Holocaust, erfgoed en herinnering

Archeologen, historici, kunsthistorici en erfgoedspecialisten bestuderen in dit boek de archeologie van Sobibor.

Tussen 2000 en 2017 voerden archeologen meerdere onderzoek-campagnes uit op het terrein van het voormalig vernietigingskamp Sobibor. De directe aanleiding voor dit onderzoek waren de plannen voor de bouw van een nieuw museum en de herinrichting van het terrein als herinneringsplek. Sobibor geldt als het eerste vernietigingskamp waarvan een substant...

I could tell the story - life and survival - 1940/49 (a time document - original title “Ik kon het navertellen”) The true story of Major 'Jan Hanssen' takes place in the period 1940-1949 before and during the Second World War in Asia (Dutch East Indies, Burma and Siam ). Major 'Hanssen', as a Dutch K.N.I.L. officer, documents his experiences as commander of an internment camp; being interned himself at the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe; the Japanese occupation of the Dutch E...

In "Out of the blue", a scenario is sketched in which the Warsaw Pact unexpectedly invades the North German plain with the aim of reaching the North Sea coast with a conventional attack. The attack stalled and the Warsaw Pact resorted to a nuclear weapon to force a breakthrough, causing a nuclear explosion over the city of Utrecht. There is an appropriate response from the Western side, followed by summit talks between world leaders via the red telephone, which is unsatisfactory. It brings ab...

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

‘Reads like a great novel’ SEBASTIAN JUNGER

‘An instant classic’ STEVE COLL

‘An essential first draft’ ANNE APPLEBAUM

‘Essential reading’ CLARISSA WARD

‘Outstanding’ PETER FRANKOPAN

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has...