The Portuguese anticommunists’ annihilation of dozens of thousands of Africans must never be forgotten. #coldwarhist
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The Portuguese anticommunists attempted to exterminate the Bakongo people - Lemmygrad
(This takes 7–10¼ minutes to read.) >The repression in Angola was to intensify
dramatically in June 1960, after the independence of the Congo with Lumumba. The
MPLA, with a poor following in the rural...
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July 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM
The Portuguese anticommunists’ annihilation of dozens of thousands of Africans must never be forgotten. #coldwarhist
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In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg nuclear power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #coldwarhist
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #coldwarhist
The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. Ho...
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May 6, 2026 at 5:18 AM
In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg nuclear power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #coldwarhist
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #coldwarhist
Sheila Fitzpatrick reviews Joseph Kellner's book "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse" on late period Soviet weirdness, including astrology, Krishna consciousness, the Vissarion sect and Anatoly Fomenko’s ‘New Chronology’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #coldwarhist
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #coldwarhist
Sheila Fitzpatrick · Apocalypse Forgotten: Late Soviet Spiritualism
The Soviet Union had brought up its citizens as believers in scientific atheism, scornful of the tradition-based ‘...
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April 10, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Sheila Fitzpatrick reviews Joseph Kellner's book "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse" on late period Soviet weirdness, including astrology, Krishna consciousness, the Vissarion sect and Anatoly Fomenko’s ‘New Chronology’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #coldwarhist
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #coldwarhist
Cold War Creatures: Soviet Science and the Problem of the Abominable Snowman. The yeti was a cultural phenomenon that was born and nurtured in the Cold War, and the craze crossed from the West to the USSR.
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works.hcommons.org/records/34z3... #coldwarhist
Cold War Creatures: Soviet Science and the Problem of the Abominable Snowman
Examines the role of the yeti in shaping Cold War popular science networks and relations between official and popular scientific practices in the Soviet Union.
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April 8, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Cold War Creatures: Soviet Science and the Problem of the Abominable Snowman. The yeti was a cultural phenomenon that was born and nurtured in the Cold War, and the craze crossed from the West to the USSR.
works.hcommons.org/records/34z3... #coldwarhist
works.hcommons.org/records/34z3... #coldwarhist
The threat of the ‘Komsomolets’: A Soviet nuclear submarine has been leaking radiation from the seabed for four decades.
The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist corrosion.
english.elpais.com/science-tech... #coldwarhist
The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist corrosion.
english.elpais.com/science-tech... #coldwarhist
The threat of the ‘Komsomolets’: A Soviet nuclear submarine has been leaking radiation from the seabed for four decades
The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist corrosion
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March 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
The threat of the ‘Komsomolets’: A Soviet nuclear submarine has been leaking radiation from the seabed for four decades.
The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist corrosion.
english.elpais.com/science-tech... #coldwarhist
The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist corrosion.
english.elpais.com/science-tech... #coldwarhist
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.
www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie... #coldwarhist
www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie... #coldwarhist
Assata Shakur, fugitive Black liberation activist, dies in Cuba aged 78
A member of the Black Panther Party, Shakur escaped from a US prison in 1979, where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer. She was given political asylum in Cuba.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.
www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie... #coldwarhist
www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie... #coldwarhist
Valentina Gargarina: the woman who stayed on Earth
zoharesque.blogspot.com/2025/04/vale... by @drspacejunk.bsky.social #coldwarhist
zoharesque.blogspot.com/2025/04/vale... by @drspacejunk.bsky.social #coldwarhist
Valentina Gargarina: the woman who stayed on Earth
Every year on April 12 the world celebrates Yuri's Night , or the I nternational Day of Human Spaceflight. The spotlight is on Yuri Gagarin...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Valentina Gargarina: the woman who stayed on Earth
zoharesque.blogspot.com/2025/04/vale... by @drspacejunk.bsky.social #coldwarhist
zoharesque.blogspot.com/2025/04/vale... by @drspacejunk.bsky.social #coldwarhist
Proud I've at last managed to fit the phrase, "Ich habe ein kleine Panzer, kann ich parken hier, bitte?" into an academic article that I'm currently writing on the British-German relationship during the Cold War #amwriting #milhistsky #ColdWarHist
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Proud I've at last managed to fit the phrase, "Ich habe ein kleine Panzer, kann ich parken hier, bitte?" into an academic article that I'm currently writing on the British-German relationship during the Cold War #amwriting #milhistsky #ColdWarHist
This sounds like a great opportunity for someone! #history #coldwarhist #skystorians
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Keston Research Associate in Religion under Communist Regimes at Cardiff University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Keston Research Associate in Religion under Communist Regimes on jobs.ac.uk!
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March 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This sounds like a great opportunity for someone! #history #coldwarhist #skystorians
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Three-year fixed term research post working on religion under communist regimes in Central and/or Eastern Europe at Cardiff University:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB493/k....
Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’ #bulgaria #coldwarhist
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Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’
An exhibition in Sofia of Garo Keshishian's black-and-white photos of communist-era compulsory labour units delves into a little-remembered aspect of Bulgaria's repressive past.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Exhibition Shines Light on Bulgaria’s Forgotten Communist-Era ‘Labour Troops’ #bulgaria #coldwarhist
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A plea: does anyone here have access to the most recent issues of the Journal of Modern History? My institutional access only goes up to 2019, and there’s an article from 2023 that I could really do with reading… #skystorians #historians #coldwarhist
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A plea: does anyone here have access to the most recent issues of the Journal of Modern History? My institutional access only goes up to 2019, and there’s an article from 2023 that I could really do with reading… #skystorians #historians #coldwarhist
‘Seventy-seven years later, we still don't have final clarity on the death of Jan Masaryk, which came as Communist parties seized power in Czechoslovakia and across Central and Eastern Europe’ #czechoslovakia #coldwar #coldwarhist
www.rferl.org/amp/czech-mu...
www.rferl.org/amp/czech-mu...
A Czech Cold War Cold Case Is Now A Murder Investigation
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February 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
‘Seventy-seven years later, we still don't have final clarity on the death of Jan Masaryk, which came as Communist parties seized power in Czechoslovakia and across Central and Eastern Europe’ #czechoslovakia #coldwar #coldwarhist
www.rferl.org/amp/czech-mu...
www.rferl.org/amp/czech-mu...
‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism #coldwarhist #coldwar #books #poland
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism
From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature
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February 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism #coldwarhist #coldwar #books #poland
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
BBC Archive has shared an excerpt from 'Did You See...?' (1984) on nuclear horror film Threads. Features interviews with director Mick Jackson and writer Barry Hines, plus discussions with military strategiests, CND and others. Well worth a look. #coldwarhist #coldwar www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWJj...
1984: The FALLOUT From THREADS | Did You See? | Classic TV Review | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BBC Archive has shared an excerpt from 'Did You See...?' (1984) on nuclear horror film Threads. Features interviews with director Mick Jackson and writer Barry Hines, plus discussions with military strategiests, CND and others. Well worth a look. #coldwarhist #coldwar www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWJj...
#OTD 27.1.1973: Friedensabkommen für Vietnam besiegelt die Niederlage der USA
#Stichtag #ColdWarHist #History #Podcast
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-...
#Stichtag #ColdWarHist #History #Podcast
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-...
Podcast: 27.1.1973: Friedensabkommen für Vietnam
Heute vor 50 Jahren wurde in Paris das "Abkommen über die Beendigung des Krieges und die Wiederherstellung des Friedens in Vietnam" unterzeichnet.
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January 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#OTD 27.1.1973: Friedensabkommen für Vietnam besiegelt die Niederlage der USA
#Stichtag #ColdWarHist #History #Podcast
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-...
#Stichtag #ColdWarHist #History #Podcast
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-...
Well this is a very exciting thing to drop onto the doormat today #ColdWarHist
January 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Well this is a very exciting thing to drop onto the doormat today #ColdWarHist
Jetzt bestellbar: "Die Alliierten und die geteilte Stadt. Der Kalte Krieg in Berlin", hrsg. vom Dt-Russ. Museum Berlin-Karlshorst unter Mitwirkung des Berliner Kollegs und der Stiftung Berliner Mauer. #coldwarhist https://www.museum-karlshorst.de/museum/publikationen/museumshefte
January 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Jetzt bestellbar: "Die Alliierten und die geteilte Stadt. Der Kalte Krieg in Berlin", hrsg. vom Dt-Russ. Museum Berlin-Karlshorst unter Mitwirkung des Berliner Kollegs und der Stiftung Berliner Mauer. #coldwarhist https://www.museum-karlshorst.de/museum/publikationen/museumshefte
"Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" (1964; Kubrick): Am kommenden Donnerstag betrachtet Gabriele Metzler @HumboldtUni die Figur des Wissenschaftlers im Kalten Krieg. Mehr Infos zu unserer Ringvorlesung unter: https://t.co/jzNxtkStGx #coldwarhist
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" (1964; Kubrick): Am kommenden Donnerstag betrachtet Gabriele Metzler @HumboldtUni die Figur des Wissenschaftlers im Kalten Krieg. Mehr Infos zu unserer Ringvorlesung unter: https://t.co/jzNxtkStGx #coldwarhist
Letzte Woche ging es in unserer Ringvorlesung "Filme und Kalter Krieg" @HumboldtUni um das Sittenbild der Vereinigten Staaten veranschaulicht durch Mad Men im Vortrag von Annette Vowinckel @zzfpotsdam. Das ganze Programm gibt es hier: https://t.co/e5IQbo7yPZ #coldwarhist
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Letzte Woche ging es in unserer Ringvorlesung "Filme und Kalter Krieg" @HumboldtUni um das Sittenbild der Vereinigten Staaten veranschaulicht durch Mad Men im Vortrag von Annette Vowinckel @zzfpotsdam. Das ganze Programm gibt es hier: https://t.co/e5IQbo7yPZ #coldwarhist
Der diesjährige Workshop #ColdWarStudies in Kooperation mit @BWBStiftung + @BAufarbeitung liegt hinter uns. An 2 Tagen wurden 10 Projekte zur #coldwarhist intensiv diskutiert. Danke allen Beteiligten für die aktive Teilnahme! Wir freuen uns schon auf das nächste Jahr!
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Der diesjährige Workshop #ColdWarStudies in Kooperation mit @BWBStiftung + @BAufarbeitung liegt hinter uns. An 2 Tagen wurden 10 Projekte zur #coldwarhist intensiv diskutiert. Danke allen Beteiligten für die aktive Teilnahme! Wir freuen uns schon auf das nächste Jahr!
Morgen startet unser diesjähriger Workshop "Cold War Studies" für Young Professionals. Wir freuen uns auf ein abwechslungsreiches Programm, spannende Projekte und gute Diskussionen. #coldwarhist
https://www.berlinerkolleg.com/de/workshop-cold-war-studies-fuer-nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen-0
https://www.berlinerkolleg.com/de/workshop-cold-war-studies-fuer-nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen-0
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Morgen startet unser diesjähriger Workshop "Cold War Studies" für Young Professionals. Wir freuen uns auf ein abwechslungsreiches Programm, spannende Projekte und gute Diskussionen. #coldwarhist
https://www.berlinerkolleg.com/de/workshop-cold-war-studies-fuer-nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen-0
https://www.berlinerkolleg.com/de/workshop-cold-war-studies-fuer-nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen-0
Seid dabei+meldet Euch für #bookascientist @LeibnizWGL jetzt an! Mit dabei ist von uns Agnes von Bressensdorf, die ihr für Einzelgespräche zu "Luftbrücke Kabul? Afghanistan zw. humanitärem Interventionismus und internat. Politik in den 1980er Jahren" buchen könnt! #coldwarhist
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Seid dabei+meldet Euch für #bookascientist @LeibnizWGL jetzt an! Mit dabei ist von uns Agnes von Bressensdorf, die ihr für Einzelgespräche zu "Luftbrücke Kabul? Afghanistan zw. humanitärem Interventionismus und internat. Politik in den 1980er Jahren" buchen könnt! #coldwarhist
Zum Auftakt der Ringvorlesung spricht heute Abend, 18.15 Uhr, Bernd Greiner an der @HumboldtUni über die Darstellung John F. Kennedys & der Kuba-Krise in dem US-Spielfilm „Thirteen Days“. #coldwarhist Mehr Infos: https://t.co/WgIxNAB7Du https://t.co/A2qtJZ1ef3
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Zum Auftakt der Ringvorlesung spricht heute Abend, 18.15 Uhr, Bernd Greiner an der @HumboldtUni über die Darstellung John F. Kennedys & der Kuba-Krise in dem US-Spielfilm „Thirteen Days“. #coldwarhist Mehr Infos: https://t.co/WgIxNAB7Du https://t.co/A2qtJZ1ef3
Vom Brennpunkt zum Mythos: War die Panzerkonfrontation am #CheckpointCharlie 1961 nur ein medienwirksames Säbelrasseln oder stand die Welt kurz vor einem neuen Krieg? Zum 60. Jahrestag diskutieren Expert:innen vor Ort @asisi und online: https://t.co/jED3lX1Qa2
#coldwarhist
#coldwarhist
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Vom Brennpunkt zum Mythos: War die Panzerkonfrontation am #CheckpointCharlie 1961 nur ein medienwirksames Säbelrasseln oder stand die Welt kurz vor einem neuen Krieg? Zum 60. Jahrestag diskutieren Expert:innen vor Ort @asisi und online: https://t.co/jED3lX1Qa2
#coldwarhist
#coldwarhist
Unser Kollege Willi Schrenk empfiehlt @sehepunkte den Sammelband "Reconstructing Europe 45 years after Yalta" allen, die Interesse an einer neuen Perspektive auf die Charta von Paris und das Ende des #coldwar haben. #coldwarhist #Leseempfehlung http://www.sehepunkte.de/2021/10/35597.html
January 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Unser Kollege Willi Schrenk empfiehlt @sehepunkte den Sammelband "Reconstructing Europe 45 years after Yalta" allen, die Interesse an einer neuen Perspektive auf die Charta von Paris und das Ende des #coldwar haben. #coldwarhist #Leseempfehlung http://www.sehepunkte.de/2021/10/35597.html