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This is a book review of "STRANGERS IN A STRANGER LAND: How One Country's Jews Fought an Unwinnable War Alongside Nazi Troops…and Survived"; by John B. Simon; Rowman and Littlefield; 2019 (originally published in Finnish as Mahdoton sota, "The Impossible War," by Siltala Publishing, 2017). The review was written for the Jewish Book Council by a Professor Emeritus of English and contains both historical and pedagogical reflections on the educational messages emmerging from the book. This is important not only for memory studies and for identity politics but also when looking deep into the complex issues of socialization and education after the WWII. The book contains a story of the contradictory role of Finland's Jewish community in the wars against the Soviet Union and Germany.

Armed conflict; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Military history: post WW2 conflicts

Contemporary world order rests on a fault-line. On the one hand it is an interstate system founded on the legal equality of all states. On the other hand it establishes institutions that privilege a small number of states in economy and politics. This article examines the fault-line, which has widened in recent times and threatens to destabilise the order established after the end of World War II. The 'world' in World wars is because of the global scope of the inter-European wars. The world wars were fought over colonies, in colonial territories, with the manpower and material resources of the colonies. Yet dominant narratives about the world wars speak about the wars as a European war between European nations and write-out colonial questions, colonial contributions and more importantly for this article the colonial impulses in the writing of contemporary international law and establishment of international organisations. This paper examines the human, monetary and material contributions of India in World War II. Britain was the preeminent Empire during the world wars and India the 'jewel in the British Crown'. India was crucial to British conduct of the world wars. At the same time racism and repression during the interwar period fuelled powerful anti-colonial movements in India. Those struggles ended the British Empire. The irony of racism against millions of people who fought and died for Britain presents many perplexing questions about the legacies of World War II for racism and international law. This article examines the responses of different European powers to the independence movements in India during the world wars and argues that the responses of different Empires of the time to the anti-colonial struggles holds the cues to understanding the widening fault-line in the international order today.

[Abstract] The Sancrosanctum Concilium approaches the artistic aspects of architecture from the liturgy, while the Charter of Venice approaches the architectural space from the principles of heritage protection. Both emphasized simplicity, functionality and readability. The significance and the combined effect of the two documents in the practice of church construction in Eastern Europe can be considered significant, since the possibility of redesigning the liturgical space arose mainly in the context of the renovation of historic buildings in the atheist political environment. The proof of this statement is presented in the manuscript of the architect Ödön Dümmerling. The architect - a practitioner of monument restorations and an admirer of the spirit of modern architecture - was called upon to draw up design guide after the Second Vatican Council was closed, making recommendations for new equipment for liturgical spaces. ; [Resumen] La Sancrosanctum Concilium aborda los aspectos artísticos de la arquitectura desde la liturgia, mientras que la Carta de Venecia aborda el espacio arquitectónico desde los principios de protección del patrimonio. Ambos enfatizaron la simplicidad, la funcionalidad y la legibilidad. La importancia y el efecto combinado de los dos documentos en la práctica de la construcción de iglesias en Europa del Este pueden considerarse significativos, ya que la posibilidad de rediseñar el espacio litúrgico surgió principalmente en el contexto de la renovación de edificios históricos en el entorno político ateo. Una prueba de esto se presenta en el manuscrito del arquitecto Ödön Dümmerling. Este arquitecto, restaurador de monumentos y admirador del espíritu de la arquitectura moderna, fue llamado a elaborar una guía de diseño después de la clausura del Concilio Vaticano II, que hiciera recomendaciones para nuevos equipos en espacios litúrgicos.

The Sancrosanctum Concilium approaches the artistic aspects of architecture from the liturgy, while the Charter of Venice approaches the architectural space from the principles of heritage protection. Both emphasized simplicity, functionality and readability. The significance and the combined effect of the two documents in the practice of church construction in Eastern Europe can be considered significant, since the possibility of redesigning the liturgical space arose mainly in the context of the renovation of historic buildings in the atheist political environment. The proof of this statement is presented in the manuscript of the architect Ödön Dümmerling. The architect - a practitioner of monument restorations and an admirer of the spirit of modern architecture - was called upon to draw up design guide after the Second Vatican Council was closed, making recommendations for new equipment for liturgical spaces. ; La Sancrosanctum Concilium aborda los aspectos artísticos de la arquitectura desde la liturgia, mientras que la Carta de Venecia aborda el espacio arquitectónico desde los principios de protección del patrimonio. Ambos enfatizaron la simplicidad, la funcionalidad y la legibilidad. La importancia y el efecto combinado de los dos documentos en la práctica de la construcción de iglesias en Europa del Este pueden considerarse significativos, ya que la posibilidad de rediseñar el espacio litúrgico surgió principalmente en el contexto de la renovación de edificios históricos en el entorno político ateo. Una prueba de esto se presenta en el manuscrito del arquitecto Ödön Dümmerling. Este arquitecto, restaurador de monumentos y admirador del espíritu de la arquitectura moderna, fue llamado a elaborar una guía de diseño después de la clausura del Concilio Vaticano II, que hiciera recomendaciones para nuevos equipos en espacios litúrgicos.

The deployment of United States (US) Armed Forces personnel into the central Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga, which is highly-endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), resulted in thousands of cases of the acute form of this disease and greatly reduced their ability to carry out their mission. The major driving factor for the intensity of transmission was the aggressiveness and efficiency of the Aedes species mosquito vectors, especially the day-biting Ae. Polynesiensis. The paper reminds us of the danger that tropical diseases can pose for troops sent into endemic areas and constant and careful surveillance that is required to prevent rapid resurgence of Aedes-transmitted LF in populations, where the LF elimination program has been successful.