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📅 #OnThisDay in 1940, Operation Dynamo began - evacuating 338,000 trapped Allied soldiers from Dunkirk's beaches using naval vessels and civilian "Little Ships."

#OnThisDay in 1948, Witold Pilecki was executed. He voluntarily entered Auschwitz to document Nazi crimes, and fought in the Warsaw Uprising - only to be arrested, tried in a sham trial, and killed. 25 May is the International Day of Heroes of the Fight against Totalitarianism.

💬 How does a place become an idea? Maisons-Laffitte was home to Jerzy Giedroyc's Literary Institute, and to 'Kultura'. Built not on institutions, but on letters, manuscripts, and ideas that travelled even when people could not. Watch our reportage here: youtu.be/ijOZWNSIuXc

Since 2023, every final-year student in Russia learns history from a single government-approved textbook, co-edited by a senior Kremlin adviser. Our resources on Hi-Story Lessons turn it into a classroom case study on how textbooks manipulate history. 🔗 hi-storylessons.eu/lesson/disinfo…

#OnThisDay in 1990, Romania held its first free elections since 1937. Controversial result - the National Salvation Front, mostly ex-communists, won, with Ion Iliescu becoming president.

⏳ Last chance! Applications for #InBetween2026 close tomorrow — 20 May 2026. This September, join us in Lübeck to explore the traces of the former inner German border through oral history, fieldwork, and podcast production. 🔗 enrs.eu/edition/inbetw…

📅 #OnThisDay in 1944, nearly 6,000 Roma and Sinti prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau fought back when SS guards came to send them to the gas chambers. Armed and determined, they forced the Germans to retreat - delaying their execution by several months.

The results for #SoundInTheSilence 2026 are in! Nearly 200 schools from across Europe applied this year and after an difficult selection process, four schools have been chosen to join us this October in Gernika, Spain 🇪🇸 🔗 Find out who made it: enrs.eu/news/sound-in-…

🇦🇹 #OnThisDay in 1955, the Austrian State Treaty was signed by Austria, France, the Soviet Union, the UK and the US - restoring Austria's sovereignty and 1938 borders after WWII occupation.

📅 #OnThisDay in 1955, the Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw - the Soviet Union's response to West Germany joining NATO. It formalized Soviet dominance over Eastern Bloc armies and remained in force until the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.

The closing panel of the 14th European Remembrance Symposium asks the hard questions: what do different historical experiences mean for European cohesion — and can Europe form a united front in the face of today's threats? 📍 Bratislava | 27–29 May 2026 enrs.eu/edition/europe…

🎙️ Applications for #InBetween2026 are open! This September we're heading to Lübeck to explore the the traces of the former inner German border. 🗺️ Join a group of curious minds to co-create a podcast about a border that no longer exists. 👉 Learn more: enrs.eu/edition/inbetw…

📣Join us at the 14th European Remembrance Symposium This year, we partner with the Nation's Memory Institute of Slovakia to examine ‘Memory Wars: Facts, Disinformation, and the Politics of Remembrance’. Register here: forms.office.com/e/q8bEEKNrex Read more: enrs.eu/edition/europe…

How did one of the most major intellectual networks of 20th-century Europe operate without digital infrastructure or freedom of circulation? Our latest article examines 'Kultura' and the transnational dialogue it built across the Iron Curtain. 🔗 enrs.eu/article/the-ne…

📅 #OnThisDay in 1945, Soviet troops liberated Stutthof, the first Nazi German camp established outside prewar Germany. Over 65,000 had perished there; in the final months alone, 50,000 were forced on death marches or loaded onto Baltic barges to die at sea.

🕊️ #OnThisDay in 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered — ending years of war that claimed up to 70 million lives. While crowds celebrated in London, Paris & New York, Europe lay in ruins: 35 million dead or displaced, and for much of the East, Soviet rule replacing Nazi occupation.

#OnThisDay in 1977, Stanisław Pyjas, a 23-year-old Polish student activist, was found dead in Kraków under suspicious circumstances. He was murdered by the Security Service. His death sparked student protests and led to the founding of the Student Committee of Solidarity.

🎙️ Applications for #InBetween2026 are open! This September we're heading to Lübeck to explore the the traces of the former inner German border. 🗺️ Join a group of curious minds to co-create a podcast about a border that no longer exists 👉 Learn more: enrs.eu/edition/inbetw…

❗ #OnThisDay in 1945, the U.S. Army liberated Mauthausen-Gusen — a German Nazi concentration camp complex in Austria of nearly 100 subcamps. Of 190,000+ imprisoned between 1938–45, at least 90,000 were killed.

🇱🇻 #OnThisDay in 1990, Latvia's Supreme Council declared the restoration of independence after 50 years of Soviet occupation, renewing its 1922 Constitution. Full independence wasn't achieved until 25 December 1991. #LatvianHistory