Three adults from different perspectives reflect on their experiences growing up in Germany under Hitler.
Sociologist Nechama Tec explores the story of one woman, Stefa Dworek - a Polish Christian - and her motivation to shelter a Jewish woman during the Holocaust. If caught rescuing a Jew during this time, Stefa would have faced imprisonment or worse. Yet about 2 percent of the Polish Christian population chose to hide Jews in a nation known for its long history of antisemitism.
Interfaith leader Eboo Patel talks about what it takes to build a healthy, religiously diverse democracy.
Political scientist John Carey discusses the importance of the rule of law in making democracy work.
Two Jews meet with a Polish courier during the Grossaktion Warsaw in summer 1942, imploring him to tell the world what was happening to Jews.
Have students analyze these examples of Nazi propaganda using the Crop It teaching strategy.
This is an audio recording of President Lincoln's second inaugural address (March 4, 1865).
Explore images from the Battle of Cable Street of 1936, when thousands in East London stood in solidarity against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.
Images from Frank Tashlin's children’s book The Bear that Wasn’t, used in Facing History's reading of the same name.
Maps showing the growth and contraction of territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1300 through 1920.
Waitstill Sharp describes how he and and his wife, Martha, were asked to begin relief work in Czechoslovakia aiding refugees from Nazi occupation.
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The story of Calvin Chew Wong is representative of the idea of generational history passed down that is explored in the reading To Carry History. It took four first generation immigrants of the Wong Family to come to settle in America before a second generation Wong was born on American soil. From Calvin’s family line, he, Calvin Chew Wong was the first generation to emigrate to America, his son Michael Wong was the first second generation to be born, and his grandson Justin Matsuura was the first third generation to be born to the Wong Family. Now there are three generations of Calvin Wong’s line who are living in America.