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Museum launches World is Witness in Google Earth
This new “geoblog” opens a window into the lives of people affected by genocide and its long-term consequences. Learn more about Congo and Rwanda, and read the most recent entries from a museum visit to South Sudan.
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Father Patrick Desbois
In cooperation with the Museum, Father Desbois is leading a historic undertaking to locate every unknown mass grave and site at which Jews were killed in the Ukraine during the Holocaust. Read a New York Times article, listen to the podcast, and learn more about his forthcoming book.
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USHMM @ iTunes U
The Museum offers audio, video, and text documents for learning about the Holocaust, antisemitism and genocide prevention via iTunes U, a dedicated section of the iTunes Store offering free education content.
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As a young man, Jeffrey Goldberg left the United States to join the Israeli Army. In a prison camp for Palestinians, Goldberg encountered situations that challenged his idealism.
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Ian Buruma says that freedom of speech must be protected. Unless words can be proven to incite violence, he believes in safeguarding what he calls our freedom to offend.
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Nobel Laureate and Museum Founding Chairman, Elie Wiesel, speaks with the Museum about contemporary antisemitism, memory, and the memorial role of museums. Read the AAM article (PDF).
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Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.
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Hasan Nuhanovic's family was killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they overran the UN declared safe haven of Srebrenica in July 1995. He speaks today about the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.
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After winning a gold medal at the winter Olympics in 2006, speed skater Joey Cheek committed himself to drawing attention to Darfur by enlisting athletes to speak out on the crisis there. His visa to attend the Beijing Olympics was recently revoked by the Chinese authorities. Listen to an August 2007 interview.
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Now you can search the online catalog and watch many of the films in the Museum's Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, including clips of Nuremberg rallies, Nazi racial science, prewar Jewish life, and more.
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