When talking about the war workers who were the backbone of America’s war industry, most of us think only of the We Can Do It! poster which I wrote about in the previous post. But what did these women (appearing in many war films) actually look like and what should we imagine under this term today. … Read more
On Saturday 22.11. 2014 a commemorative event dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the largest Allied air raid took place in Brno. Part of this meeting was the commemorated tours of the exhibition in the Baroque Chapel and an accompanying program in the small courtyard of Špilberk Castle. It was attended not only by military history … Read more
In the baroque chapel of Špilberk Castle, from 26 August to 30 November 2014, you can see an exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the city in 1944-5. It also includes a website (mobile version here) mapping the locations of allied interventions. Each site of intervention is then supplemented with the … Read more