Some camps and certain areas within concentration camps were designed specifically for women. In May 1939, the Nazis opened the Ravensbrueck camp , the largest concentration camp created for women. More than 100,000 women passed through Ravensbrueck until liberation in 1945. In 1942, a womens camp w
On the 4th, the film «Garbo. The Spy » directed by Edmon Roch .Thriller about spies, double agents, secrets and lies, memory and oblivion, made with fragments of Hollywood movies, archive material, interviews and digital effects, whose structure forces us to choose our particular interpretation of
The famous Hendaye interview (October 23, 1940) took place at the train station of this town, next to the Spanish-French border, and the following participated:Francisco Franco , Adolf Hitler , Ramón Suñer (Francos brother-in-law and foreign minister),Joachim von Ribbentrop (German Foreign Minister)
BACKGROUND : As Hitler invaded Poland, France and Great Britain hoped to catch up with Germany (in troops and weapons) to face Hitler on equal terms. But a fortuitous event changed everything. In January 1940, Helmut Reinberger, a German commander, was flying with a friend to Cologne where he had
These, after having conquered the Iberian Visigoth domains1 they ran into the rugged mountains that guarded the shores of the Cterior Ocean , where those who refused to submit to the power of the crescent took refuge. The most famous of them was Pelayo2 , who, if you believe, could have been a nephe
In this sense, in the river basins Volga and Don is where the Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius locates Tartary, as we can see on the world map Typus orbis terrarum [1], from 1608, where we also see that Tartary differs from Mongolia itself or from Turkestan. But it can also, in a more general
The treatment that has been given to the field of medieval-modern personal cleanliness in our society exhibits a series of topics typical of a popular culture strengthened by various epitomes that would range from the seventh art to the most unusual publications that we can find on the internet wher
The most optimistic come to believe in the possible « maturity» announced by those who will never set aside the sharia more rigorous since it is its irrevocable foundation; they are those who see the possibility that international pressure, even the collection of signatures for any reason, will make
No one should be misled. Since the beginning in 2002 of the political transition process promoted by the international community, led by Washington, there have been many voices that have (we) warned that the policies promoted by the new occupants and by the political regime installed by them were go
In that line there are already analysts who, viewing a domino effect in the rapid fall of the Afghan cities until reaching Kabul, they consider that the jihadists could try to transfer it to other places, among them the Sahel, a consideration based on the intuition of a potential intention of those,
Throughout history, the climate has played an important role in shaping the history of humanity . The human being has had to face the forces of nature to defend his own existence throughout the planet. In this article I will analyze how the climate in its different variants (drought, abundant rainf
September 23, 1340 began the Benimerin siege of Tarifa [1]. It would be the last attempt of a North African power to settle and expand in the Iberian Peninsula [2]. The Battle of Salado was a direct consequence of the divergent ambitions between Christians and Muslims to control the Strait of Gibral
Leaving aside the so-called “Gali case”, but without taking away all the importance it deserves, as well as the open subsidiary debates – on whether the entry into Spain of Brahim Gali, president of the SADR (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic) was legal or illegal. , infected by Covid-19, for his tr
In September 1886 the chiefs Geronimo and Naiche gave themselves with the few followers of him to General Nelson Miles of the Army of the United States and with it the so-called Apache Wars were officially ended. But in the wildest part of the Sierra Madre, in the so-called Jaguar mountains and in t
“I didnt expect you here so soon”, stated the Generalmajor Christoph zu Stolberg-Stolberg, commander in chief of the square, after surrendering to the British. The battle had begun earlier that morning when the 29th Armored Brigade and 159th Infantry Brigade (of the British 11th Armored Division) be
Rejected by censors up to three times (1 ), the filming of La heifer , the work that arose from the pairing of two geniuses such as Luis García Berlanga and Rafael Azcona , was postponed until as late as 1984, and perhaps it was better that way because it is obvious that the film would not have bee
Carthage It is one of the ancient cities that has occupied the most space in the Western collective imagination. However, there are many unknowns that still surround its history and its archaeological reality. It has never been part of the select club of ancient cultures, which revolves around Rome
For five years we have been demonstrating that we are little of Black Friday and much to lend a hand. A help that, in recent times, is needed more than ever. Since March 2020, the serious food crisis caused by Covid 19 has increased the demand for food by more than 40%. The Great Food Drive It is mo
We are not talking about Romans today. Here the generic masculine does not work well. Today its time to talk about Roman women . Of them, more invisible, more stereotyped. The ones that had no name beyond their family identifiers. Actually, they are also talked about, about the relations between Rom
A little over a month ago we talked here about The heifer , the film in which the tandem formed by Luis García Berlanga and Rafael Azcona offered us their particular look at the Civil War and the way in which the historical re-enactment, projected through cinema on those same stages, gave us the opp
In 1733 the war between the Ottoman and Persian Empires was at its peak. The Persians under the talented general, first, and then Shah Nadir, had achieved great victories against the Turks, but he had also suffered a serious defeat in his attempt to invade Turkish-occupied Iraq. But Nadir was not
It is unknown exactly when and where gunpowder was discovered. The prevailing view wants its discovery in China and its use in war. One of the first weapons, if not the first, to make use of gunpowder was the flaming spear. This weapon was nothing but a common spear near the tip of which was atta
the Vickers machine gun entered service with the British Army in 1912. This weapon, originally designed in 1884 by the American engineer Maxim, was later modernized and became the standard weapon in Great Britain. The Vickers machine gun equipped both the Army and the British Air Force. Used during
* 1735:Raising in Strasbourg of the future hussars of Chamborant * 1756-1763:Seven Years War, the regiments colonel is the Marquis de Chamborant, who gives it its name * 1791:Renamed 2nd Hussar Regiment By tradition, the first 4 hussar regiments are named with the old term Houzard, in memory of the