JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
A NUMBER of books deal with the German resistance to Hitler but only a few with resistance from the working-class and labour movement, with British communist Allen Merson's pioneering Communist Resistance in nazi Germany the best example.
These two books, published in one volume by Community Languages, can now be added to that list.
DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
NICK MATTHEWS recalls how the ideals of socialism and the holding of goods in common have an older provenance than you might think
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI


