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78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers

The Independent UK

Rangers star Ryan Jack trolls Aberdeen after semi-final with cheeky 'thanks for coming' message

He is a regular target for jeers by the Red Army when the two sides meet and he fired back with a cheeky online post after his leveller set Michael Beale's men on their way to the Viaplay Cup Final.

Glasgow Live

Jim Goodwin responds to Aberdeen boo boys as he insists response is 'part and parcel of the game'

The Dons still sit in fourth spot but Hearts have pulled five points clear in third while their chasing rivals could also overtake them with their games in hand.

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Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago

With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus

The Independent UK

The 2 Jim Goodwin extremes as Celtic angst leaves Aberdeen boss with major Rangers dilemma

Many of the Red Army were unhappy at the way the Dons boss set his side up during the Pittodrie clash on Saturday.

Daily Record

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Al Jazeera

Poland removes four communist-era Soviet Red Army monuments

‘This is a monument to disgrace’

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Poland demolishes four Red Army monuments

Poland tore down four monuments on Thursday to Red Army soldiers who died during World War Two, as historically strained relations between Warsaw and Moscow hit new lows due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Poland removes 4 communist-era Red Army monuments

Poland has dismantled four communist-era monuments honoring Red Army soldiers, in a renewed drive to remove symbols of Moscow's post-World War II domination and to stress its condemnation of Moscow's war on neighboring Ukraine

The Independent UK

Aberdeen's summer recruitment rated as Duk and Miovski bring the goals with scouting 'blueprint' bearing fruit

The Dons strike duo have 13 Scottish Premiership goals between them so far this season.

Daily Record

First sitcom, first chef, first castaway, first dance and first Woman’s Hour: 100 years of the BBC, part three

Desert Islands Discs launched, a raffish bachelor made sitcom history, hoofers had a riot and a man called Alan hosted Woman’s Hour – which revealed how to keep your husband’s suits crease-free

The Guardian - UK

Always stand in the support of oppressed, Red Army told

Two-day training programme for members comes to close in Tirupati

The Hindu

How Ukraine is adapting the ancient practice of trophy displays for modern propaganda

As Ukraine prepared to celebrate its independence day even while its military forces battled a monthslong Russian invasion, government officials assembled a grandiose, yet gruesome, display on Khreshchatyk, the main street of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv.

The Conversation

Ukraine: how the UK press reported the Nazi invasion 1941-45

During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish patriotic devotion the press showed to the government line. Weekly political titles such as New Statesman and Nation, the Spectator and the Economist challenged government policy more consistently than daily newspapers.

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Daily Record

Duk is Aberdeen star turn to get Rangers flapping as Dons hero raves about Jim Goodwin's X factor

Red Army are desperate to see the Portuguese ace in from the start against Rangers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Statues Topple as Europe Purges Communist Monuments

In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army’s capture of that nation in 1944 was toppled last week. It crashed into a pond to the cheers of those watching. Days earlier in Estonia, a replica of a Soviet tank…

The Independent UK

Statues topple as Europe purges communist monuments

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a renewed push to topple the last remaining monuments to the Soviet army that remained in Europe

Zenger

Massive Obelisk At Soviet WWII Memorial Is Toppled Into Pond With A Splash

Zenger News obtained a statement from the Latvian State police on Thursday, August 25.

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Watch: Moment Latvia brings down Soviet-era obelisk in capital Riga

A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled in the Latvian capital.Shortly before the obelisk went down on Thursday, heavy duty machinery was spotted behind a green privacy screen fence…

Al Jazeera

Poland says WWII grave destroyed by Russian ally Belarus

Poland’s Foreign Ministry accuses Minsk of razing a memorial containing the remains of anti-communist soldiers.

The Independent UK

Soviet-era monument's iconic obelisk comes down in Latvia

A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany has been taken down in Latvia’s capital

The Independent UK

Poland begins to dismantle Soviet-era monument

Poland has started demolishing a memorial to Soviet Red Army soldiers

France 24

‘They would have preferred hell’: The Battle of Stalingrad, 80 years on

The Second World War’s deadliest battle – and one of the most brutal of all time – started on August 23, 1942, when Adolf Hitler’s forces went all out to seize the city bearing Joseph Stalin’s name. If ever a battle was like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object,…

The Independent UK

Latvia to topple Soviet-era monument a week after Estonia

Authorities in Latvia say they will tear down a Soviet-era monument on Tuesday that commemorates the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany

The Guardian - UK

The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman review – Soviet wartime propaganda with a human face

An expanded reissue of the author’s 1942 novel about a Red Army unit encircled by German forces is overtly polemical but also vividly written

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