Paul Salmons
@paulsalmons.bsky.social
Specialist in “difficult histories”. Curator & consultant. Exhibits & educational initiatives in Europe, North America, India & Africa.
Projects with Musealia, Claims Conference, US Holocaust Museum, United Nations & UNESCO.
https://paulsalmons.associates/
Projects with Musealia, Claims Conference, US Holocaust Museum, United Nations & UNESCO.
https://paulsalmons.associates/
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Paul Salmons
@paulsalmons.bsky.social
· Dec 4
What do we do when conspiracy theories enter the classroom? How do we help young people to think critically, evaluate evidence, and weigh truth claims?
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
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It shouldn't be news that people don't fit into tidy categories, and they insist on doing untidy things like trading and travelling and falling in love and settling down; but apparently it's non-news we have to keep repeating because untidiness helps keep us human.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Youths buried in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries carried West African DNA
Despite bearing remarkably far-flung genetic origins, a girl and young man were buried just like their peers
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It shouldn't be news that people don't fit into tidy categories, and they insist on doing untidy things like trading and travelling and falling in love and settling down; but apparently it's non-news we have to keep repeating because untidiness helps keep us human.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
“Being able to touch a real fragment of the Berlin Wall that divided a city in two for almost 30 years, standing inches away from a postcard written by a prisoner in Auschwitz, or observing personal belongings from the Titanic…”
www.musealia.net/2025/06/24/t...
www.musealia.net/2025/06/24/t...
The Power of the Authentic: Why Original Artifacts Matter – Musealia
www.musealia.net
June 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Being able to touch a real fragment of the Berlin Wall that divided a city in two for almost 30 years, standing inches away from a postcard written by a prisoner in Auschwitz, or observing personal belongings from the Titanic…”
www.musealia.net/2025/06/24/t...
www.musealia.net/2025/06/24/t...
A privilege & a pleasure working with Musealia on this extraordinary project.
At a time when democracy feels so fragile, our societies polarised, & the world dangerously fragmented, this exhibit “The Berlin Wall | A World Divided” could not be more relevant or more needed.
theberlinwall.com/en/
At a time when democracy feels so fragile, our societies polarised, & the world dangerously fragmented, this exhibit “The Berlin Wall | A World Divided” could not be more relevant or more needed.
theberlinwall.com/en/
The Berlin Wall – A World Divided
theberlinwall.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A privilege & a pleasure working with Musealia on this extraordinary project.
At a time when democracy feels so fragile, our societies polarised, & the world dangerously fragmented, this exhibit “The Berlin Wall | A World Divided” could not be more relevant or more needed.
theberlinwall.com/en/
At a time when democracy feels so fragile, our societies polarised, & the world dangerously fragmented, this exhibit “The Berlin Wall | A World Divided” could not be more relevant or more needed.
theberlinwall.com/en/
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“The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
Berlin Wall: A World Divided exhibition — Paul Salmons Associates
paulsalmons.associates
May 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
“The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
Berlin Wall: A World Divided exhibition — Paul Salmons Associates
paulsalmons.associates
May 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
A clash of ideologies that brought us to the brink of nuclear war. A story of drama & high emotion. Families separated by a fortified border.
And the power of ordinary people to suddenly, unexpectedly, change our world.
paulsalmons.associates/projects/wor...
Six concrete slabs, once part of the Wall that encircled West Berlin, separating loved ones, now stand on a Paris street.
In the Cité de l’architecture hundreds of original artefacts and intensely moving personal stories explore the history, significance and legacy of this symbol of the #ColdWar.
In the Cité de l’architecture hundreds of original artefacts and intensely moving personal stories explore the history, significance and legacy of this symbol of the #ColdWar.
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Six concrete slabs, once part of the Wall that encircled West Berlin, separating loved ones, now stand on a Paris street.
In the Cité de l’architecture hundreds of original artefacts and intensely moving personal stories explore the history, significance and legacy of this symbol of the #ColdWar.
In the Cité de l’architecture hundreds of original artefacts and intensely moving personal stories explore the history, significance and legacy of this symbol of the #ColdWar.
In Paris, at the Trocadero, in view of the Eiffel Tower for the opening of Musealia’s major new travelling exhibition “The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
May 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In Paris, at the Trocadero, in view of the Eiffel Tower for the opening of Musealia’s major new travelling exhibition “The Berlin Wall. A World Divided.”
Reposted by Paul Salmons
Bessner asks what an #Auschwitz exhibit means after the Hamas attacks of Oct 7th & as people take to streets to protest Israel’s response in Gaza. She wonders why visit another exhibit after studying the #Holocaust for yrs & being to Auschwitz itself? Hear what she finds.
thecjn.ca/podcasts/rom...
thecjn.ca/podcasts/rom...
We walked through the Royal Ontario Museum's new Auschwitz exhibit. Hear what's inside - The Canadian Jewish News
A new museum exhibit, “Auschwitz: Not So Long Ago. Not So Far Away”, opened Jan. 10 in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum, marking the only Canadian stop for the eight-year-old traveling show. The ex...
thecjn.ca
January 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Bessner asks what an #Auschwitz exhibit means after the Hamas attacks of Oct 7th & as people take to streets to protest Israel’s response in Gaza. She wonders why visit another exhibit after studying the #Holocaust for yrs & being to Auschwitz itself? Hear what she finds.
thecjn.ca/podcasts/rom...
thecjn.ca/podcasts/rom...
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One day course on educating people about histories of slavery, colonialism and imperialism. Intended for professionals in the education, heritage & cultural sectors but anyone interested welcome. Sat 21 June, Sussex:
onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
March 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
One day course on educating people about histories of slavery, colonialism and imperialism. Intended for professionals in the education, heritage & cultural sectors but anyone interested welcome. Sat 21 June, Sussex:
onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
"I myself was lying on a heap of dead bodies & beside me was my sister, Lusia. Our mother was there with us but she was no longer alive."
Miriam Weinfeld was 18 yrs old & close to death when the British Army overran the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen, 80 years ago today.
How shd we remember?
Miriam Weinfeld was 18 yrs old & close to death when the British Army overran the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen, 80 years ago today.
How shd we remember?
April 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"I myself was lying on a heap of dead bodies & beside me was my sister, Lusia. Our mother was there with us but she was no longer alive."
Miriam Weinfeld was 18 yrs old & close to death when the British Army overran the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen, 80 years ago today.
How shd we remember?
Miriam Weinfeld was 18 yrs old & close to death when the British Army overran the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen, 80 years ago today.
How shd we remember?
Reposted by Paul Salmons
Join Paul Zanazanian & @ioe.bsky.social History Ed SIG 4 this open Zoom seminar exploring Historical Consciousness & Practical Life, 17 April, 5.30-7pm GMT+1. All welcome! Details at: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @histassoc.bsky.social @heirnet.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Join Paul Zanazanian & @ioe.bsky.social History Ed SIG 4 this open Zoom seminar exploring Historical Consciousness & Practical Life, 17 April, 5.30-7pm GMT+1. All welcome! Details at: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @histassoc.bsky.social @heirnet.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social
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Join us online or face 2 face this Wednesday (5.30-7pm GMT) for a three-cornered exploration of disorientation in time and of the role that history education might play in addressing it. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Join us online or face 2 face this Wednesday (5.30-7pm GMT) for a three-cornered exploration of disorientation in time and of the role that history education might play in addressing it. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2025... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
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So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
Reposted by Paul Salmons
What do we do when conspiracy theories enter the classroom? How do we help young people to think critically, evaluate evidence, and weigh truth claims?
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
December 4, 2024 at 4:35 PM
What do we do when conspiracy theories enter the classroom? How do we help young people to think critically, evaluate evidence, and weigh truth claims?
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
Reposted by Paul Salmons
Here's a taster of our second Yorkshire History Forum #YHF25 for secondary history teachers. Tickets available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... It's a fantastic line up of workshops and keynote all for the bargain price of £20 ...
February 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Here's a taster of our second Yorkshire History Forum #YHF25 for secondary history teachers. Tickets available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... It's a fantastic line up of workshops and keynote all for the bargain price of £20 ...
Reposted by Paul Salmons
Have spent all day dwelling in the principles @lauralondo1017.bsky.social & I developed for supporting #ITT #ECT beginning teachers to prepare for teaching sensitive and controversial issues.
Interested? More here:
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/08/15/r...
Interested? More here:
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/08/15/r...
Responding to a summer of riots: Principles for teaching about sensitive issues in the history classroom
This blog is jointly authored by Vic Crooks and Laura London based on a presentation we gave at the Historical Association Conference in May 2024. If you are interested in this theme, you may als…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Have spent all day dwelling in the principles @lauralondo1017.bsky.social & I developed for supporting #ITT #ECT beginning teachers to prepare for teaching sensitive and controversial issues.
Interested? More here:
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/08/15/r...
Interested? More here:
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/08/15/r...
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"I will de-Nazifi shit. I won’t re-Nazifi shit."
A rallying cry for our times.
A rallying cry for our times.
January 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"I will de-Nazifi shit. I won’t re-Nazifi shit."
A rallying cry for our times.
A rallying cry for our times.
Reposted by Paul Salmons
“I used to play the cello… I can say without hesitation that it saved my life.”
In 2014, Newsnight spoke to Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist who as a young Jewish woman survived by playing music for the Auschwitz camp at the behest of Nazi officials.
[Part 1]
In 2014, Newsnight spoke to Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist who as a young Jewish woman survived by playing music for the Auschwitz camp at the behest of Nazi officials.
[Part 1]
January 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“I used to play the cello… I can say without hesitation that it saved my life.”
In 2014, Newsnight spoke to Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist who as a young Jewish woman survived by playing music for the Auschwitz camp at the behest of Nazi officials.
[Part 1]
In 2014, Newsnight spoke to Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist who as a young Jewish woman survived by playing music for the Auschwitz camp at the behest of Nazi officials.
[Part 1]
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Secondary teachers!
Help students shape future teaching on the British Empire. Their voices are crucial.
Our national survey, live this term, offers a unique chance to inform this work.
Email a.pettigrew@ucl.ac.uk to get your school involved.
@htenuk.bsky.social
@counsellc.bsky.social
Help students shape future teaching on the British Empire. Their voices are crucial.
Our national survey, live this term, offers a unique chance to inform this work.
Email a.pettigrew@ucl.ac.uk to get your school involved.
@htenuk.bsky.social
@counsellc.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Secondary teachers!
Help students shape future teaching on the British Empire. Their voices are crucial.
Our national survey, live this term, offers a unique chance to inform this work.
Email a.pettigrew@ucl.ac.uk to get your school involved.
@htenuk.bsky.social
@counsellc.bsky.social
Help students shape future teaching on the British Empire. Their voices are crucial.
Our national survey, live this term, offers a unique chance to inform this work.
Email a.pettigrew@ucl.ac.uk to get your school involved.
@htenuk.bsky.social
@counsellc.bsky.social
Hugely important interview on Holocaust denial, distortion, and hate speech.
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www.youtube.com/live/I9AGaJ4...
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www.youtube.com/live/I9AGaJ4...
Interview with UNESCO Specialist on Hate Speech and Genocide Prevention Karel Fracapane
YouTube video by UNESCO
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hugely important interview on Holocaust denial, distortion, and hate speech.
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www.youtube.com/live/I9AGaJ4...
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www.youtube.com/live/I9AGaJ4...
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Representation of women in the #Holocaust
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Representation of women in the #Holocaust
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
Reposted by Paul Salmons
Prisoners left in Auschwitz were too weak to walk & would slow the SS retreat. They had to survive 10 days alone before Soviets arrived. Some broke into the SS stores & discovered food supplies including this can of condensed milk. Prisoners self-organized, fed & cared for the sick & clung to life.
January 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Prisoners left in Auschwitz were too weak to walk & would slow the SS retreat. They had to survive 10 days alone before Soviets arrived. Some broke into the SS stores & discovered food supplies including this can of condensed milk. Prisoners self-organized, fed & cared for the sick & clung to life.
"Nature gave me forgetfulness to rebuild myself. Art did the rest." Shelomo Selinger, now 98, survived 9 camps & 2 death marches. In 1945, when Soviet troops entered Theresienstadt, a doctor discovered him still breathing among a pile of corpses.
He was just 15 yrs old.
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He was just 15 yrs old.
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January 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Nature gave me forgetfulness to rebuild myself. Art did the rest." Shelomo Selinger, now 98, survived 9 camps & 2 death marches. In 1945, when Soviet troops entered Theresienstadt, a doctor discovered him still breathing among a pile of corpses.
He was just 15 yrs old.
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He was just 15 yrs old.
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Such a poignant day. In Paris for UNESCO commemoration of 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz we have the privilege to hear from Ginette Kolinka, who turns 100 yrs old in a few days time. A survivor of Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen she journeys back 80 yrs into her past to retell her story.
January 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Such a poignant day. In Paris for UNESCO commemoration of 80th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz we have the privilege to hear from Ginette Kolinka, who turns 100 yrs old in a few days time. A survivor of Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen she journeys back 80 yrs into her past to retell her story.
Representation of women in the #Holocaust
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Representation of women in the #Holocaust
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher
Very important work by Katie Chaka Parks w implications not only for Holocaust museums, but also for the classroom and commemoration.
We need to do better to integrate and make visible these stories in our narratives.
#historyteacher