This film documents the poignant and anguished stories of descendants of the Nazis, who confront their family’s past and communicate their most profound feelings of guilt by inheritance.
In this drama set in a concentration camp, a group of new inmates unsure of their appointed fates begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering.
After WWII, a migration of African Americans from the rural South to the North took place. Four million black people created a dynamic urban culture outside the South, changing America forever.
Leon Bass, a retired educator who as a young African American soldier entered Buchenwald shortly after its liberation, reflects on his life experiences fighting racism in this memoir.
An interview with General Romeo Dallaire, the leader of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, provides an overview of the genocide and elaborates upon the failure of prevention.
A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.
This Frontline special takes viewers inside the private worlds kids are creating online, raising important questions about how the Internet is transforming the experience of adolescence.
Inspire your students with hope in times of uncertainty by reading the stories of extraordinary visionaries in Hearts on Fire. This guide to teaching the book will deepen students’ investigation of the lives, choices, and motivations of the Visionaries and challenge students to think critically about how they can make a difference in their own communities.
In this interview, Alfons Heck recalls his experience as a high-ranking member of the Hitler Youth, discussing the importance of peer pressure and propaganda to Hitler’s ability to recruit children.