasantry // Strikes in the United Economic Area // All-German farmers 'conference in Kassel // All-German artists' conference in Munich // Congress of young artists in Berlin // Visit of the President of the People's Republic of Poland // The demolition of the Saar region // Foreign countries for the rearmament of West Germany // Torpedoing of the Potsdam Agreement (continuation) // The new rich and the new rich in Germany // German cultural talk Leipzig 1951 // Federal Congress of the Democratic Cultural Association
More...Köhler: Anyone who disregards the will of the people will be pushed aside by the people // A look back in time // Adenauer forces the ratification of the war treaties // This is how the ratification was enforced // From the Bundestag debate during the 3rd reading // The roll-call vote on the General Treaty // Patriotic popular movement against ratification // The struggle for national liberation begins on a new level // The resistance grows inexorably // Terror under the sign of ratification // The resurrection of the Dresdner Bank // Franz Dahlem: Der Ruhrkampf 1923 (end) // The 3rd German Art Exhibition in Dresden // On the Karl Marx Year 1953 // Karl Marx in contemporary documentation // From GDR magazines
More...The crisis of the Bonn system // Winston Churchill on current international issues // From the statement of “Pravda” on the current international situation (May 24, 1953) // Association of Germans for Unity, Peace and Freedom founded (May 10 1953) // The Bundesrat cleared the way for the war treaties // The struggle for national unity and a peace treaty with Germany (II) // Unity of action - the foundation of the national liberation struggle // In West Germany the partial payment business is flourishing // West Germany and West Berlin's workers in Fight for higher wages // The life of a German patriot: Wilhelm Elfes // Dr. Robert Lehr, the agitator in the Bonn cabinet // Karl Marx in contemporary documentation (V) // Bibliographies: New book literature, from newspapers and magazines of the GDR
More...Bittel: West German militarism is blocking the unity of Germany // A look back in time // The way to new negotiations is open (II). On the note of the Soviet government of July 24, 1954 and the declaration of August 4, 1954 // The EVG failed in Brussels and Paris // Prime Minister Grotewohl's speech on September 4, 1954 // Further price cuts in the GDR (September 3, 1954) // Social security in the GDR and West Germany // Adenauer "denies" his aggression plans. Publications of the “Tribune”, London, and quotes from Adenauer // The wage struggle of the West German metal workers (III) // The politics of the GDR (government and people's chamber) 1949 until 1954 // Referendum for peace treaty, against EVG in West Germany // Bibliographies // Special register: The Germany policy of the USSR
More...Radmann: There is a chance for peace in Europe // A look back in time // The final result of the Volkskammer election // Note from the Soviet government of October 23, 1954 // Comments on Molotov's speech of October 6, 1954 // The Adenauer Politics after the London conference // The 3rd DGB congress against remilitarization // Joint consultation of SPD and SED functionaries in Leipzig // Gehlen espionage organization // The face of the occupation regime in West Germany // For all-German free elections (documentation by 1948 to 1953) // From Dunkirk via Brussels to NATO (documentation from 1947 to 1949) // Bibliographies // Special index: Remilitarization and preparation for war in West Germany
More...Karl Bittel: Confused War Camp - United Peace Camp // A look into the present // Declaration of the Moscow Conference on European Security // Approval of the Declaration by the People's Chamber of the GDR // Comments on the Moscow deliberations // Adenauer's defeat in Hesse and Bavaria // The elections for the West Berlin House of Representatives // Development of HO prices for selected goods // Comparison of prices between GDR and West Germany // The terrorist trial against the KPD (II) // West Germany's military war potential (XV) // A plan of aggression by German generals / The breaches of treaty in militaristic Germany // West German doctors and patients in need // Bibliographies // Special register: National resistance to division and war policy
More...A look into the present // Delegation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the GDR // The IV. LPG Conference in Leipzig // V Congress of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship // Referendum and state elections in the Saar area // The Bonn coalition crisis FDP —CDU // For the implementation of the economic principles of the Potsdam Agreement in Germany (I) // The most important all-German meetings, conferences and events in 1955 // The first political general strike in Germany (Hamburg, January 17, 1906) // Special register: Documentary Chronicle - Events of 1945 — — — — Blick in die Gegenwart // Delegation des Obersten Sowjets der UdSSR in der DDR // Die IV. LPG-Konferenz in Leipzig // V. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft // Volksbefragung und Landtagswahlen im Saargebiet // Die Bonner Koalitionskrise FDP—CDU // Zur Durchführung der wirtschaftlichen Grundsätze des Potsdamer Abkommens in Deutschland (I) // Die wichtigsten gesamtdeutschen Tagungen, Konferenzen und Veranstaltungen im Jahre 1955 // Der erste politische Generalstreik in Deutschland (Hamburg, 17. Januar 1906) // Spezialregister: Dokumentarchronik — Ereignisse des Jahres 1945
More...The Bonn Memorandum and the Soviet Reply Note // Memorandum of the Federal Government of September 2, 1956 // Notes from the Western powers to the Federal Government and the Government of the Soviet Union // Reply note from the Soviet Government to the Bonn Government // Note from the Soviet government to the governments of the Western powers on the Bonn Memorandum // German Council established to prepare for reunification // Letter from Dr. Dieckmanns to Dr. Gerstenmaier // The Weimar Talks between LDPD and FDP // Communication from the SED Central Committee on pension issues // Quotes on Bonn's “social reform” // Discussion with Labor MPs // All-German Olympic team for Melbourne // 4th Ordinary Federal Congress of the DGB (II) // SS officers in the West German army // The Bonn Basic Law and its amendments (II) // Political openness at West German universities (II) — — — — Das Bonner Memorandum und die sowjetische Antwortnote // Memorandum der Bundesregierung vom 2. September 1956 // Noten der Westmächte an die Bundesregierung und an die Regierung der Sowjetunion // Antwortnote der Sowjetregierung an die Bonner Regierung // Note der Sowjetregierung an die Regierungen der Westmächte zum Bonner Memorandum // Deutscher Rat zur Vorbereitung der Wiedervereinigung gegründet // Brief Dr. Dieckmanns an Dr. Gerstenmaier // Die Weimarer Gespräche zwischen LDPD und FDP // Mitteilung der Kommission des ZK der SED über Rentenfragen // Zitate zur Bonner „Sozialreform“ // Aussprache mit Labour-Abgeordneten // Gesamtdeutsche Olympiamannschaft für Melbourne // 4. Ordentlicher Bundeskongress des DGB (II) // SS-Offiziere in der westdeutschen Armee // Das Bonner Grundgesetz und seine Abänderungen (II) // Politische Aufgeschlossenheit an westdeutschen Universitäten (II)
More...The charity organized by American imperialism against the socialist countries (II) // The interests of Bauxit Trust AG in Hungary // British-French aggression against Egypt (II) // Chronicle of the Suez Canal Question (VI) // Local elections in the Federal Republic // The official election results in Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse // SS leaders in the West German army (III) // The Saar debate in the Bundestag // 1st reading of the draft law on the Saar Treaty of October 27, 1956 / / 86 Proposals of the German Democratic Republic for reunification // Chronicle of the present // Special register: For reunification and peace treaty — — — — Die vom amerikanischen Imperialismus organisierte Wohltätigkeit gegen die sozialistischen Länder (II) // Die Interessen der Bauxit Trust AG in Ungarn // Britisch-Französische Aggression gegen Ägypten (II) // Chronik zur Suezkanal-Frage (VI) // Kommunalwahlen in der Bundesrepublik // Die offiziellen Wahlergebnisse in Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Hessen // SS-Führer in der westdeutschen Armee (III) // Die Saardebatte im Bundestag // 1. Lesung des Gesetzentwurfs zum Saarvertrag vom 27. Oktober 1956 // 86 Vorschläge der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik zur Wiedervereinigung // Chronik der Gegenwart // Spezialregister: Für Wiedervereinigung und Friedensvertrag
More...Tasks of current history in the German Democratic Republic. On the program of “Contributions to Current History”. // Günther Seigewasser: On the Fifth Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. // Wilhelm Arnold: The Unity of the German working-class, the power-centre for unification and action of all democratic and peaceful forces in Germany. // Fritz Kohler: The National Program and the National Policy of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. // Walter Bartel: The party of the working-class as moving power in the formation of history. // Walter Ulbricht, The Development of the German State of People’s Democracy 1945—1958. (Review by Horst Herrmann.) // Hermann Matern, From Life and Struggle of the German Workers’ Movement. (Review by Klaus Hoeft) // Robert Naumann, Theory and Practice of Neoliberalism. (Review by Jutta Warnke) // The Economical Conception of the S.P.D. / Review by Gerhard Licht) — — — — Die Aufgaben der Zeitgeschichte in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Zum Programm der „Beiträge zur Zeitgeschichte“. // Günther Seigewasser: Zum V. Parteitag der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands. // Wilhelm Arnold: Die Einheit der deutschen Arbeiterklasse — das Kraftzentrum für den Zusammenschluss und den Kampf aller demokratischen und friedliebenden Kräfte in Deutschland. Lehren aus den Jahren 1945—1946. // Fritz Kohler: Das nationale Programm und die nationale Politik der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands. // Walter Bartel: Die Partei der Arbeiterklasse als geschichtsbildende Kraft. // Walter Ulbricht, Zur Entwicklung des deutschen volksdemokratischen Staates1945—1958. (Besprechung von Horst Herrmann.) // Hermann Matern, Aus dem Leben und Kampf der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung. (Besprechung von Klaus Hoeft.) // Robert Naumann, Theorie und Praxis des Neoliberalismus. (Besprechung von Jutta Warnke.) // Zur ökonomischen Konzeption der SPD. (Besprechung von Gerhard Licht.)
More...Keywords: civil society; Zagreb; Victims of Fascism Square; war crimes processing; Platform 112; Coalition for REKOM;
Nema zemlje ni društva u kojima se ne bi moglo bitno unaprijediti prezentiranje sramnih stranica vlastite povijesti i poboljšati sustav podrške traumatiziranima. Kako bi stvorili prostor za kvalitetniju raspravu o prošlosti, dodatno istraživanje faktografije nasilja i učenje povijesti utemeljeno na činjenicama zagovarat ćete promjene duboko ukorijenjenih praksi selektivnog prikazivanja stradanja. Vašim ćete prijedlozima nastojati motivirati što više sada nezainteresiranih ljudi, u javnosti i vladinim institucijama ili drugim riječima - zagovarati.
More...Hans-Ulrich Hochbaum: West Berlin — a demilitarized free city. On the constitutional and international law foundations of the Soviet Berlin Notes of November 27, 1958 // Ernst Lüdemann: The methods of subordination of the Bonn State to the command of the monopolies // Harald Lange: The SPD and the Bundeswehr. On the resolution of the SPD parliamentary group of October 14, 1958 // Horst Rocholl: The “Angel of Stalingrad”. An inglorious legend in the service of ideological war preparation // Fritz Köhler: Germany from liberation from the fascist yoke to the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (1945-1949). Disposition and theses for the contribution to a textbook of German history // The first working conference of the contemporary history commission at the Institute for History at the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin on January 30th and 31st, 1959 // Christa Vogt: The “Institute for Research of the History and Culture of the USSR” in Munich - an anti-Soviet emigre agency of imperialism // REVIEWS: Problems of Peace and Socialism. Journal of the communist and workers' parties for theory and information. (Eberhard Heidmann) // Jerzy Sawicki, As if Nuremberg had never been ... The renunciation of the international law principles of the Nuremberg judgments. (Hans Lohse) // Wilhelm Cornides, The World Powers and Germany - History of the Recent Past 1945-1955. (Siegfried Thomas) // Johannes F. Barnick, The German Trumps. (Hans-Joachim Trieglaff)
More...Daniel J. Melnikow: On the question of the peaceful co-existence after the Second World War // Werner Strauss: The national vital question of the German people and the SPD program of principles // Rolf Badstübner: On the fight of the working class for the abolishment of the High Capital of monopoly on the Ruhr 1946/47 // Jochen Dankert: The German Democratic Republic and the fight for a genuine German-French rinterstanding // Fedrik Kristensen: On the fight of the peace-loving forces in Norway. Preliminaries to the Rostock Baltic Week 1959 // Rudolf Franz / Walter Weller: Experiences in socialist establishments from public apologies for essays to government examination, on current history // Discussion on the disposition and theses by Fritz Köhler, Germany from the day of liberation from the Fascist yoke until the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (1945—1949) // Erhard Lauscher: Some observations on the exposition of the national traditions and of the question of alliances // The German imperialism and the second World War. Second scientific conference of the historians of GDR and USSR, December 14—19, 1959, in Berlin. // Gerhart Hass, Günter Paulus, Gerhard Förster / Felicitas Richter, Klaus Drobisch /Vera Köller, Rolf Stöckigt: On the first conference of graduates of the Franz Mehring-Institute. // Hans Jürgen Friederici The political clericalism as an instrument of the German militarism for preparing a war. Scientific conference of the Humboldt University, October 26.—28,1959. // Karl A Mollnau, The regional conferences on occasion of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of GDR at Rostock and Greifswald // Reviews: Otto Grotewohl, On the road to a peaceful, democratic and socialist Germany. (Wernfried Kobosil) // Lothar Bolz, For the power of the people and of peace. (Bodo Rehboldt) // Hans Loch, Into a new epoch. A book for the middle classes. (Werner Schuchardt) // 10 years of GDR — 10 years of collaboration with Christian Democratic Union. (Gerhard Fischer) // Werner Horn, The fight of SED for the consolidation of GDR and for the transition to the second stage of the revolution (1949—1952). (Ilse Köhler)
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