Monuments & Memorials 1

by | May 9, 2016 | American History

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

What textbook are you using?

by | Oct 14, 2015 | American History

The South Korean government has made a decision to re-write its mandatory school history textbook.  Click here to read more and listen to a radio report.  Does this make you wonder about the textbook you are reading: who wrote it, what political agenda does the publisher have, what story does it tell?