History of Sorts

Spanish Civil War

  • The People’s Olympiad – A Counter-Olympics That Never Was, and the Story of a Murdered Athlete

    The Vision and the Context In 1936, as Berlin prepared to host the official Summer Olympics under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, a radical alternative was being organized in Barcelona—the People’s Olympiad (Catalan: Olimpíada Popular, Spanish: Olimpiada Popular) Selected as the official host, Berlin’s decision had rebuffed Barcelona’s bid during the 1931 IOC Session—Berlin won 43

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  • Mauthausen

    Mauthausen was one of the most prominent and most notorious Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Located near the town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, it was established shortly after Germany annexed Austria in 1938. The camp, originally intended for political prisoners and those considered enemies of the Nazi regime, eventually held a wide

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  • The Spanish Republicans in Nazi Concentration camps

    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was the bloodiest conflict western Europe had experienced since the end of World War I in 1918. It was the breeding ground for mass atrocities. About 200,000 people died as the result of systematic killings, mob violence, torture, or other brutalities. The fighting displaced millions of Spaniards. Some 500,000 refugees

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  • Mary Elmes-Forgotten hero

    Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002)was an Irish businesswoman and aid worker who is credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children during the Holocaust by hiding them in the boot of her car.In 2015, she became the first and so far the only Irish citizen honoured as

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