Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism

📖"At dawn they came" by @GilesUdy is one of THE books every adult should read ⤵️ #USSR #SovietTerror #WW2

This excellent book is currently available on Amazon.co.uk but probably not for much longer. amazon.co.uk/At-Dawn-They-C…

The International Prize was won by: Emily Richardson, Täby Enskilda Gymnasium, Sweden. Congratulations to all the above. There were 274 entries.

The following students were commended: Edward Bridges, Radley College Molly Bryant, Home-schooled Raphaela Thacker, Range High School Poppy Williams, Walthamstow Hall School

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025-2026 essay competition which was on the subject of the Holodomor: 1st Rafe Hopper, Marlborough College 2nd Caspian Maclean, Eton College 3rd Sofiya Chymera, Loreto Sixth Form College

This day has been a long time coming - the launch of a new course that explores the Holodomor in a range of contexts, including history, culture, media, famine, genocide and memory studies. Please share!

Essay competition: it has been disappointing to find that five of the 19 best essays were written with substantial use of AI. They have been disqualified. The worse case was 95% AI. Wasting our time.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking over 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.

The deadline for entries in our 2025-26 essay prize competition passed at 12 noon. We have had a record number of entries (261). The subject was the Holodomor. It is wonderful that so many of the brightest sixth-formers have learned about the Holodomor.

The deadline for our essay competition on the Holodomor is getting close: midday (12 o'clock) on Sunday. Typically a large proportion of the essays are submitted in the final 48 hours.

The title of the book is from a poem by Anna Akhmatova, one of Russia's greatest poets. She knew about the secret police coming "at dawn". Her husband had been shot by them. Her son and her common-law husband were both sent to the Gulag.

We are glad to announce that "At Dawn They Came" by Giles Udy is back up and available on Amazon. It is the most readable, concise account of repression in the Soviet Union in existence. Photos, maps and timeline, too. amzn.eu/d/j2XGpJF

"I had a small role in the revolution that we had in my country." 1989. Czechoslovakia. The Velvet Revolution. (Revised subtitles)

29 Dec 1963 marked the death of Polish ambassador A. Ładoś.He led the Bern Group’s secret passport operation that helped save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The story was first uncovered by Amb. J.Kumoch, the IPN and the Pilecki Institute, and described by R. Moorhouse

Editorial written in 1939.

Our report has been endorsed by leading historians Andrew Roberts, Niall Ferguson and Dominic Sandbrook.

Our report reveals the worrying ignorance of young adults about British and workd history. They know so little because a majority of them stop learning history at 14. "History should be taught to all children to the age of 16" share.google/7XeF9fNmiWwX8B…

We are grateful for the mention of our report on the teaching of history in England in this article by @Miriam_Cates. spiked-online.com/2025/12/26/the…