Learn about the hundreds of anti-Jewish laws and measures passed in Germany during the first three years of World War II.
Learn about the hundreds of anti-Jewish laws and measures passed in Germany during the first three years of World War II.
Read statements from Japanese diplomats rationalizing the brutality of Japanese troops in China.
Examine a 1938 poll that reveals the public opinion in the United States toward the Jewish refugee crisis.
Learn about a group of local residents who provide food to migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States.
Explore rescue during the Holocaust with the story of a community in Southern France that sheltered and hid thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution (Spanish available).
With Emperor Meiji’s ascension to the throne in 1867, Japan theoretically restored power to the emperor, but because he was only 15 years old he had little governing power. Instead, the power rested with the new government consisting of a small, close-knit cabinet of advisers. This new cabinet immediately began implementing a series of reforms to both strengthen and unify Japan. One of their largest concerns was that Japan would not be able to regain its sovereignty if it did not modernize. With the recent display of the superior armament of the United States military with Commodore Perry in 1853, such concerns were not unfounded.
Consider the connection between the refugee crisis facing Europe in 2016 and the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust.
Learn about the mass shootings and massacres of Jews by German forces at Babi Yar, Kiev, and other Baltic territories.
Examine excerpts from Hitler’s speech to the Reichstag in 1939 in which he set forth his vision of the world’s future.