Both sides in this war have plundered history. Vladimir Putin claims to be replaying the Second World War by “denazifying” Ukraine, while his forces desecrate the Holocaust site of Babyn Yar. Putin’s opponents have their own analogies. Putin is variously Hitler, Stalin or Tsar Peter the Great. On social media, memes mine the medieval period […]
Author Archives: Matt Fitzpatrick
Professor Fitzpatrick is a Future Fellow at Flinders University, Adelaide. His research is in the field of German and European history, particularly the history of European imperialism, German liberalism and nationalism. He is also interested in the comparative history of empires and intellectual history. His most recent book is "The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire."
