70 Maps That Explain America

Mapping is much more than just plotting out routes from here to there.  Maps can explain both the past and present (and future) by visualizing themes and topics which explain who we are, where we have been and where we are going.  Check out the 70 maps here that dig deeper into American and provide an understanding we might not arrive at solely by reading the textbook.

Monuments & Memorials 1

Listen to this 30 minute podcast about the Sinti-Roma camp in Maxglan.

The gipsy camp at Salzburg-Maxglan (1939-1943)

In 1939 the national socialist authorities created a so-called gipsy camp in Salzburg. About 230 Sinti and Romanies werde imprisoned there. Men, women and children were forced into hard labour. Later on, they were deported to extermination camps. The existence of the gipsy camp faded from public memory after the end of war.

Redaktion/Gestaltung: Georg Wimmer