In June 1938 Jonny, Julius and Sigi Grossbard were sent to Dachau.
They were released & fled to the UK, where they were interned as enemy aliens & transported to Australia on the HMT Dunera in 1940.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
www.refugeemap.org/map/coll...
"The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind." ~ Anderson Cooper
Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social's Refugee Map www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
Cooper's, #Liverpool, 1947. Courtesy of Liverpool Record Office.
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
Watercolour drawing of Green Street, Cambridge with the figure of a young woman in a green dress striding along and a few lightly-sketched bicycles.
I have produced quite a few paintings and drawings of Green Street in Cambridge over the years. Here's a watercolour and ink sketch showing the western end as it goes into Trinity Street. Not sure if I still have this one.
#Cambridge #watercolour #streetscene
Great to see the new website for ‘LIMINALWATER: Liminal Waterway Countercultures’, led by my colleague @bengidley.bsky.social and working with the fab @humap.bsky.social liminalwater.uni-graz.at/en/projects/
📅 Want to get out to more industry events this year?
We keep a calendar of conferences in the #digitalhumanities, #GLAM, #citizenscience and #GIS spaces.
Take a look: humap.me/resources/events/
🏖️ Pictured: bathing huts on #Scarborough beach, c.1880-1920
These huts would be steered down into the water, letting people change in privacy and enter the water without having to walk across the sand...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the Scarborough Atlas, created by @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social
Pictured: Abandoned, a sculpture by Naomi Blake. Sited at the Beth Shalom Holocaust centre in Newark.
Read more at www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from The UK Holocaust Map, created by the @theajruk.bsky.social on #Humap
It's #TrailsTuesday! Go wild with @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social's Natural #Scarborough #walkingtrail
From birdlife to 3D fossil scans, this trail has a little bit of everything 🦖
www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#Hiking #Rambling #Yorkshire #NorthYorkshire
Pictured: Centro Asturiano de Tampa Members, #Tampa, #Florida, c.1910
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida #Humap
See more tampa-through-time.humap.si...
Old colour map of Waterford City. Parish boundaries are marked on the map. An index is included listing street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings.
Happy #MapMonday!
This colour map of Waterford City from 1830 shows the city's parish boundaries. An index lists the street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings such as the Town Hall; Cathedral; Old Courthouse; Female Blue School and others: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Sunoikisis Digital Classics: Epigraphic Object Encoding, Thursday 5th March at 16:00 GMT (online only). Presentation by Gabriel Bodard & Anna Clara Maniero Azzolini (University of London), Polina Yordanova (University of Helsinki).
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A data map of London showing points on the map that indicate finds. One highlighted find is a Roman temple to Mithras
#MappyMonday! Our map of the week is "Archaeology of Greater London", created by the Museum of London Archaeology
Explore this map, and thousands of crowdsourced records, on the @ihr.bsky.social Layers of London platform: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#Archaeology #GLAM #GLAMA #GIS #PGIS #HGIS
Mary Hughes co-founded the York Refugee Committee. She acted as Hospitality Secretary and fostered two Jewish refugee children at her home.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from @theajruk.bsky.social's UK Holocaust Map.
Learn more: www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
Pictured: Francis & Son Electric and gas lighting, #London, c. 1920
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Pictured: Stoney Stanton Road, #Coventry, 1972. Taken as part of a school project.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #CoventryAtlas #Humap
See more www.coventryatlas.org/map/r...
#EnglishHistory #WestMidlands #BritishHistory #MicroHistory #CulturalHeritage #Heritage
"Heinz was captured in Tobruk, Libya in June 1942. He remained in camps in Cyrenaica and Tripoli until January 1943..."
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.refugeemap.org/map/coll...
#WW2 #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #NaziGermany #Holocaust #Shoah
🔢 Feature update: now you can disable steps in our map crowdsourcing tool!
If your project does not use or require teams, links, dates etc you can now use this menu in admin > contribute > steps to disable them, giving your users a more streamlined experience.
humap.me/
🎉 DARIAH-IE will be offering bursaries of up to €1,000 for 4 ECRs from Ireland to attend the DARIAH Annual Event in Rome, 26–29 May 2026. Applications will open next week. Keep an eye on our website for more details.
🔗 buff.ly/XLP3Knb
Tired of complex mapping software?
Humap is built to empower anyone to create, collaborate, and share stories with maps – perfect for researchers, students, & community projects! 🌍
humap.me
Image from www.facingthepast.org/
#GLAM #EdTech #GIS #HGIS
“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.”
— #TerryPratchett
Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?
@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS
Pictured: Hans Holbein the Younger's (1497/8–1543) pen and ink drawing of Glarean (1515)
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Senfl's World, a musical history map of Renaissance Europe #Humap
See more senfls-world.humap.site/map...
#EuropeanHistory #RenaissanceEurope #MusicHistory #GermanHistory
#citizenscience resource
New #ECS guidance highlights how to strengthen openness and diversity in #CitizenScience, drawing on seven pilots and ten library events across Europe (2023–2025).
Read more: zenodo.org/records/1832...
#PublicEngagement #OpenScience #Inclusion #Diversity
We’re delighted to announce that our next #Webinar will be delivered by Professor @cathamclarke.bsky.social 🥳
Professor Clarke will explore #Hampshire stories in her book A History of England in 25 Poems
📍 Zoom
🗓️ 18th March
⏰ 7pm
Register here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/a-his...
Come join us @oralhistoryie.bsky.social for #oralhistory training in Maynooth!
⏰️ Only four days before the submissions for the #EADH2026 conference close!
❗️We are still waiting for your proposals
⌛️The deadline is 23:59 AOE on Friday, 27 February 2026.
📌 You can check the full CFP on our website: eadh2026.confer.uj.edu.pl/cfp
#digitalhumanities #dh #eadh #conference
This looks interesting. #environmentalhumanities
#climateheritage
NB: Registration for online attendance: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e0ac7b...
📢 We are welcoming guest submissions!
Our guideline for submissions:
digitalorientalist.com/submit-your-...
We are especially interested in expanding our coverage to Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Africa, and Sinological studies for any period after 500 CE!
Two women in winter coats and hats walking along the sidewalk among a crowd of people who are taking part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23261.
A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk outside the Fashion Building as they take part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23262.
A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk outside the Labor Lyceum building as they take part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23260.
A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk as they take part in a strike. Visible storefronts include Caplan's restaurant and a barber shop. Fonds 1266, Item 23263.
At 10am on February 25, 1931, members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) walked off the job. Highlighting poor working conditions, long hours, and low wages, hundreds of women continued their strike for two and a half months.
Antiquarian inked drawing of 3 men with horses approaching a set of circular earthworks with a cathedral and castle in the far distance
Antiquarian William Stukeley visited Chlorus Camp hillfort (now known as Figsbury Ring) #Wiltshire in 1723
His drawing shows an open landscape with Old Sarum castle / hillfort and Salisbury cathedral in the distance as well as 3 tricorn-wearing, horse riding gents on a day out
#HillfortsWednesday
