Dr. Richard Hovannisian, professor of Near Eastern Studies at UCLA, speaks about the radicalization of the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire from 1908-1914.
Scholar Beth Van Schaack discusses General Matsui Iwane’s involvement in the Nanjing atrocities.
This brief film provides an introduction to Facing History's suite of videos exploring the history of the Armenian Genocide.
Scholar Donna-Lee Frieze chronicles the life and work of Raphael Lemkin.
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.
Dr. Hong Zheng reflects on his earliest memory as a five year old during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Japanese airplanes dropped bombs around his village, forcing his family to seek shelter in an air raid shelter.
Arn Chorn-Pond tells his story as a refugee from the Cambodian Genocide.
The images in this gallery explore Japan’s imperialist pursuits and economic expansion into China through different visual mediums.
This video profiles Pep Bonet’s and Sara Terry’s photo exhibition on the amputees resulting from the civil war in Sierra Leone.
Mohammed S. speaks about what he learned through Facing History.
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
Sara Terry introduces some of the long-term work funded by the Aftermath Project.