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"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).
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.
December 13, 1937 Gallery
The beginning of the Nanjing Atrocities occurred with the Imperial Japanese Army’s occupation of the then capital city of China, Nanjing. These images capture the early days of the military occupation as well as offer a geographic orientation to the city confines.
Expressions of Imperialism Gallery
The images in this gallery explore Japan’s imperialist pursuits and economic expansion into China through different visual mediums.
Lesson 13: The Power of Propaganda/Formative Task
From A Teacher's Guide to Holocaust and Human Behavior: Five-Week Unit Outline, students analyze the following propaganda images used by the Nazis.
Meiji Period in Japan Gallery
The Meiji Period in Japan (1868-1912) included many institutional reforms attempting both to modernize as well as maintain their sovereignty. These images document efforts of modernization most evident in the military, civil government, education, and cultural institutions.
Propaganda Posters
Have students analyze these examples of Nazi propaganda using the Crop It teaching strategy.
Speech by President Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
This is an audio recording of President Lincoln's second inaugural address (March 4, 1865).
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.
The Changing Geography of the Ottoman Empire (1300–1920)
Maps showing the growth and contraction of territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1300 through 1920.
The Nanjing Atrocities Gallery of Maps
View maps related to our featured collection The Nanjing Atrocities.
The Road to War Gallery
The images in this gallery capture significant military and political shifts that occurred in both China and Japan in the decades preceding the outbreak of war in July 1937.