Article Friends in a Cold Climate in Journal for Oral History

woensdag 30 oktober 2024 – The project “Friends in a Cold Climate”, about city twinning and youth exchanges in the turbulent 60s and 70s, is described in detail in the Oral History Journal Autumn 2024 vol. 52.

The city of Schiedam once participated in these international exchanges. Perhaps an idea to pick up the old idea again to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the municipality of Schiedam? It may also be relevant for the future, looking at the divisions in Europe. Historian Timothy Snyder indeed describes a method in “On Freedom” that seems to connect with what happened then in the 60s/70s. Boomers overturned the existing social relations. See also the interviews: https://ssh.datastations.nl/dataverse/root/?q=friends+cold