Narrating “Home”: Experiences of German Expellees after the Second World War

Same Space, Different Stories: German and Jewish memories of Bukovina after the Second World War

This article explores the themes of unity and disunity with regard to German and Jewish memories of Bukovina after the Second World War. Although one often reads in the literature that Bukovina was home to a large number of minorities, notably Jews and Germans, who lived together peacefully and harmoniously, I demonstrate the extent to which this ‘unity’ was challenged by the violent experience...

Psychotherapy in The Netherlands after the Second World War

The early history of psychotherapy in the Netherlands hardly differs from that of the surrounding countries. Somewhat later than in France and Germany, psychotherapy appeared during the last decades of the nineteenth century, with general practitioners who started to treat their patients (mainly for all kinds of somatic complaints) by psychological means. In the early decades of the twentieth c...

Narrating Annotated Experiences

The term 'Augmented Reality' (AR) is used to describe the method of viewing the (real) physical world around us, together with an added (augmented) layer of digital imaging on top. This layer of virtual information is closely linked to the actual reality you perceive. In this way it augments the reality that was already viewable, with an extra layer of semantically connected and useful informat...

Typhus Fever in the Second World War.

Nuclear Weapons and the Second World War

Since the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have captured the attention of social scientists and the public alike. Some argue that the world benefits from nuclear weapons, claiming that they prevent war. Skeptics do not share this view and worry that nuclear weapons will only intensify conflict. Unfortunately, most theories about the benefits of nuclear weapons await judge...