Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
Examine firsthand reports of the theft committed against Jews during the chaos and violence of Kristallnacht (Spanish available).
Consider important questions about borders in the modern world with this article from National Geographic.
Learn about the refugee crisis that developed in the immediate aftermath of World War I.
Explore the stories of three German ministers who chose to speak out against the Nazis’ "euthanasia" program.
Investigate different examples of protest and resistance by Germans against the Nazi regime in the 1940s, including the White Rose resistance group (Spanish available).
Rape has always been a weapon of war. But until recently it was neglected as a crime worthy of prosecution on its own. During the Nanjing Atrocities young and old women were repeatedly violated by Japanese Imperial troops. While definitive numbers are difficult to pin down because of the nature of the crime, tens of thousands of rapes were documented, witnessed, and reported.
Learn about lawyer and activist Raphael Lemkin's efforts to make the world recognize mass murder as an international crime.
Learn how the German government exploited the wealth and resources of occupied countries during World War II.
Examine how the world responded to Hitler’s first acts of military aggression, including Germany’s remilitarization of the Rhineland.
The Hundred Days’ Reform also coincided with an upsurge of anti-Western sentiment in the north of China directed, in part, at the growth of missionary settlements. Every major Christian denomination established a range of educational and church-affiliated institutions across the country after the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
Read about two men's refusals to pledge their allegiance to the Nazis and the consequences they faced (Spanish available).