A discussion of ongoing attempts across Europe to rewrite the history of the 1930s/40s anti-fascist alliance and present-day pushback .

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Chaired by Dr Jonathan White, speakers include Dr Almudena Cros, President of Spain's Asociación de Amigos de las Brigadas Internacionales [Association of Friends of the International Brigades] and Dr Vladimir Vasilik, Institute of History, St Petersburg University.

This third of three online panels organised jointly by Marx Memorial Library and the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies on the battle for historical memory brings together representatives to discuss the background to the ongoing attempts across Europe to rewrite the history of the anti-fascist alliance in the 1930s and 1940s and present-day initiatives to combat them.

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Details of the two previous panels in this series:

The first panel (on 22 June 2020) explored the role of the Soviet Union/communism in the fight against fascism in the 1930s and its defeat in the Second World War. 75 years since victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, the speakers reflected on how and why this history is now under attack, with particular reference to the resolution passed by the European Parliament "On the importance of European remembrance for the Future of Europe" in September 2019.

The second panel (on 19 Nov 2020) featured speakers from organisations involved in practical work to preserve historical memory: Marx Memorial Library and Workers' School (MML); Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies (SCRSS); International Brigade Memorial Trust; and Soviet War Memorial Trust.

Recordings of past events are available on the Marx Memorial Library website here