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Sandra Lipner

@sandralipner.bsky.social
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Historian (UCL) interested in 20th-c. German subjectivities, ‘doing’ difference, family / race / class / gender / emotions. European 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 in search of ☕️.

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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
From 2021: www.dmagazine.com/publications...
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There Are Lessons in Our Old Textbooks, Even When They’re Wrong
A historian explores what was left out of the history taught to him at St. Mark’s decades ago.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@theguardian.com's Paul Lewis on Pete Hegseth's poisonous variant of Christianity: a Christian reconstructionist worldview, millennialism and white Christian nationalism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war
Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Maxine Beuret is on the road with the last milk floats www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
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Gotta lotta bottle: doing the rounds with Britain’s last milkmen – photo essay
Their floats were once a regular sight, quietly whirring down the country’s streets, delivering daily pints. Photographer Maxine Beuret captures the vanishing world of electric milk floats (and their ...
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New #familyhistory graphic novel - irreverent, tell-all third-geneation Holocaust memoir by Astrid Goldsmith. #freiburg @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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Tantrums, rancid meatloaf and family silver stuffed into underpants: the delicate art of the Holocaust comedy
Making light of one of the darkest horrors of the 20th century is a risky business – but a new generation is taking ownership of family histories by making space for human foibles, says an award-winni...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Thrilled to see our beautiful book, Holocaust Letters, out soon from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social! With huge thanks to my amazing co-editors @sandralipner.bsky.social @charlieknight.bsky.social & Clara Dijkstra. Launching soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-l...
A book, with a person reading a letter in a photo on the coverA page of written text
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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#Teachers make sure you check out GHS's annual Creative Research Contest - entries are open now! For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
www.the-space-between.org/1000wordspod...
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1000 Words for Belonging - A podcast about languages and belonging in the classroom — The Space Between
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The "Vienna" model or sample book, c. 1410-20. An aid for workshops and travelling artists so that they had a stock of motifs & shapes. Silverpoint drawing on paper, maple wood, leather. Dimensions: 9.5 cm × 9 cm. A small thing. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Great project by @mattaucott.bsky.social and Jeff Bowersox - really enjoyed coming up with this ‘Glimpse of German History’ for @germanhistsoc.bsky.social Hope there’ll be many more seasons!
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
McEwan, the liberal critic of liberalism - Kevin Power's review of McEwan's What We Can Know in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism
A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Adorno and this violent political moment by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and Josh Greenberg in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-charlie-kirk-assassination-authoritarianism/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
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Opinion: The assassination of Charlie Kirk has revealed the authoritarian inside all of us
The killing of a public figure has become a dopamine hit in an endless cycle of doom-scrolled violence. Where do we find ourselves as a society when murder is met with delight?
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Solidarity with refugees - wonderful initiative in North London run by volunteers nnlsdropin.org.uk youtu.be/DwX2OmHP_e4?...
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drop in video updated
YouTube video by Noah Taylor
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
gazasoupkitchen.org Serving hot meals to 3,000 people daily. Grassroots lifeline - their fundraising page is here: givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...
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Gaza Soup Kitchen – This isn't just a soup — it's a recipe for resilience, simmering on the stoves of Gaza, feeding bodies and souls alike. Each bowl serves not just sustenance
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
@danielerk.bsky.social und Anne-Sophie Lang über die Geschichte mittelständischer Unternehmen im NS @diezeit.bsky.social www.zeit.de/zeit-fuer-un...
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Firmengeschichte während der NS-Zeit: Wenn Familienunternehmen in Abgründe blicken
Die Rolle des deutschen Mittelstands in der Nazizeit ist bis heute kaum aufgearbeitet. Nur wenige Firmen wollen sich der eigenen Vergangenheit stellen.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
A powerful portrait of Vance’s politics of othering and anti-liberalism in this podcast by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 01/08/2025 · 1h 19m
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
On Sunday August 10th, I'll be leading a walking tour of New York's East Side for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, focused on sites related to Jewish dancing and literature about New York Jewish dancing. @jewishstudies.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.yivo.org/Dance-Guided...
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Dancing through Yiddish Literary New York: A Guided Tour | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
On this guided tour with Yiddish literature and dance scholar Dr. Sonia Gollance, we will visit some key New York dance sites in the footsteps of Yiddish writers and journalists.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Age and education overtake class in UK political landscape. @journo-jess.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows
Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ | Harvard University | Michela Moscufo in @theguardian.com
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Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
'You can also make lemon curd' - love this discussion of new work in queer Holocaust studies by @ankahajkova.bsky.social sfi.usc.edu/events/i-did...
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‘I did not want to die without having kissed a woman’ | USC Shoah Foundation
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT | 2:00 PM EDT Very little has been recorded about same-sex desire and relationships in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust, leaving us with ques...
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
'... the problem is not what’s hidden, it’s “what we’ve normalised – because the whole strategy is to throw it all in your face”', @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others! If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
Slide depicting 'The World in a Grain of Sand: Reading and Writing Microhistories', MA Option 2025-26, School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
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Andrea Löw @andrealoew.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
It's finally out: Our volume on Poland under German Occupation. With contributions by Natalia Aleksiun, Winson Chu, Maren Röger, Dariusz Stola, Tomasz Frydel, Ingo Loose and the two editors: Jonathan Huener and myself. 📚 www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Huener...
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Poland under German Occupation, 1939-1945: New Perspectives | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Exciting new Holocaust research agency by the amazing @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social 📚📚👩🏻‍💻 Highly recommend checking out their website and services!
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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#Event | Workshop "Heimatlosigkeit und Emanzipation. 1870-1933 im Rahmen des SFB 1671 Heimat(en): Phänomene, Praktiken, Darstellungen Im Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf am 1. April 2025 von 13:30-18:00 Uhr www.sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Anspruchseinbürgerung v. Ermessenseinbürgerung - just one legal difference facilitating the fiendish finessing of the postwar (re-)naturalisation of German Jews by the FRG’s Interior Ministry, superbly presented by @ncourtman.bsky.social Great talk @lbilondon.bsky.social and @ghilondon.bsky.social
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Another great podcast - Noah Shenker talks about Holocaust testimonies and their histories on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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Noah Shenker, “Reframing Holocaust Testimony” (Indiana UP, 2016)
Podcast Episode · New Books in Communications · 07/10/2016 · 1h 18m
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
What Authoritarianism Means   Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?   New piece:
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What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Fascinating podcast by Melanie Longerich and Brigitte Baetz (gestern ist jetzt) about the Polish-German #familyhistory of Florian Urbański. Displaced Persons and their lives in DP camps in early post-war Germany with @sarahgrandke.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
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#26 - Displaced Persons
Podcast Episode · gestern ist jetzt · 15/11/2022 · 49m
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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 02/03/2025
The question we should be asking is not “what would Arendt herself do” (it would be nothing good) or even “what does the totality of Arendt’s thought suggest about this moment”, but “what moments of genuine insight are helpful to us here and now?”
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 02/03/2025
The construction of the "white working class" and the myth of the "left behind" that conveniently ignored how diverse the really existing working class and left behind are and how their interests are linked rather than opposed has been central to the mainstreaming of far right politics 1/
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Krieg und Freitag @kriegundfreitag.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Es gibt auch anständige Konservative. Ich hoffe, den Dreien geht es gut.
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We're very pleased to announce that Anoushka Alexander-Rose's (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) exhibition will stay with us at the GHIL for a while longer! It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇
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Dr. Cailee Davis @caileedavis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social hosted a screening of Jessie Eisenberg’s #ARealPain — it’s a lovely example of 3rd Gen #Holocaust representation. Go see it if you haven’t! Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Moving Holocaust family research by the wonderful @etansmallman.bsky.social with a shout-out to Elise Bath and her team of International Tracing Service researchers. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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I've spent years uncovering what really happened to my family in Nazi concentration camps
This week marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Now Etan Smallman is looking back over a 15-year journey to uncover what happened to his Jewish family
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Christopher Dyer reviews 'Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households, 1300–1600', by Ben Jervis, Chris Briggs, Alice Forward, Tomasz Gromelski and Matthew Tompkins @leverhulme.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households, 1300–1600, by Ben Jervis, Chris Briggs, Alice Forward, Tomasz Gromelski and Matthew Tompkins
When the Leverhulme Trust funds a large research project, it expects that that the results will be published. In the case of ‘Living Standards and Material
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Historical resonances of the successful long game played by the extreme right in Germany: ‘Schon wieder’ by @michaelkreil.bsky.social datajournal.org/schon-wieder/
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Schon wieder
Der Aufstieg der NSDAP/AfD
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Urs Mansmann @ursmansmann.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Ich hätte ja gerne, dass das Faschismusbegrenzungsgesetz, auch bekannt als Grundgesetz, wieder stärker beachtet wird.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Bundestag: Mutterschutz greift künftig auch bei Fehlgeburten
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Bundestag“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Mutterschutz greift künftig auch bei Fehlgeburten“.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Antonescu Paradox by Robert D Kaplan in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/05/t...
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The Antonescu Paradox
Hitler’s Romanian ally led an utterly barbaric regime — that while often protecting Jews inside Romania’s borders, murdered them indiscriminately just outside those borders.
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Always great to find rich relational histories of the 20th century. @mauricejcasey.com shows #familyhistory as integral to the history of radicalism by investigating the experience of 3 families who stayed at Moscow’s Hotel Lux (podcast by @historyextra.bsky.social)
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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 14/01/2025
London! I will be speaking at this Pushkin House event with @simonparkin.bsky.social, author of the brilliant new book The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad. Weds 12 March at 18:30, tickets available here: www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...
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Seeds, Suites and Soviets: The Voices behind History with Maurice Casey and Simon Parkin
Talk: Seeds, Suites and Soviets: The Voices behind History with Maurice Casey and Simon Parkin
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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
🚨BLOG UPDATE!🚨 Check out the latest blog on the GHS website from @camhistory.bsky.social PhD student Sophia Feist who received a GHS small grant to attend the conference 'Crafting Fashion in the Longue Durée' at Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris www.germanhistorysociety.org/ecr-blogs/at...
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The new Sino-Indian War British historians have been appropriated by nationalists or if you prefer, The Golden Road vs The Silk Road Pratinav Anil opens 2025 by declaring historiographical war between Beijing & New Delhi unherd.com/2025/01/the-...
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The new Sino-Indian War
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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“Princess Qajar” and the Problem with Junk History Memes
Junk history is embodied perfectly in a recent viral meme that portrays a nineteenth-century Persian princess with facial hair alongside the claim that 13 men killed themselves over their unrequite…
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Sandra Lipner @sandralipner.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Trauer um Habbo Knoch
Völlig überraschend hat uns die Nachricht ereilt, dass Prof. Dr. Habbo Knoch am 11. Dezember 2024 plötzlich verstorben ist. Wir sind fassungslos! Habbo Knoch wurde 55 Jahre alt, wir alle haben sein En...
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