Galloway Hoard
Coming out 5 September
The Galloway Hoard is an incredible Viking age Hoard found in 2014 by metal detectorists in Galloway, western Scotland, that has changed the way historians are thinking about Viking age Britain. Amongst the hundreds of objects discovered, there were many that were totally unique and unusual for a viking age hoard of this period (buried 900AD).
After years of conservation and research at National Museum of Scotland, a lot of the hoard went on display in 2021-2022. However, not all of the items found were able to be conserved and fully studied in time.
The “Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard Project” started in 2021, which is the second spell of research and conservation into the remaining few items. This is AHRC-funded. NMS are releasing their new findings on 1st Sept 2024 from the “Unwrapping” project.
History Hit are going to their collections centre to see the Hoard, meet the research and conservation team, and talk to Dr Martin Goldberg, Principal Investigator of the “Unwrapping” project.
Stalingrad: The Last Letters
Coming out 12 September
The German defeat at Stalingrad marked the psychological turning point of the Second World War.
But just 12 months earlier, soldiers of the Wehrmacht were eagerly awaiting the return of the new campaign season, confident that they would finally defeat Stalin’s forces and return home victorious.
What follows is a day-by-day account of the battle as told by the men who fought it – their experiences, documented in letters and diaries written on the front line, provide a unique insight into the struggle faced by those fighting for Hitler.
Many were dedicated “Nazis”, driven by ideology, willing standard-bearers of National Socialism. Others were ordinary family men conscripted and forced to fight for a criminal regime.
It’s through their words that we will experience the horrors of Stalingrad.
