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Questions de complicité : La France et l’occupation nazie
Aliza Luft parle des changements qui ont eu lieu en France lorsque les nazis ont envahi le pays en 1940.
Race: The Power of an Illusion (The Difference Between Us)
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The first episode in the three-part series Race: The Power of an Illusion explores if differences exist in biological variation on the basis of race.
Race: The Power of an Illusion (The House We Live In)
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The final episode of the three-part series "Race: The Power of an Illusion" focuses on the ways our institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of others.
Race: The Power of an Illusion (The Story We Tell)
The second episode in the three-part series Race: The Power of an Illusion questions the belief that race has always been with us.
Rachel Auerbach and Jewish Life in Warsaw between the Wars
In this clip from the feature documentary "Who Will Write Our History," Rachel Auerbach, a leading member of the Oyneg Shabes, describes the richness of Jewish life in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Genocide Convention)
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This film, created in partnership between Propeller Films and Facing History & Ourselves from the feature length film Watchers of the Sky, focuses on lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s efforts to develop an international law.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Introduction)
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This film, from the feature length movie Watchers of the Sky, focuses on Raphael Lemkin and some of his personal story as well as what became the focus of his life’s work.
Reconciling Identities after the War
Romana Farrington, whose Jewish parents arranged for her to be raised by a Polish Catholic family during the Holocaust, describes how her wartime experience impacts her identity.
Reconstruction and the Meaning of Freedom
Hasan Kwame Jeffries and George Lipsitz discuss Reconstruction and the meaning of freedom.
Refusing Passengers Aboard the St. Louis
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains how World War II and the Holocaust changed how we think about refugees today.
Remembering the Past: Sonia Weitz's History
Sonia Weitz speaks about her experiences before and during the Holocaust.