On the News Blog:
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La dernière catastrophe: l’histoire, le présent, le contemporain
Elizabeth Rechniewski, reviews Henry Rousso's 2012 book, 'La dernière catastrophe: l’histoire, le présent, le contemporain.' -
Memory, Politics and Identity: Haunted by History
Aline Sierp, of Maastricht University reviews Cillian McGrattan's 2012 book, 'Memory, Politics and Identity: Haunted by History.' -
Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora
Steven Cooke of Deakin University reviews Gretchen Schafft and Gerhard Zeidle's 2011 book 'Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora.'
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Australia Marks 4th Anniversary of Apology to Stolen Generations
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Australian government’s apology to the Stolen Generations.
Then-prime minister Kevin Rudd delivered the apology in 2008 to Indigenous people forcibly removed from their families. Now foreign minister, Rudd today told a function in Sydney that Australia is ‘still barely scratching the surface’ in its efforts to achieve reconciliation.
Watch the apology: