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  1. 🧵 15/21

    I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

    I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

    All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

    #Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

    islamicart.museumwnf.org/datab

  2. 🧵 15/21

    I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

    I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

    All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

    #Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

    islamicart.museumwnf.org/datab

  3. 🧵 15/21

    I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

    I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

    All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

    #Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

    islamicart.museumwnf.org/datab

  4. 🧵 15/21

    I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

    I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

    All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

    #Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

    islamicart.museumwnf.org/datab

  5. 🧵 15/21

    I visited the Army Museum in Stockholm not because I have a special interest in military history, but on account of much of the history of early modern Sweden being a history of a state organized around war fighting. My visit to the museum helped me understand this history a little better.

    I was also most interested to see the display on Sweden before and during the Second World War; this includes a special section on Raoul Wallenberg, the businessman and diplomat who saved a large number of Hungarian Jews from murder by the Nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross allies. This floor of the museum also has some fascinating material on espionage and counter espionage in Sweden during the war years. I am not well informed enough to know how well the museum treats the acquiescence of the Swedish government to the demands of the Nazi regime; certainly, the movement of German troops by rail across Sweden to Norway is mentioned, but I don't really know how fully and fairly that and related topics are explored. I'd be interested to know how much this difficult and sensitive period is discussed in Swedish classrooms and in the media.

    All of the above I had expected to see, but what came as a total but delightful surprise was a magnificent 17th century Ottoman tent.

    #Sweden #Stockholm #ArmyMuseum #History #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #Ottoman #17thCentury #20thCentury

    islamicart.museumwnf.org/datab

  6. Váh (Slovakia: river), 1920
    Spa Piešťany: Hôtel Thermia
    Regional Geography, Spas, Health Resorts, Rivers, Wooden Bridges
    Graphic, Local Postcards
    Olga Herzog

    From Digital Library and Digital Archive of Slovak National Library
    https://dikda.snk.sk/view/uuid:043bba9e-5cba-4e33-…

    #Slovakia #Slovensko #SVK #SK #history #image #photography #photo #postcards #postcard #map #maps #retro #photos

  7. Váh (Slovakia: river), 1920
    Spa Piešťany: Hôtel Thermia
    Regional Geography, Spas, Health Resorts, Rivers, Wooden Bridges
    Graphic, Local Postcards
    Olga Herzog

    From Digital Library and Digital Archive of Slovak National Library
    https://dikda.snk.sk/view/uuid:043bba9e-5cba-4e33-…

    #Slovakia #Slovensko #SVK #SK #history #image #photography #photo #postcards #postcard #map #maps #retro #photos

  8. Váh (Slovakia: river), 1920
    Spa Piešťany: Hôtel Thermia
    Regional Geography, Spas, Health Resorts, Rivers, Wooden Bridges
    Graphic, Local Postcards
    Olga Herzog

    From Digital Library and Digital Archive of Slovak National Library
    https://dikda.snk.sk/view/uuid:043bba9e-5cba-4e33-…

    #Slovakia #Slovensko #SVK #SK #history #image #photography #photo #postcards #postcard #map #maps #retro #photos

  9. Douglas under the Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs), Oxford, UK

    On a typical rainy autumn day in Oxford. It looks more like the Rialto Bridge in Venice, but the name has stuck.

    Photo by Rosanne Welch

    welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/20

    Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch

    #architecture #bridge #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel

  10. Douglas under the Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs), Oxford, UK

    On a typical rainy autumn day in Oxford. It looks more like the Rialto Bridge in Venice, but the name has stuck.

    Photo by Rosanne Welch

    welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/20

    Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch

    #architecture #bridge #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel

  11. Douglas under the Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs), Oxford, UK

    On a typical rainy autumn day in Oxford. It looks more like the Rialto Bridge in Venice, but the name has stuck.

    Photo by Rosanne Welch

    welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/20

    Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch

    #architecture #bridge #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel

  12. Douglas under the Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs), Oxford, UK

    On a typical rainy autumn day in Oxford. It looks more like the Rialto Bridge in Venice, but the name has stuck.

    Photo by Rosanne Welch

    welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/20

    Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch

    #architecture #bridge #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel

  13. Douglas under the Hertford Bridge (Bridge of Sighs), Oxford, UK

    On a typical rainy autumn day in Oxford. It looks more like the Rialto Bridge in Venice, but the name has stuck.

    Photo by Rosanne Welch

    welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/20

    Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch

    #architecture #bridge #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel

  14. @classicalmusic
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

    Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Richard Lewis, tenor
    Kim Borg, bass
    BBC Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Live rec. February 1961

    youtube.com/watch?v=IauVNjz5oqU

    #music #classic #concert #history

  15. @classicalmusic
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

    Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Richard Lewis, tenor
    Kim Borg, bass
    BBC Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Live rec. February 1961

    youtube.com/watch?v=IauVNjz5oqU

    #music #classic #concert #history

  16. @classicalmusic
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

    Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Richard Lewis, tenor
    Kim Borg, bass
    BBC Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Live rec. February 1961

    youtube.com/watch?v=IauVNjz5oqU

    #music #classic #concert #history

  17. @classicalmusic
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

    Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Richard Lewis, tenor
    Kim Borg, bass
    BBC Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Live rec. February 1961

    youtube.com/watch?v=IauVNjz5oqU

    #music #classic #concert #history

  18. @classicalmusic
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

    Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Richard Lewis, tenor
    Kim Borg, bass
    BBC Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Live rec. February 1961

    youtube.com/watch?v=IauVNjz5oqU

    #music #classic #concert #history