Tag: World War II
In Paper City, Japanese survivors recount their experiences of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo
Image: Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Review: Paper City, directed by Adrian Francis
In his first feature-length documentary, Adelaide-born director Adrian Francis offers a rigorous understanding of the...
Sunday essay: if growing US-China rivalry leads to ‘the worst war ever’, what should Australia do?
A military officer salutes during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein/AP
Should Australia join the United...
Remembering the past, looking to the future: how the war in Ukraine is changing Europe
Image: Emilio Morenatti/AP/AAP
Both sides in this war have plundered history. Vladimir Putin claims to be replaying the second world war by “denazifying” Ukraine, while his...
The years condemn: Australia is forgetting the sacred trees planted to remember our war dead
Picture: Author supplied
On Anzac Day each year, Australians remember those who served and died in wars and conflicts. We may attend a dawn...
It’s not just about the rise in anti-Semitism: why we need real stories for better Holocaust education in Australia
Image: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Poland. Shutterstock
On January 27 communities worldwide commemorated the liberation of Auschwitz — the largest complex of concentration camps and extermination centres...
The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It’s time for a reckoning
Australian soldiers in the trenches at Anzac Cove
on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in 1915.
State Library of Victoria/Wikimedia Commons
For years, Australians have...