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Politics / 1 day ago
Holocaust victims by country: How Nazi genocide devastated Europe
The Holocaust was not confined to one place or one population. It was a continent-wide genocide that erased Jewish communities across Europe, country by country, family by family. The Holocaust was not confined to one place or one population. It was a continent-wide genocide that erased Jewish communities across Europe, country by country, family by family. Historical records show that the impact varied widely by location, shaped by occupation, collaboration, resistance, and timing.

Politics / 1 day ago
Nazi Germany’s Death Camps: Mapping the scale of industrialised murder
The Holocaust stands as one of the most thoroughly documented crimes in human history. During the Second World War, Nazi Germany built a network of death camps designed not for detention, but for systematic, industrial-scale killing. The Holocaust stands as one of the most thoroughly documented crimes in human history. During the Second World War, Nazi Germany built a network of death camps designed not for detention, but for systematic, industrial-scale killing. Historical research shows that millions of people were murdered through policies that turned genocide into routine administration.

Maps / 7 weeks ago
Ireland’s population map reveals a dramatic shift from 1841 to now
Ireland’s shifting population landscape has returned to global attention after a new comparative map reveals how dramatically the island’s demographic profile has changed since the mid-19th century. Ireland’s shifting population landscape has returned to global attention after a new comparative map reveals how dramatically the island’s demographic profile has changed since the mid-19th century. The visual, which differs from census data from 1841 with figures from 2020, highlights what historians and economists describe as one of Europe’s most significant population transformations, rooted in famine, migration and the long-term pull of urban growth.

World / 1 year ago
