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Dr Anna Hájková

@ankahajkova.bsky.social

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Holocaust, Jewish, feminist, and queer history. She/her. Ukraine stan. Author of The Last Ghetto

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · Jul 25

Three more months until People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust comes out @uoftpress.bsky.social and translated @williamrossjones.bsky.social
you can preorder below.
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 13h

Meine ganze Freude

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 19h

English language coverage on Filip Turek and his (partly deleted) social media posts
www.politico.eu/article/czec...

Czech government talks stall over offensive remarks linked to likely next foreign minister

Former MEP’s party threatens to walk away from talks to form a new government.

www.politico.eu

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 23h

And if she cannot file her travel expenses with her ministry, the Slovak minister of culture will sell the Donatello bust that she seized
www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra...

Šimkovičová měla v rámci cesty do USA pracovní program pouhý jeden den - Seznam Zprávy

Z informací poskytnutých slovenským ministerstvem kultury vyplývá, že pracovní program ministryně Šimkovičové zabral pouze jeden den ze šesti strávených v USA. Letenky a ubytování v hodnotě téměř půl ...

www.seznamzpravy.cz

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoying The Pierogi Problem a great deal, not least since it perfectly theorizes my eating out practice @ucpress.bsky.social 👏🏻

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

teaching can be draining, rest!

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Thomas Leurs @thomasleurs.bsky.social · 1d

Liebe Freunde Osteuropas! Der Journalist @arturweigandt.bsky.social hat sich seit der russischen Großinvasion so tiefgründig damit beschäftigt, wie nur wenige. Warum er mit dem Pazifismus gebrochen hat und er mit der Waffe sein Land verteidigen würde, erklärt er in seinem neuen Buch. 1/23

"Für euch würde ich kämpfen: Mein Bruch mit dem Pazifismus" von Artur Weigandt

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

Epistemological colonialism of the worst kind

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

Looking at you, @franceculture.fr

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder for the global journalists covering Czech politics is that Eastern Europe is a topic of its own.
Example: Babiš is not a „Berlusconi of Eastern Europe“ because that misses his work for the secret police pre 1989 and the fact that he is Slovak.

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

I am relieved to say that it no longer looks like Turek will be in the new government let alone foreign minister. (So painful to imagine him with David Lammy!) Maybe - let’s hope - this will also exclude the Motorists from the government altogether.

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 1d

Further analysis of Filip Turek, his deleted and standing social media posts:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

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News Podcast · Updated daily · Nestíháte sledovat nové události? Noviny a sociální sítě jsou plné jmen a fotek a vy nevíte proč? Zpravodajský podcast Českého rozhlasu Vinohradská 12, který připravuje ...

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Ukraine Solidarity Information @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social · 12d

Donate to support the work of the Mine workers Rescue Squad!
#solidarity #Ukraine #tradeunions

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Support Firefighters and Rescue Workers in Ukraine

Ukraine Solidarity Information is a solidarity group with Ukraine based in Canada. We are fundraising to help Ukrainian Fire Fighters and Rescue Workers.

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 2d

Peeling chestnuts: my idea of hell

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 2d

The potential Czech new minister of foreign affairs Filip Turek has a history of hate statements with full racism, homophobia, sexism, and making light of the Holocaust:

"Jeho profil obsahoval i zřejmé narážky na holokaust: „Židobolševikům nosí dárky Děda Mráz nebo Santa Klaus, mně Ježíšek, a když zlobím, tak já sám sobě sám a nebo mi naklade Hitler! V orlím hnízdě v tyto svaté dny pracuji na volném pokračování naší oblíbené, národní českoněmecké pohádky. Bude se jmenovat Tři vagonky pro Popelku,“ napsal se zřejmým odkazem na transporty do koncentračních táborů. „A následovat bude díl Tři komíny,“ dodal."

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 2d

This important documentary is on Iplayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 2d

thank you, I hope JTA will continue reporting on this case

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 2d

www.jta.org/2025/10/09/u...

Minneapolis synagogue targeted with antisemitic, pro-Hamas graffiti on Oct. 7 anniversary - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish and has attended services at Temple Israel, said the vandalism was "a reminder that hate still tries to find a foothold."

www.jta.org

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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 3d

RIP goddess

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

people.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 5d

❤️💯

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 5d

Wirklich es geht schon zurück

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 5d

What Yair says

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 6d

I have said this before.
If you don't have a track record of writing or acting against antisemitism, you're not in a position to write about "the weaponisation of antisemitism".

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 6d

excellent!

Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 6d

Fascinating conversation!

The Holocaust History Podcast @holocaustpod.bsky.social · 8d

New episode just dropped!

I talk with Hannah Pollin-Galay about the effect of the Holocaust on Yiddish. How does a language work during a genocide? How did Jews use language to make sense of the Holocaust?

This is a really fascinating conversation! thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...

Ep. 63- Yiddish and the Holocaust with Hannah Pollin-Galay - The Holocaust History Podcast

The Nazis’ physical war on Jews also had important cultural repercussions.  One of these was its assault on Yiddish.  The Holocaust not only murdered many Yiddish speakers and destroyed Yidd...

thhp.buzzsprout.com

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