Sorry chaps, posted this on another less relevant thread, so I thought I'd drop it on here.
History Today is holding a special reader evening at the Imperial War Museum.
Come and discuss the outstanding television series Auschwitz:
The Nazis and the Final Solution with Laurence Rees, the film-maker and other leading Holocaust historians.
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Rd, London SE1 6HZ,
February 22nd, 6.30-9pm; £10. Write for tickets with SAE and cheque to: History Today Events, 20 Old Compton St, London
W1D 4TW.
For further details phone 020 7534 8000
or email:
events@historytoday.com.
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Also Some of you asked for updates when our magazine does WW2 relevant articles:
March:
OF WAR & EMPIRE Tony Stockwell.
What was the empire’s contribution to war? And what was the impact of war upon empire? When we consider the role of the Commonwealth – or rather the Empire, to use the all-embracing word that Churchill preferred – we encounter two interlocking audits: the audit of war and the audit of empire.
Also-
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY
Susan-Mary Grant argues that the cult of the fallen soldier has its origins at Gettysburg and other battlefield monuments of the American Civil War.