Meilan Solly
Senior Associate Digital Editor, History at Smithsonian Magazine
senior associate digital editor, history @smithsonianmag
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2 weeks ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Meilan Solly
A new exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London chronicles the German camp complex’s history, from its origins housing prisoners of war to its afterlife holding displaced persons In the final months of World War II, as the Allies advanced on Berlin, the Nazis evacuated tens of thousands of Jewish prisoners from concentration camps in Central and Eastern Europe to Bergen-Belsen, a camp in northern Germany.
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3 weeks ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Meilan Solly |K. Annabelle Smith
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the Royal Air Force relied on top-secret radar
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1 month ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Meilan Solly
History | Based on Hilary Mantel’s novel “The Mirror & the Light,” the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles the last four years of the statesman’s life The final years of Henry VIII’s reign were a dark period for Tudor England: a time when a queen could be beheaded on trumped-up charges of treason, and a longtime friend of the king could meet that same fate simply for staying silent.
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2 months ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Mike Dash |Meilan Solly
History | The discovery of a body on Somerton Beach in 1948 sparked theories that the dead man, now believed to be Carl Webb, was a Soviet spy, a ballet dancer or a jilted lover Around 7 p.m. on the warm evening of November 30, 1948, jeweler John Bain Lyons and his wife went for a stroll on Somerton Beach, a seaside resort a few miles south of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
smithsonianmag.com | Meilan Solly
After 443 days, Washington, D.C.’s panda drought has finally come to an end. Beginning this Friday, January 24, giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are officially on view to the public at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI). The 3-year-old bears arrived in Washington this past October, undergoing a quarantine period before making their debut.
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