Category Archives: History

Are we really that different?

Posted on 2026-07-19 by Andreas Moser

Whenever someone underestimates people from other times, regions, generations or cultures – considering them less civilized or sophisticated -, I think of these paintings, which are at least 30,000 years old.

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Bolivia misses the Sea

Posted on 2026-03-29 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people … Continue reading →

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Antifa

Posted on 2025-09-23 by Andreas Moser

Whenever someone wants to “ban Antifa”, I have to think of this photo. It shows the liberation of the concentration camp in Mauthausen by the US Army in May 1945. Looking at the banner with which the Spanish prisoners welcomed … Continue reading →

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Historical Ignorance

Posted on 2025-06-30 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. I am always a bit disappointed when my clients show little enthusiasm, as I explain to them that the finely balanced inter- and sometimes counterplay between federal laws, the state judiciary and municipal executive power in Germany … Continue reading →

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Mauthausen

Posted on 2025-05-05 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. My hosts in Linz are exceptionally gracious hosts. On the morning of the farewell, they cook, bake, puree, flambé and prepare food as if I weren’t a humble little fellow, but a horde of a … Continue reading →

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If Donald Trump had been President in 1941

Posted on 2025-03-01 by Andreas Moser

“Winston, you have to stop with this warmongering, do you hear me? The Nazis just want your little island. And all of Europe. And to enslave millions. And to murder, rape and loot. And you come here, make a fuss … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused (67) Peace Conference

Posted on 2025-02-20 by Andreas Moser

Munich, 1938: A so-called peace conference at which the aggressor receives all the concessions he demands, the victim of the aggression is not represented, and the participants and observers act on the unbelievably naive assumption that world peace can be … Continue reading →

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Wannsee

Posted on 2024-12-01 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Once again, I am on the train from the capital of culture to the capital of politics, from Chemnitz to Berlin. As I make this journey rather frequently, and because the Deutschlandticket limits me to local and … Continue reading →

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For the mass graves, turn right in 300 meters

Posted on 2024-07-24 by Andreas Moser

Just a regular marker in Central and Eastern Europe: I stumbled across this one as I was walking to Europos Parkas from Vilnius, while looking for the geographical center of Europe. But more about that in a separate report, hopefully … Continue reading →

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Deportation

Posted on 2024-03-20 by Andreas Moser

Rather somber moment, opening the e-mail from a citizenship client, and it says: I have also attached the transportation records for my great-great-grandfather’s 1941 deportation from Hamburg to Lodz and his 1942 death record. That really puts into perspective some … Continue reading →

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