Examine the international tribunal held by the Allies at the end of World War II that tried and sentenced Japanese leaders for war crimes.
Examine the international tribunal held by the Allies at the end of World War II that tried and sentenced Japanese leaders for war crimes.
Read excerpts from the testimonies of Nomonde Calata, widow of political leader Fort Calata, and Johan van Zyl, the officer who oversaw Calata’s murder, during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Learn how the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada addresses the cycle by which trauma and violence is passed from one generation to another.
Learn about the formation of the United Nations and the principles outlined in its charter.
Examine the history of the United States' entrance into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Learn about the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in its creation.
Read Abba Kovner’s treatise urging the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto to rise up and resist the Nazis.
Consider why countries including the United States refused to accept Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis who sought escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.
Learn about the meeting of German officials in 1942 to coordinate the "Final Solution," Nazi Germany's plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe.
Examine how Nazi Germany's army targeted both the Polish army and the people of Poland as it waged war.
Build your understanding of the Nazis’ devastating treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation.
Learn about the largest act of resistance by Jews against the Nazis, mounted by prisoners of the Warsaw ghetto.