http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/d-day/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/remembrance-of-things-past-history-without-an-airbrush/ In the town of Caen, in Normandy, is one of the most remarkable museums I’ve ever visited. I went there in 1994, the week of the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day, and what I remember most clearly about the Memorial de Caen – the Caen Peace Museum – is the long spiral ramp down which you must walk to enter it. You can read about it here: or if your French is up to it, take a virtual tour here: but nothing will really reproduce the experience of walking in person down the spiral of history that led to world war and genocide. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/remembrance-of-things-past-history-without-an-airbrush/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/remembrance-of-things-past-history-without-an-airbrush/#item284 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Sixty five years ago today, Europe was enslaved by the greatest tyranny. Proud nations were in chains. Millions were dying in camps, such as Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-liberation-of-a-planet-d-day-65-years-on/ Sixty five years ago today, Europe was enslaved by the greatest tyranny. Proud nations were in chains. Millions were dying in camps, such as Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-liberation-of-a-planet-d-day-65-years-on/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-liberation-of-a-planet-d-day-65-years-on/#item249 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Sixty five years ago today, Europe was enslaved by the greatest tyranny. Proud nations were in chains. Millions were dying in camps, such as Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen.