The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Polish Historians’ Perspectives on the War Next Door! - WB 2nd April 2022

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0:00 Introduction

4:05 Paul Barford Interview

28:44 Alina Nowobilska Interview

1:04:08 Closing Thoughts

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Link of the Week:

Disasters Emergency Committee:

https://www.dec.org.uk/

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Links:

Pipeline April Fools’ Article:

CBA, CIfA & FAME LAUNCH JOINT MEDIA OPERATION:

http://thepipeline.info/blog/2022/04/01/cba-cifa-fame-launch-joint-media-operation/

Paul Barford:

@PortantIssues on Twitter

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/

Alina Nowobilska:

@WW2girl1944 on Twitter

@hack_history on Twitter

Refugees fleeing Ukraine (since 24 February 2022):

https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine

‘Black Archaeology’ in Eastern Europe: Metal Detecting, Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects, and ‘Legal Nihilism’:

https://www.counteringcrime.org/black-archaeology-in-eastern-europe

Raphael Lemkin Center for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine:

https://instytutpileckiego.pl/en/instytut/aktualnosci/centrum-dokumentowania-zbrodni-rosyjskich-w-ukrainie-im

The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin:

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

At least 53 culturally important sites damaged in Ukraine – Unesco:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/at-least-53-culturally-important-sites-damaged-in-ukraine-unesco

Inside the Efforts to Preserve Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-efforts-to-preserve-ukraines-cultural-heritage-180979840/

News about the war from the official Ukrainian perspective:

135 war crimes against cultural heritage recorded in Ukraine:

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3446115-135-war-crimes-against-cultural-heritage-recorded-in-ukraine.html