France and England entered into negotiations to reach an agreement with the USSR, however, Stalin, offended in Munich, began the path towards his “political turn ”. Stalin feared to see the Western democracies a new Munich at the expense of Poland. The Russians, in April 1939, proposed to France and
The savior of Thessaloniki is the title of an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Georg Eckert, who in post-war Germany was a highly respected scientist, educator and historian, he was also President of the German Commission for UNESCO. During the Second World War, he was 28 years old serving i
Historical, social and cultural moments are always associated with the names of different popes. Were there Spanish potatoes? What was his legacy? Of the 266 Popes recognized by the Catholic Church of Rome in these two thousand four years of history were Spanish:Dámaso (Pope number 37), Callistus I
In December 1990, Ramiz Alias regime in Albania was blowing the whistle, but it was still biting. The borders remained hermetically closed to the outside world and anyone who attempted to cross them was shot. Some student protests in Tirana with union demands were at the limits of what was acceptabl