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Stephen Shapiro

@shapirostephen

Oct 31, 2023

#Halloween marks the anniversary of Europe's first act of ethnic cleansing.

With the 1290 Edict of Expulsion, Edward I banished all Jews (roughly 3000) from England in return for Parliament's permission to raise a tax of £116,000 – the largest single tax of the Middle Ages.
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Not until Cromwell in 1656 were Jews allowed to return to England.

The Edict only had force in England. Scotland being free from English State repression.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury issued a formal "act of repentance", on the 800th anniversary of the Synod of Oxford in 1222, which passed a set of laws that restricted Jews' rights to engage with Christians in England.

3/theguardian.com/world/2022/may…

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Stephen Shapiro

@shapirostephen

Nov 9, 2022

@CAPASHeidelberg

In memory of #kristalnacht, a short thread on #heidelberg's nazi-era history, tourist charm, and the righteous need for academic boycotts.

Remember folks, "every document of culture is a document of barbarism."
@CAPASHeidelberg @DanielABarber @anitchang
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Every tourist to #Heidelberg sees the New University Building in University Square.
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@CAPASHeidelberg

I gave my @CAPASHeidelberg lecture here last year, as does every other fellow, in a lecture hall named for American alumni.
But few know it’s dark #nazi history.
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Stephen Shapiro

@shapirostephen

May 3, 2022

@CAPASHeidelberg

This is a thread about #heidelberg history, which typically combines the commemorative of progressive politics against the city's spießig (petit bourgeois meanness) history.
Trattoria Toscana stands at Marktplatz 1.
@CAPASHeidelberg folks often eat here after our lectures.
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In the 19th century, this was the location of the Schwanen-Apotheke (not to be confused with the contemporary Schwan Apotheke on Hauptstr).

More than just a drug store, it was a pharmaceutical institute, an independent site of scientific discovery.
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The Schwan-Apotheke was created by Georg Friedrich Walz (1813-62).

Walz was an ardent socialist and had participated in the failed Revolution of 1848.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Fri…
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Stephen Shapiro

@shapirostephen

Mar 25, 2022

shortly before I leave Heidelberg, I made it up into the Honor Cemetery, a Nazi project in 1934 where WWI soldiers were exhumed and moved into a new ceremonial space.
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The photos don't adequately convey the monumental landscaping, where the eye is drawn to a stone plinth and then beyond.

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reverse shot

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Stephen Shapiro

@shapirostephen

Apr 15, 2021

@actupny

I want to commemorate Kenneth Jacobson, who recently passed at 92.
Like many I knew Ken from @actupny, where he calmly chaired the tempestuous Treatment & Data committee during my time.
Ken's in the black jacket here;
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ACT UP was one of the rare American organisations where people didn't ask immediately what your "profession" was, so many were unaware that Ken was an accomplished composer, including a song that Sinatra choose for his standard book: "Golden Moment"

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@ColbyCollege

There's been no obituary for Ken, but here's an oral interview from his undergrad @ColbyCollege
mainejews.org/docs/Colby/Ken…
It's painful, though to me that even as late as 2010, Ken was asked (and graciously let pass by) questions like this:
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