EUSTORY competition organisers in dialogue about World War II

Irina Scherbakowa, Petr Šimíček (above); Sven Tetzlaff, Alicja Wancerz-Gluza (below) | Photos: MEMORIAL Natalia Kataeva
Irina Scherbakowa, Petr Šimíček (above); Sven Tetzlaff, Alicja Wancerz-Gluza (below) | Photos: MEMORIAL Natalia Kataeva

World War II started in 1939, war crimes were committed by the National Socialists as well as the German army, and in the spring of 1945 it was all over? That is basic knowledge for all Germans. But in other European countries, they view World War II a little differently. Four coordinators of EUSTORY history competitions from Germany, Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic were asked the same questions about World War II – and gave some very different answers. Read the interviews here.

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