I was not yet six years old when the Russians came to our provincial town in the northwest of Hungary. I don’t know the date but it was early spring, in 1945. There wasn’t any serious fighting in the immediate vicinity that I know of, although there were three burned-out
World War I is a topic of currency these days, owing to its one hundredth anniversary and also prevailing global current affairs. The two go a long way to explaining the less than enthusiastic reception in Germany given to Niall Ferguson’s book, in which the author suggests that Britain made
In London, at the beginning of each November, people wear a red poppy in their lapel, and nowadays this has to be explained to foreigners. On the part of France where the British fought in the First World War, the area between the two front lines was studded with poppies,
Arts and Artists in World War I: the title alone of the exhibition, held at the Vaszary Villa in the town of Balatonfüred between October 2014 and January 2015, was intended to convey the scope and variety of the works on display in terms of genre, underlying motivation, and even
BELINDA BROWN studied at the Central European University in Warsaw and did her research on the role of women in the Polish underground movement. Her findings were published in The Private Revolution: Women in the Polish Underground Movement. She has conducted research in a wide range of areas but has
BELINDA BROWN studied at the Central European University in Warsaw and did her research on the role of women in the Polish underground movement. Her findings were published in The Private Revolution: Women in the Polish Underground Movement. She has conducted research in a wide range of areas but has
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