📣 How to join our campaig?.Wear our commemorative pin. Share your thoughts online. Explore personal stories and educational resources Learn more here:

📅 On 23 August, we mark the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes. Organised by ENRS, this year’s #RememberAugust23 campaign centres on the theme: “The Wounds Can Be Healed”. Learn more about the day here:

💥 The Battle of Stalingrad (17 Jul 1942–2 Feb 1943) was a brutal turning point in WWII. Nazi Germany's Army was encircled & defeated after months of urban combat. Over 1M casualties. The Soviet victory marked the start of Germany’s long retreat. #WWII80YearsAfter #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay 80 years ago, the Potsdam Conference began. It was the final wartime meeting of the Big Three. They set rules for governing Germany, redrew German-Polish borders, planned German resettlement, and urged Japan to surrender. #WWII80YearsAfter

❗️ Tomorrow marks 79 years since the beginning of the Potsdam Conference, a wartime meeting of the Big Three – the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 🔗 Check out our infographic on the conference here:.

📢 Registration is open for the 15th Genealogies of Memory conference: “What remains from the Second World War?” .📅17–19 Sept 2025, Berlin.🔗 Learn more: 🔗 Register now:

📰 Dr. Ernest Wyciszkiewicz on how memory politics & protecting truth impact Poland’s security. He spoke at Helsinki’s 13th European Remembrance Symposium on the lasting relevance of the 1975 Final Act amid today’s crises. 🔗 Full interview:

🛑 Disinformation thrives online - especially about the past. Learn how to spot historical fake news, manipulative narratives & “memory wars” with the 'No to Disinformation!' guide by Łukasz Kamiński. 🔗

🎧 Don’t miss the latest podcast episode #PerłyArchiwów with Dr. Ewelina Szpak from the ENRS Academic Department & Marek Kossakowski on toxic waste, environmental protests & ecology in PRL and post-1989 Poland. ▶️

🕯 82 years ago, Ukrainian nationalists carried out the Volhynian massacre - an anti-Polish ethnic cleansing that killed tens of thousands in 1943. #OnThisDay.🔗

#OnThisDay in 1943 began Operation Husky - the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. The operation aimed to remove Axis forces from the island, open Mediterranean sea lanes, and pave the way for an invasion of mainland Italy. #WWII80YearsAfter

🇬🇧 #OnThisDay in 1940, the Battle of Britain began. Outnumbered RAF pilots defended the UK against the Luftwaffe, preventing a Nazi German invasion. It was Hitler’s first major defeat and a turning point in WWII. #WWII80YearsAfter

#OnThisDay 84 years ago, hundreds of Jews in Jedwabne, Poland, were massacred - many by local residents. Long hidden, the atrocity was brought to light in the 2000s by Jan T. Gross's Neighbours, sparking national debate and a reopened investigation by Poland’s IPN.

💬 Małgorzata Pakier, Head of our Academic Dept, reflects on the power of dialogue in understanding Europe’s memory. 📍Join us in Berlin for the 15th #GenealogiesOfMemory, Sept 17–19!.🔗 Register here: 🔗 Watch here: .

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📅 #OnThisDay in 1937, a clash at the Marco Polo Bridge sparked the Second Sino-Japanese War. What began as a skirmish escalated into a brutal 8-year conflict marked by the Nanjing Massacre and massive civilian suffering - shaping the course of WWII in Asia. #WWII80YearsAfter

💥 The Battle of Kursk was WWII's biggest tank battle - over 2,000 German tanks vs. deep Soviet defenses. Nazi Germany’s last Eastern offensive, Operation Citadel, failed. After Kursk, the Red Army seized the initiative and never looked back. #WWII80YearsAfter #OnThisDay

🕯 On July 4, 1946, the Kielce Pogrom became the deadliest post-WWII attack on Jews in Poland. Sparked by a false ritual murder claim, a mob killed at least 40 Holocaust survivors. The violence led to mass Jewish emigration and deepened postwar trauma. #OnThisDay #PolishHistory

📢 Registration is open for the 15th Genealogies of Memory conference: “What remains from the Second World War?”.🗓 17–19 Sept 2025, Berlin. 🔗Learn more about the conference: . 🔗 Register now:

📖 Rafał Rogulski, Director of ENRS, shares insights in the New England Journal of Public Policy on how historical dialogue can help prevent future conflict. 📓 “Preventing War as Ending War”. 🔗 Read the full article here:.