Postwar Memory, Reconstruction, and the Legacy of War in Central and Eastern Europe. While the first and second parts of Petr Khodakiewicz’s research focus on the preconditions for war, its outbreak, and mass repression, the third part concentrates on the postwar period: the reconstruction of societies, the struggle for memory, Continue Reading
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Khodakievich: Part 3
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Poland During the War
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify the attack, German propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in the country. They also spread false claims that Poland and its allies, Great Britain and France, were planning to surround and divide Germany. The SS and the German military Continue Reading
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The Condition of Psychiatric Patients During Wartime
During World War II, the fate of psychiatric patients turned out to be one of the most tragic and little-known pages in history. People with mental disorders became the first victims of the Nazi regime’s policy of “racial hygiene” and forced euthanasia. Under the slogans of “purifying society” and “freeing Continue Reading