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Chapter 1
Austria: Hitler’s balcony
Austria has an uneasy relationship with its Nazi past. One important element of that process is dealing with buildings and sites associated with the terror of that era.
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Chapter 2
Richmond, Virginia: Monument Avenue
We cast our eyes to the US and how the country has memorialised its history of slavery and oppression through monuments to Confederate figures.
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Chapter 3
Montevideo: Miguelete prison
In Uruguay, an overcrowded prison in Montevideo that stood abandoned for years when it closed has become an unexpected and bustling modern arts hub.
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Chapter 4
Yugoslavia: Tito’s bunker
During the cold war, countries scrambled to build command posts which could survive an atomic explosion. The bunker known as the Ark was built for the former leader of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito.
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