THE HIPPIE HISTORIAN

The modern memorial takes many forms. From your standard statue erected by a municipal government to curated exhibits in a museum and...

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is actually fairly new. Built between 2003 and 2004, this memorial serves as one of the most...

“Together we stand. Divided we fall.”- Pink Floyd, The Wall Today, Germany stands as one of (if not the) world’s most modern...

Day three in Amsterdam started with a tour of the Anne Frank House- the part of the trip I’d been looking forward to most. Growing up in...

Four days ago we flew from Iceland to the Netherlands and landed at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. I sometimes think I was supposed to be...

On the fourth day in Iceland, Ryan and I paid a visit to the famous Blue Lagoon. Unfortunately, the main lagoon was closed for...

Covering somebody else’s work is no small challenge- doing justice to their work, making it your own and somehow making it appeal to...

Day three in Iceland was awesome. We spent most of the day climbing mountains and waterfalls for some of the best views of my life....

Our second day in Iceland started perfectly with a traditional Icelandic Breakfast at the Alba House, where we were staying. Fresh,...

Four days ago we landed in Keflavik, Iceland! After a 2h40m flight where I was lucky enough to score a front row seat (hello leg room) we...

It’s been a long and exciting few days! After a teary goodbye with my parents at the airport, I boarded my flight. Seven and a half...

Hello historians and peace lovers alike…or anybody who happens to come across this blog. This post isn’t particularly interesting but it...

July 23rd 1967 marked the ultimate clash of racial tensions in Detroit that had been building up for decades. When armed policemen...

I’ve been thinking about writing a blog about the Syrian refugee crisis for a few weeks now in reaction to some borderline racist posts...

Heinrich Hoffmann is a man rarely discussed outside the realm of Holocaust historians and yet he was imperative to the shaping of...

Abuse in the history of the music industry isn’t hard to find. Abuse of power. Abuse of money. Abuse of connections. Between music...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of John McCrae’s poem, In Flanders Fields. As a poem that every Canadian elementary student has...

I want to talk rock and roll history. Let’s look at the ground-breaking, earth-shattering and super weird. Below, you’ll find seven of...

When you’re studying the Holocaust, it’s easy to get swept away in the thousands of perpetrators and victims. It’s easy to lose sight of...

I stood below it. A massive black shadow covered me as I looked up at one of the world’s most deadly aircraft of the Second World War. ...