unit 3 | Facing History & Ourselves

unit 3

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Designing Destruction: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Former Soviet Territory

Joshua Rubenstein, associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, describes the gradual evolution of Hitler's master plan for the "Jews of Europe" and how this unfolded within German-occupied Soviet territory.

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Benjamin Ferencz: Watcher of the Sky

This film focuses on Benjamin Ferencz, a former prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials who is dedicated to preventing mass atrocities.

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Surviving a Massacre

In this graphic testimony, Holocaust survivor Zvi Michaeli describes realizing that he survived after the Jewish community of Eishyshok, Lithuania was murdered by the Nazis.

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Choosing Cruelty: The Psychology of Perpetrators

Social psychologist James Edward Waller describes the importance of studying perpetrator behavior.

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Step By Step: Phases of the Holocaust

Scholar Doris Bergen describes the phases of events that led to the Holocaust.

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Not In Our Town: Billings, Montana

This short excerpt from the film “Not In Our Town” shows how ordinary citizens in Billings, Montana joined together to stand up to hate when their neighbors were under attack by white supremacists.

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Introduction to the Jewish Partisans

Former Jewish partisans discuss the goals, challenges, and personal motives of the Jews who resisted the Germans.

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Heil Hitler: Confessions of a Hitler Youth

Alfons Heck recalls how he became a high-ranking member of the Hitler Youth. He talks about the importance of peer pressure and propaganda to Hitler's ability to recruit eight million German children to participate in the "war effort."

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Obedience: The Milgram Experiment

This documentary describes the social science experiment known as The Milgram Experiment.

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Preparing for the Kindertransport

Vera Gissing, a Holocaust survivor from Czechoslovakia, recalls how her family prepared her for the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that brought thousands of Jewish refugee children to Great Britain.

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Passing the Torch of Memory: The Importance of Survivor Testimony

Holocaust survivors and their families talk about the importance of survivor testimony.

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Nuremberg Remembered

This film explores the Nuremberg Trials using both archival footage and recent interviews.

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Conventional Revolution: Raphael Lemkin and the Crime Without a Name

Scholar Donna-Lee Frieze chronicles the life and work of Raphael Lemkin.