Over 70 years after the conclusion of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust, a battle is being fought in Poland over how to think about the atrocities that occurred. Since we wrote this post, about how the government was blocking plans for a groundbreaking new museum about the war, the ruling Law and Justice […]
Citizen Historian of the Month: Alice Tow Tell History relies upon a network of dedicated citizen historians to collect important memories–stories that are all around us, but need to be collected, preserved and shared. Every month we recognize one of our amazing citizen historians who makes the effort to save stories and fill the gaps in […]
The summer holidays are here again! And with them a reminder of what felt like endless sunny days as a child before school started again. A lot of us got to spend time with our grandparents. How we wish now that we had listened and recorded their stories more!One of the amazing things about holidays […]
On 12 July, 2013, just 9 months after being shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai turned 16 years old. To make the day even more special, the extraordinary teenager also spoke in front of the United Nations General Assembly. Her speech embodied her absolute belief in the emancipating role of education in children’s lives and […]
Citizen Historian of the Month: Mykhaylo Palahitskyy Tell History relies upon a network of dedicated citizen historians to collect important memories–stories that are all around us, but need to be collected, preserved and shared. Every month we recognize one of our amazing citizen historians who makes the effort to save stories and fill the gaps in […]
100 years ago today was the catastrophic first day of the Battle of the Somme. By 18 November of 1916, over one million men had been killed, captured, or wounded. It was the largest battle on the Western Front during World War I. The battle of the Somme saw the French and British working together […]
On 28 June 1918, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles. This peace treaty ended the war between Germany and the Allied forces in World War One and set up the League of Nations (a forerunner of the United Nations). The fall-out from this harsh treaty, and in fact all the peace treaties of WWI would […]
The Value of History Team Tell History is committed to engaging more people in history. When we saw some of the work of The History Relevance Campaign on Twitter earlier this week we were eager to know more. They say that they are a diverse group of history professionals posing questions about what makes the past relevant […]
Two years ago today the Tell History team was going about their daily routines working and living in Erbil, Kurdistan Region Iraq, about 80 kms away from Mosul. We had no idea that the region was going to be struck by one major humanitarian tragedy after the other inflicted by the Islamic State (ISIS) and […]
On 6 June 1944, the Normandy Landings began as part of Operation Overload. Thus began what has now become known as D-Day, heralding the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France and a turning of the tide against Germany with military success. Scroll through the timeline to take a look at key events leading up to D-Day, […]
