Polish museum criticised for exhibition on “Our Boys” who fought in Hitler’s army.

“Portraying soldiers of the Third Reich as ‘ours’ is not only a historical falsehood but also a moral provocation, even if the photos of young men in the uniforms of Hitler’s army depict Poles forcibly conscripted into the German military,” wrote President Andrzej Duda.

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/07/14/polish-museum-criticised-for-exhibition-on-our-boys-who-fought-in-hitlers-army/ #globalmuseum #museums #Poland #WWll

One of the first photos of the Cold War versus one of the last:
1945: In Berlin, British occupying troops pose next to the Olympic Stadium scoreboard, set up by unknown satirist to read "Heil Stalin & Churchill & Truman." (Second World War tweets from 1945 @RealTimeWWII)
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One of the last photos produced by the Soviet state: Photo published in Tekhnika Molodyozhi (Technics for Youth) magazine in 1992

#coldwar #ww2 #wwll #wwII

NATIONAL WWll MUSEUM:
https://pixels.com/featured/national-world-war-ll-museum-norma-brandsberg.html

Layered images of the National WWll Museum in New Orleans graphic, made from an original photographic, with the nearby American flag overlayed on the entrance of the museum.

More art: www.ElegantFinePhotography.com

#nationalwwllmuseum #neworleans #neworlwansmuseum #ww2 #wwll #wwllmuseum #architecture #modernarchitecture #landscapephotography #art4mom #travelphotography #BuyIntoArt #springforart #AYearForArt #artforsale #Travel #photooftheday

Buona Festa della Liberazione!
Happy Liberation Day!

Today, April 25, #Italy commemorates the victory of the #ItalianResistanceMovement against #NaziGermany and the #ItalianSocialRepublic, puppet state of the #Nazis and rump state of the #fascists, in the #ItalianCivilWar, a civil war fought in Italy during #WWll. 

#FestaDellaLiberazione
#Italia #Resistenza #StopNazism #StopFascism

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/survey-finds-shocking-lack-holocaust-knowledge-among-millennials-gen-z-n1240031. Survey finds 'shocking' lack of Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Gen Z

Sixty-three percent of those surveyed did not know 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Over half of those thought the toll was under 2 million. #Holocaust #NaziGermany #WWll #Genocide