Germany [1933-1945]
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America and the HolocaustThis study guide accompanies the documentary America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference and offers a disturbing look at the choices Americans made at a time when the Germans were labeling, isolating, humiliating, and eventually murdering European Jews and others they considered "undesirable. | Publication | 01/24/2008 - 16:49 |
Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio
This outline explores the connections between media, propaganda, and mass violence. During the Rwandan genocide, hate radio and music was used to incite violence and atrocities on a massive scale. Recent attempts at seeking justice in the aftermath of these tragedies have resulted in the first prosecutions since Nuremberg of propagandists. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:05 |
Defining Community: The Universe of Obligation
This outline invites students to
explore the concept of a "universe of obligation," and provides several
contemporary examples of how this concept can influence individual and
collective behavior. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:58 |
Educator Leon Bass Speaks about RacismLeon Bass, a retired educator, speaks to students at the John D. Runkle Elementary School in Brookline, MA. He shares how his experiences in the armed forces and as an eyewitness at Buchenwald affected his outlook on racism and injustice once he returned to the United States after World War II. | Video Clip | 06/19/2008 - 10:55 |
Elements of TimeElements of Time serves as a companion to the Facing History video collection of Holocaust testimonies. The companion manual describes the context for and content of video testimonies dealing with a wide range of themes pertinent to the study of the Holocaust and human behavior. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:20 |
Exploring Nazi Propaganda and the Hitler Youth Movement
This lesson outline intends to look at different forms of Nazi Propaganda, and to use the German Propaganda Archive,
housed at Calvin College, to explore how the Nazis employed propaganda
within the Hitler Youth movement. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 17:58 |
Exploring Obedience: Germany under the Nazis
This outline offers several ways
for students to examine the critical decisions facing German youth and
citizens during the 1930s. The question of whether or not one pledged
an oath of allegiance to the Nazi Party presented citizens with a
decision that not only affected themselves, but their families and
communities. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 18:00 |
From Modern Art to Degenerate ArtIn 1937, Germany's National Socialist government seized over 16,000 modernist artworks by over 1,400 artists from German public museums and displayed over 650 of them in the Entartete Kunst, or Degenerate Art exhibition. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 19:54 |
German State Railway Confronts Holocaust Role(The Guardian, January 24, 2008) The article "German State Railway Confronts Holocaust Role" suggests that many in Germany are still wrestling with their country's participation in the death of millions of innocent people. | Facing Today | 03/14/2008 - 16:50 |
Germany Confronts Holocaust Legacy AnewJanuary 30th marks the 75th anniversary of Hitler taking power in Germany. At this milestone, many people seek to better understand how the Nazi Party came to power as they take stock of the ways we remember Hitler's rule today. | Facing Today | 03/14/2008 - 16:41 |
