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Holocaust
Choosing to Rescue
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.
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Eboo Patel on Collaborating across Differences
Interfaith leader Eboo Patel talks about what it takes to build a healthy, religiously diverse democracy.
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Explainer: Political Polarization in the United States
This Explainer defines the term political polarization and provides information on how it impacts US politics and society.
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Race in US History
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Explainer: White Nationalism
This explainer describes key characteristics of white nationalist ideology and clarifies related key-terms, such as “alt-right” and “white power.”
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John Carey on the Rule of Law
Political scientist John Carey discusses the importance of the rule of law in making democracy work.
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Let The World Know!
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.
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Lost in Translation
Rapper Ruby Ibarra reflects on her Filipino-American experience and the role of language in this spoken-word poem.
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The Battle of Cable Street
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.
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The Bear That Wasn't
Images from Frank Tashlin's children’s book The Bear that Wasn’t, used in Facing History's reading of the same name.
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Holocaust
The Mission's Beginning
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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