A celebration of Sir Martin’s life and his work, his passion, his philosophy, his favourite haunts, his humour and his humanity. Sir Martin is a scholar and an historian who, through his 88 books, has shown there is such a thing as “true history”.
“It is for the historian either to Say what happened or to say that he cannot discover it. To say, “Perhaps it was like this” is to mask a failure to get to the bottom of a problem: and failure in historical research is no crime. It is one of the hazards of the profession.”
October 7th – 80 years since the Auschwitz Revolt from Esther Gilbert
Photo: Martin’s map “Deportation and Revolt, October 1944”; the four Jewish girls who smuggled the explosives to those who blew up the crematorium were Roza Robota, Ala Gertner, Ester Wajcblum and Regina Safirsztajn; they were tortured and hung on 6 January 19...
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October 7
Photo: Theodor Herzl and his book “AltNeuLand” which is how he described the Land of Israel, as an Old and a New Land. 740 words / 3 ½ minute read This October 7th marks the 80th anniversary of the revolt in Auschwitz-Birkenau when brave Jewish prisoners started ...
Read more >>“Words were his most persuasive weapon”
Photo: The logo of the Morgan Library, New York City, which, in 2012, held an exhibit of 65 of Churchill’s speeches, artefacts and documents – many of which had been suggested by Sir Martin and was titled “Churchill, The Power of Words” 500 words / 2 ½ ...
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