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Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 4d

Very pleased Phoenix Cinema in Leicester will be showing this moving film about @hanna.miley, who came to England on a Kindertransport, in January 2026. My colleague Amy Williams is featured in the film, she got to know Hanna when researching the Kindertransport at @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 13d

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Der Holocaust war ein einzigartiges Verbrechen - aber die Erinnerung droht zu verschwinden

Historiker Jan Gerber beleuchtet in seinem Buch, dass sich die Erkenntnis von der Besonderheit des Holocaust erst spät durchsetzte.

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Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 14d

Can anyone decipher the handwriting here? Thanks.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 16d

Unbedingt lesenswert!

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 16d

Wie taz so etwas behaupten kann, ist mir schleierhaft…

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 19d

Maiken Umbach, Amy Williams and Holocaust survivor John Fieldsend speaking today at the National Holocaust Museum about the #Kindertransport

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 24d

Very proud of my former student Amy Williams and all she has discovered and achieved.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 25d

Look forward to reading!

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 27d

I actually fly to Berlin from Stansted on the 10th. When are you speaking?

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks Neil. Looking forward to reading your new book when I finally get time!

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · 27d

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Interview – Bill Niven

Bill Niven explores how memory — national, transnational and contested — shapes identity, history, and politics in Germany and beyond.

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Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Nov 6

Great and detailed review of the Hans Mayer Conference in Cologne where I heard so many fascinating papers

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Nov 4

Looking forward to speaking with students about the Kindertransport in Potsdam next week! Thanks to Ulrike Schneider for the invitation.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 30

Thanks for the invite!!!

Elizabeth Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social · Oct 30

A huge thanks to @bniven.bsky.social for coming to speak to BA history students at @unileipzig.bsky.social today about the background and reception of the East German DEFA film (and 2015 remake) “Nackt unter Wölfen”.

A screen with a PowerPoint about the film

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 30

Thanks so much for the great opportunity! Very talkative students, a great class you have!

Elizabeth Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social · Oct 30

A huge thanks to @bniven.bsky.social for coming to speak to BA history students at @unileipzig.bsky.social today about the background and reception of the East German DEFA film (and 2015 remake) “Nackt unter Wölfen”.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 28

Looking forward to the discussion!

Elizabeth Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social · Oct 28

Very much looking forward to moderating the discussion by Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social on the production and reception histories of the 1940 National Socialist film Jud Süß at Halle's Puschkino on Wednesday 29 October.

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Screenshot of the event (available via the link)

Elizabeth Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social · Oct 28

Very much looking forward to moderating the discussion by Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social on the production and reception histories of the 1940 National Socialist film Jud Süß at Halle's Puschkino on Wednesday 29 October.

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Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 25

Eckermann: Ich fand Goethe betrübt vor. Zelter wusste keinen Rat. Christiane schimpfte über die Ausgaben in Marienbad. Goethe wollte zum Telefon eilen, um Herrn Göbel anzurufen, worauf Schubart, der händeringend auf und ab ging, den Geheimrat daran erinnerte, das Telefon gäbe es noch nicht.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 19

Some photos of tonight’s showing of the film about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley “I was 8814” in Berlin (directed by David Peters and with so many other wonderful contributors.) Introduced by Amy Williams.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 19

At Berlin Indie Film Festival for the film „I was 8814“ about Kindertransportee Hanna Miley

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 16

Well done, Zelter!

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 4

If you are in Berlin on 19th October please come and watch! This film about Hanna Miley’s Kindertransport journey won best documentary film at the Berlin Indie Festival. I am passing on Hanna’s invitation. Amy Williams and I were part of the film project and will be there to talk about it.

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 4

Thanks!

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 4

Can anyone give me an idea what 50 Reichsmark would have bought me in 1939 Germany? Trying to get a sense of how much that is…

Bill Niven @bniven.bsky.social · Oct 4

Instructions for the Viennese Kindertransport on 10 January 1939:

„Mit Rücksicht auf die Witterungsverhältnisse in England wird dringend empfohlen, den Kindern warme Unterwäsche und Kleidung, womöglich auch Gummischuhe mitzugeben“