A recording of the Heritage Horizon webinar given on 15th October 2025. The recording will be available to view until 15th November 2026.

This webinar discusses how as an approach to difficult heritage, the IBCC Digital Archive’s ethos of remembrance, recognition, and reconciliation led to the comprehensive way in which items are catalogued and described in the archive. In keeping with these values, the IBCC Digital Archive focuses on people’s stories of the bombing war in Europe (1939-1945), from multiple perspectives: on the ground and in the air, military and civilian, and on both sides of the conflict. The IBCC Digital Archive consists of more than 40,000 documents in 2,500 collections. Content includes interviews with eyewitnesses, personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia.

About the speaker

Dan Ellin is the archivist for the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive housed at the University of Lincoln. A Social and Cultural historian, he became interested in Bomber Command after working in a warehouse that used to be an aircraft hangar. His research examines the lives and emotions of the men and women who served in the RAF during the Second World War, and how the bombing war is remembered.