An 18th-century Spaniard who read (or heard read) their chapbooks would have been acutely aware of the threat of Ottoman pirates active closer to home in the Mediterranean.
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Propaganda in the Schoolroom
The book was published in germany in 1941, and its young readers were effectively asked to put a value on human lives and encouraged to see one kind of life as more valid than another.
The book was published in germany in 1941, and its young readers were effectively asked to put a value on human lives and encouraged to see one kind of life as more valid than another.
Make Your Own Anti-Soviet Propaganda!
Looking for material in the British Library's Russian collections that could be shown in our current exhibition propaganda: Power and persuasion, I found a small collection of Anti-Soviet propaganda purchased by the library in 1978.
Looking for material in the British Library’s Russian collections that could be shown in our current exhibition propaganda: Power and persuasion, I found a small collection of Anti-Soviet propaganda purchased by the library in 1978.
Defending a Nazi – a Barrister’s Path From Opponent of Nazism to Advocatus Diaboli
If you appoint me to defend this man, I will stand on the river bank naked, wearing only a white sheet, and scream that I am Jesus Christ” – that’s how we can summarize the reaction of Jaroslav Mellan, a lawyer, at the idea of him being asked to defend Karl Hermann Frank.
If you appoint me to defend this man, I will stand on the river bank naked, wearing only a white sheet, and scream that I am Jesus Christ” – that’s how we can summarize the reaction of Jaroslav Mellan, a lawyer, at the idea of him being asked to defend Karl Hermann Frank.
Franco Arminio: Poetry and Paesology
Poetry needed Franco Arminio’s kiss of life.
Poetry needed Franco Arminio’s kiss of life.
70 Years of Books From and About East Germany
— On 7 October 1949 the Soviet-occupied area of Germany became an independent state with the official name Deutsche Demokratische Republik/DDR (German Democratic Republic/GDR). The Western-occupied territories had become the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) in May of the same year, and for the next four decades there would be two separate German states…
The Ark of Unique Cultures’: The Story of a Remarkable Handmade Book
How did the book project come about and what was its aim?
How did the book project come about and what was its aim?
‘Free Croatia for Croatian People’: The Croatian Journal ‘Hrvatska Revija’ 1951-2000
The significance of Hrvatska revija today lies in the material preserved in its over 33,000 pages, containing some 11,000 articles and 1700 book reviews which, published over a period of 50 years, closely recorded and documented Croatian émigré life and culture.
The significance of Hrvatska revija today lies in the material preserved in its over 33,000 pages, containing some 11,000 articles and 1700 book reviews which, published over a period of 50 years, closely recorded and documented Croatian émigré life and culture.
Dutch Literature Takes Centre Stage at the British Library
The New Dutch Writing campaign came to the British Library on Saturday 12 October.
The New Dutch Writing campaign came to the British Library on Saturday 12 October.
UNOVIS – the Bauhaus of the East
This year is the centenary of the Bauhaus, prompting worldwide celebrations from Brazil to the UK, from Germany to China.
This year is the centenary of the Bauhaus, prompting worldwide celebrations from Brazil to the UK, from Germany to China.