Tag Archives: anti-semitism

One Hundred Years Ago, a German Baron from the Baltics established a Kingdom in Mongolia – March 1921: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg

Posted on 2021-03-11 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. With the spectacular opening episode of this historical series, I wanted to point out that World War I ended neither with the armistice nor with the peace treaty. Shooting, fighting, conquering, occupying and liberating continued everywhere. The … Continue reading →

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How to keep the Jehovah’s Witnesses at bay

Posted on 2017-02-06 by Andreas Moser

Remembering in how many countries the Jehovah’s Witnesses have already visited me at home could almost make me paranoid: in Germany, England, Malta, Lithuania, Italy, Romania, Bolivia and Peru. In Sicily and in Romania they showed up within days after me moving in, … Continue reading →

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A Walk around Iași

Posted on 2017-01-04 by Andreas Moser

I only spent one day in Iași in the far east of Romania, which is the far east of Europe for most of my readers anyway, when I was on the way back from Moldova, even further east. But fear not, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, History, Holocaust, Language, Photography, Religion, Romania, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments

Random Thoughts (5)

Posted on 2016-12-13 by Andreas Moser

When Donald Trump praises his pick for Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, as “the closest thing to General George Patton we have”, does he refer to the mistreatment of soldiers or to Patton’s antisemitism? After my story about the Peruvian girl, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Brazil, History, Music, Peru, Russia, Syria, Travel, USA, World War II | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Why I don’t make friends on LinkedIn

Posted on 2016-03-24 by Andreas Moser

People send me a friend request on LinkedIn; I give them a history lesson. (This was also published on my Medium account, which is way more interesting than LinkedIn.)

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Anti-Semitism at Easter Procession in Malta

Posted on 2012-04-06 by Andreas Moser

I have already reported about the Easter procession at the Maltese town of Dingli in the light of its publicly humiliating treatment of a child with Down Syndrome. But this was not the only scandal I witnessed that evening: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust, Malta, Photography, Politics, Religion | Tagged , | 31 Comments