Genocide Archives

Ustaše in Australia: the “Citadel” of a Fascist Legacy

by History Guild | Oct 22, 2025 | Political and Economic History, Social and Cultural History | 0

Reading time: 14 minutes
Between 1947 and 1952, for 170,000 non-Jewish “displaced persons,” Australia offered a chance to exit the dark, harrowing night of World War II in Europe. Many of these were hungry, traumatised, seeking peace and shelter, a place to work and rebuild. But with them came the kind of settlers which populate nightmares: war criminals, outright fascists, and aiders and abettors of the Nazi regime and its puppets in Eastern Europe.

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, three decades after the genocide it failed to stop

by History Guild | Sep 25, 2025 | Military History, Political and Economic History, Social and Cultural History | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
Dispatched with a fatally timid mission, many ordinary U.N. soldiers in Rwanda took extraordinary actions, using diplomacy, cultural awareness and community engagement. Their actions saved close to 30,000 lives, according to Romeo Dallaire, who led the U.N.’s deployment in Rwanda. Learning from what actually worked on this famously failed mission can save lives in the future.