NIOD Rewind Episode 29 - History under attack: The Battle for Memory in Today's Russia
NIOD Rewind Podcast on War & Violence | 19 jan 2023 | 00:34:24
How is memory weaponised in the Russian-Ukrainian war? In this episode, Anne van Mourik and Thijs Bouwknegt talk with historian Nanci Adler. How does she, as a scholar of transitional justice, reflect on this conflict? What is the significance of Vladimir Putin’s shut down of the Russian human rights organisation Memorial? And how does this feed in to Russia’s repression of its Stalinist history?