Jim Wald
@citizenwald.bsky.social
Historian, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
you can find some of it (possibly in later performances) on YouTube
it's a rarefied taste :)
it's a rarefied taste :)
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
you can find some of it (possibly in later performances) on YouTube
it's a rarefied taste :)
it's a rarefied taste :)
Reposted by Jim Wald
I note that the White House originally said it was the White House Historical Association that preserved items from the East Wing. Now it says the General Service Administration and the National Park Service did. Did they? Did anyone?
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I note that the White House originally said it was the White House Historical Association that preserved items from the East Wing. Now it says the General Service Administration and the National Park Service did. Did they? Did anyone?
Reposted by Jim Wald
They are merging AMST with three other departments, effectively shuttering a program that has been in existence for 85 years. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
www.texastribune.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
They are merging AMST with three other departments, effectively shuttering a program that has been in existence for 85 years. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
The US bombing of Prague on 14 February 1945 badly damaged the synagogue in Vinohrady, 1
of the largest in the world, in the largest Czech Jewish neighborhood. Nazis let it burn, communists declined to rebuild. Ruth Ellen Gruber posts Martin Smok's eulogy
of the largest in the world, in the largest Czech Jewish neighborhood. Nazis let it burn, communists declined to rebuild. Ruth Ellen Gruber posts Martin Smok's eulogy
Vinohrady, Prague: Forgotten in the Midst of the Mass Tourism - Jewish Heritage Europe
Martin Smok is a Czech researcher, writer and filmmaker who focuses on 19th and 20th century Jewish issues in what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He has scripted two documentary film trilogies, one about the Working group of ... continue reading →
jewish-heritage-europe.eu
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The US bombing of Prague on 14 February 1945 badly damaged the synagogue in Vinohrady, 1
of the largest in the world, in the largest Czech Jewish neighborhood. Nazis let it burn, communists declined to rebuild. Ruth Ellen Gruber posts Martin Smok's eulogy
of the largest in the world, in the largest Czech Jewish neighborhood. Nazis let it burn, communists declined to rebuild. Ruth Ellen Gruber posts Martin Smok's eulogy
The final 1967 reconstruction of Prague's Emmaus Monastery by F. M. Černy boldly acknowledged the loss of war & passage of time by taking a resolutely modernist stance, but 1 that harmonized with the remaining Gothic structure & surroundings
My students got a behind-scenes tour
My students got a behind-scenes tour
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The final 1967 reconstruction of Prague's Emmaus Monastery by F. M. Černy boldly acknowledged the loss of war & passage of time by taking a resolutely modernist stance, but 1 that harmonized with the remaining Gothic structure & surroundings
My students got a behind-scenes tour
My students got a behind-scenes tour
The accidental bombing of Prague hit multiple historic sites: chief among them the great Emmaus (Emauzy) abbey (Klášter na Slovanech) dating to 1347. Bombs destroyed or damage Gothic wall paintings, the neo-Gothic towers, and vaults of the monastery church
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The accidental bombing of Prague hit multiple historic sites: chief among them the great Emmaus (Emauzy) abbey (Klášter na Slovanech) dating to 1347. Bombs destroyed or damage Gothic wall paintings, the neo-Gothic towers, and vaults of the monastery church
Today it can be difficult to imagine the inaccuracy of #WWII bombing. Only 16% of US bombs fell within 1,000 feet of a target, and the standard 500-lb. bomb had a lethal radius of only 60 to 90 feet. Massive bombing was required for even minimal results
Daylight Precision Bombing | Air & Space Forces Magazine
A basic belief of the Army Air Forces was severely tested in the skies over Germany and Japan.
www.airandspaceforces.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Today it can be difficult to imagine the inaccuracy of #WWII bombing. Only 16% of US bombs fell within 1,000 feet of a target, and the standard 500-lb. bomb had a lethal radius of only 60 to 90 feet. Massive bombing was required for even minimal results
Conspiracists claim the US bombing of #Prague on 14 Feb. 1945 was intentional, but logic & other evidence refute them. A deliberate much more extensive raid on industrial targets in Prague took place on Palm Sunday to minimize casualties, killing only 370
The bombing of Prague from a new perspective
For all the suffering that Bohemia and Moravia endured during WWII, relatively little of the damage was physical. Prague escaped the terrible bombing that left so many of…
english.radio.cz
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Conspiracists claim the US bombing of #Prague on 14 Feb. 1945 was intentional, but logic & other evidence refute them. A deliberate much more extensive raid on industrial targets in Prague took place on Palm Sunday to minimize casualties, killing only 370
Misrepresentation of the bombing of Dresden is a staple of far-right incitement
Nazis promoted a wildly inflated death toll of 200K
Actual number: 25K
www.dw.com/en/fact-c...
Operation Gomorrah (Hamburg 1943) may have killed 40K+ but is less well known
www.airandspaceforce...
Nazis promoted a wildly inflated death toll of 200K
Actual number: 25K
www.dw.com/en/fact-c...
Operation Gomorrah (Hamburg 1943) may have killed 40K+ but is less well known
www.airandspaceforce...
Fact check: Myths about Dresden 1945 victim numbers debunked
Eighty years ago, Allied bombers destroyed huge parts of Dresden, killing thousands. Those exploiting the attacks for political ends often give casualty figures vastly higher than is historically certified. A fact check.
www.dw.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Misrepresentation of the bombing of Dresden is a staple of far-right incitement
Nazis promoted a wildly inflated death toll of 200K
Actual number: 25K
www.dw.com/en/fact-c...
Operation Gomorrah (Hamburg 1943) may have killed 40K+ but is less well known
www.airandspaceforce...
Nazis promoted a wildly inflated death toll of 200K
Actual number: 25K
www.dw.com/en/fact-c...
Operation Gomorrah (Hamburg 1943) may have killed 40K+ but is less well known
www.airandspaceforce...
not being protected by the branches of the menorah?
February 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
not being protected by the branches of the menorah?