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Identification card of Renate Collins for her journey on Kindertransport in 1939 Photo: (c) Amy Daniel

New Holocaust learning tool for schools in Wales

Secondary school pupils will hear the stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees who made Wales their home, thanks to a new educational resource created by Aberystwyth University and the Jewish History Association of Wales.

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Dr Guy Baron, co-author of A Cultural History of the Cuban Revolution: Power, Hegemony and the Pursuit of Independent Voices (2024)

New research examines cultural control and censorship in Cuba

More than 65 years after the Cuban Revolution began, the country’s artistic community still faces censorship and strict controls on their cultural creativity, according to a new academic book.

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Fate unknown exhibition. Credit – Wiener Holocaust Library

Holocaust Memorial Day 2025: Exhibition about search for Holocaust missing in Aberystwyth

The agonising search for the missing after the Holocaust will be the focus of an event at Aberystwyth University later this month to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

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Second World War evacuation scheme in Italy - children from Naples on a train taking them to Emilia Romagna © Archivio UDI Bo

New network to improve child refugee experiences - conference aim

Experts hope to establish a new research network to improve the experiences of child refugees at a conference in Aberystwyth later this month.

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Professor Andrea Hammel (left) with Lukas Geck, Exhibition Director of ‘I said Auf Wiedersehen’ at the Bundestag in Berlin.

Aberystwyth academic delivers lecture at German parliament

An Aberystwyth University expert on the Kindertransport scheme presented the findings of her extensive research at the German national parliament in Berlin this week.

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Kindertransport - uncomfortable truths at heart of heroic wartime scheme

On the 85^th anniversary of the Kindertransport scheme, Professor Andrea Hammel reveals a darker side to the feel-good wartime success story.

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Kindertransport’s complex legacy: saving children from the Nazis while leaving their families behind

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Andrea Hammel from the Department of Modern Languages discusses the complex legacy of Kindertransport.

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Why an EU document mentioning the ‘Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands’ is a big deal

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Jennifer Wood from the Department of Modern Languages discusses the implications of a recent European Union declaration referring to the “Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands”.

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Exhibition at Pontio Bangor: Refugees in Wales

An exhibition telling the real-life stories of people who have found refuge in Wales over the years will be on display at Pontio Bangor from 8-28 June.

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