Revised in 2018, this one-week curriculum introduces students to the history of the Holocaust and the choices of individuals, groups, and nations that contributed to genocide.
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World Responses
"Miss American"
Arch Oboler’s 1938 radio play, performed by Katharine Hepburn, pleaded with American audiences to offer more aid to Jewish refugee children. It aired as the country debated over the Wagner-Rogers Bill (Joint Resolution 64).
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Media Literacy
Race in US History
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
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Pre-war Jewish Life
A Day in Warsaw
This short documentary captures the spirit of Jewish life in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II.
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Holocaust
Perpetrators and Mass Murder
Trials and Justice
A Plea for Humanity: The Einsatzgruppen on Trial
Benjamin Ferencz, International Law Scholar and Former Nuremberg Prosecutor, shares his experience as Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the Einsatzgruppen commanders.
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World Responses
Expanding the Third Reich
A Sinister Alliance: Soviet-German Relations 1939–1941
Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Absil Walter - Blood Libel
Holocaust survivor Absil Walter recalls the blood libel myth’s impact on his community.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Absil Walter - Blood Libel (Spanish subtitles)
Absil Walter, sobreviviente del Holocausto, recuerda el impacto que el mito del libelo de sangre tuvo en su comunidad.
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Holocaust
Resistance
Transforming Germany in the 1930s
Acting on Faith: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Protest Against National Socialism - Victoria Barnett
Dr. Victoria Barnett speaks about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who took a stand against the Nazis.
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Holocaust
Legacy
Almost Lost: The Heinemann Legacy (Before, During, and After the Holocaust)
This film explores how one family found restitution and healing after coming together for a ceremony to loan items looted by the Nazis from their descendant Marcus Heinemann back to Museum Lüneburg.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
American Creed Introduction with Condoleezza Rice and David Kennedy
In this clip from the documentary American Creed, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and historian David Kennedy discuss the essential questions that the film focuses on.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
American Creed: A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades, Tea Party and MoveOn
In this clip from American Creed, Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, and Joan Blades, co-founder of Moveon.org, engage in a conversation with the goal of fostering understanding through civil discourse.
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