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The book tells about the Russian Orthodox community in Luxembourg, which exists since 1929. The historical overview covers the path of the White emigration through Eastern Europe to the Grand Duchy, the establishment of the Russian colony in Mertert and Wiltz, and the renovation of the parish after the church was built in 1982.

The aim of the Bachelor's thesis is to examine how national socialist principles about human reproduction and "racial purity" impacted the female inmates in the penal institution in Saarbrücken, Germany. Over 200 personal files of German women accused of illegal abortion were examined for this study. The thesis also elaborates on conceptions of womanhood, sexuality and medical misconceptions as well as the impact of the social strata of the affected women.

Die deutschen Einwanderer prägten Saint Petersburg seit der Gründung der Stadt am Anfang des 18. Jh. Im Ersten Weltkrieg erlebte deren Gemeinde starke Diskriminierung, was zur Auswanderung der Deutschen führte. Jedoch die deutsche Schule (die erste Schule der Stadt überhaupt) gibt es auch heute, 300 Jahre später.

A review of Claire Clivaz, Jérôme Meizoz, François Vallotton, et Joseph Verheyden, éds. Lire demain: Des manuscrits antiques à l’ère digitale [Reading Tomorrow: From Ancient Manuscripts to the Digital Era]. (Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012). 978-2-88074-958-3.

AXES, Access for Audiovisual Archives, is a research project developing tools for new engaging ways to interact with audiovisual libraries, integrating advanced audio and video analysis technologies. The presented prototype is targeted at academic researchers and journalists. The tool allows them to search and retrieve video segments through metadata, audio analysis, as well as visual concepts and similarity searches. Presented here is a user-based vision on the research-oriented tool provided by AXES.