When I was 5, in the summertime my family and I lived in a country house near St Petersburg. And one day my father, while doing some construction work, found an old bomb. And yes, it was fully operational. Why was it there? Because all that land near St. Petersburg (formerly named Leningrad) was one […]
My grandmother Zhenya was born in the North Caucasian district (the Southern Russia), in Kislovodsk city. Kislovodsk (literally “sour waters”) is a small city with beautiful nature and rich history as a fashionable spa centre where many musicians, artists, and members of the Russian aristocracy spent their summers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. […]
In 1943, at age 19, my grandfather received a letter from the German occupiers. At the time, he was living in The Hague, the Netherlands. The German forces were ordering young men from all over Europe to forcefully work in its factories. They replaced the German men that were sent to fight at the front. […]
When I was 3 years old I lived on a friendly street with private houses along the road. One day we heard loud sounds of heavy technic moving in the street. The Entire neighborhood went outside to see what was going on. There was huge traffic of tanks and military trucks full of soldiers waving at […]
From when I was young, I loved to hear the stories my grandmother told me about her youth. She grew up during the war and told me stories about her daily life. That’s where my love for stories and interest in the war started. This was all from the Dutch side of my family, as […]
Last week the global community commemorated the date that marked the end of one of the most tragic and devastating chapters in human century – The World War II. The day that laid the foundation of a new world which was meant to become more peaceful, compassionate and free. And while the legacy lives on […]
On May 7th a great event took place: ”World by Word: hiSTORY behind us”. This online program was in Russian and English and led to incredible results and conclusions. The participants connected online from Romania, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Russia, Artsakh and from other countries. We are happy that, despite the difficult moments that the […]
Almost as soon as the war broke out, YMCA developed mobile canteens to bring refreshments to the troops. These second-hand vans, painted camouflage green, were first used in East London and by the end of 1940 there were 500 vans bringing refreshments to troops, rescue workers and victims of bombing raids. Vans also travelled to […]
რაც მტრობას დაუნგრევია, სიყვარულს უშენებია And what has been ruined by hostility, has been rebuilt by love. When I was a little girl I liked doing a lot of silly things. I was collecting stickers of Spanish Telenovela actors and actresses that my grandma was watching (I still have no explanation for this action but, […]
Hi. Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentin. I like history. But I think that we can learn history in different ways. What does HISTORY mean for you? Imagined? For me it is numerous brooks which flow into one river. When I was a student of historical faculty I heard a lot of different […]
