New: NIOD Rewind Flash
Published on 24 February 2025
In the first episode of a special NIOD Rewind series called Flash, Anne van Mourik speaks with historian Dr. Anne-Lise Bobeldijk (NIOD) about how president Trump and president Putin are exploiting World War II history to support their current political strategies.
In this short 10-minute episode, we explore how the past is being reshaped to influence the present, from Trump’s comments on US-Soviet cooperation to Putin’s manipulation of history to justify his war in Ukraine. Listen to the this NIOD Rewind Flash via the link below or via your favorite podcast platform.
On the photo below, 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Sylvashko, Red Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Soviet and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on Elbe Day, the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River (April 1945, Wikimedia Commons).
Special thanks go to thank Nanci Adler, Eveline Buchheim and Ferdinand Sluiter for their contributions to the making of this episode.
