Displaying: 51 75 of 88 matches for “bystanders of the holocaust”
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51. Ardeatine Caves Massacre
dispersed into the crowd of bystanders and evaded capture. The targeted police unit, a battalion of the 11th ... World War II on the side of the Axis. Italy Surrenders to the ... Allies Following the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and the subsequent vote of no ... -confidence against Mussolini at the meeting of the Fascist Grand Council on July 25, King Victor Emmanuel III
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52. Antisemitism in History: Nazi Antisemitism
In the context of the economic depression of the 1930s, the Nazi ... Party gained popularity in part by presenting "Jews" as the source for a variety of political, social ... Hitler's theories of racial struggle and the "intent" of the Jews to survive and expand at the expense of ... and mandated the total separation of "Aryans" and "non-Aryans." On November 9, 1938, the Nazis
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53. Nazi Propaganda
study of the truth, in so far as it favors the enemy, and then set it before the masses with academic ... Following the Nazi seizure of power ... . There were several audiences for Nazi propaganda. Germans were reminded of the struggle against foreign ... Nuremberg Race Laws of September) and in 1938 (prior to the
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54. Rescue in Denmark
Nor did they do anything to help Jews and other victims of Nazi policies. Throughout the Holocaust ... Jews would have survived the Holocaust in Denmark. There are numerous stories of brave ... millions of people silently stood by while they saw Jews, Roma (Gypsies), and other "enemies of the Reich ... being rounded up and deported. Many of these bystanders told themselves that what they saw happening was
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55. Reichstag Speech
genocide. To justify the murder of the Jews both to the perpetrators and to bystanders in Germany ... Adolf Hitler tells the German public and the world that the outbreak of war would mean the end of ... European Jewry—the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." Inspired by Hitler's theories of ... racial struggle and the supposed "intent" of the Jews to survive and expand at the expense of Germans
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56. Documenting Life and Destruction
volumes that provide firsthand accounts of the lives of those who suffered through the Holocaust, those ... ) The Diary of Samuel Golfard and the Holocaust in Galicia, Wendy Lower (2011) Jewish Responses to ... ) The Holocaust in Hungary: Evolution of a Genocide, Zoltán Vági, László Csősz, and Gábor Kádár (2013 ... of Alfred Rosenberg and the Onset of the Holocaust, Jürgen Matthäus and Frank Bajohr (2015) Nazi
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57. Frequently Asked Research Questions
shall never be a bystander"? On January 27, 1998, Yehuda Bauer, professor of Holocaust studies at the ... current members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council? Who has served as the Museum ... States, at the presentation of the report of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust, September 27 ... and charged it with issuing a report on the state of Holocaust remembrance and education in the United
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58. Last Chapter
Holocaust. It covers the postwar quest to render justice to those who carried out the murder of millions of ... innocent civilians and the efforts of Holocaust survivors to build new lives in Europe, Israel, and the ... were bystanders who did little to deter the Nazis or to aid Jews or other victims of Nazi persecution ... The final floor of the Permanent Exhibition addresses the liberation of the Nazi camps and the
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59. Rwanda’s Genocide: 15 Years Later
April 7, 2009 marked the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Joined by an international ... audience, Rwandans across the country gathered to commemorate the deaths of between 500,000 and a million ... remember, but also of the future he is trying to build for the country: “This is the constant underlying ... our future.” April 7, 2009 marked the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Joined by an
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60. Raul Hilberg (1926–2007)
Bystanders—The Jewish Catastrophe 1933–1945 (1992) and Sources of Holocaust Research (2001), helped establish ... field of Holocaust studies, and a key figure in the establishment and development of the United States ... Nazi records seized by the US Army. These microfilms became the basis of most Holocaust research for ... “rescue the evidence” of the Holocaust through archival microfilming. Professor Hilberg spent most of his
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61. Miles Lerman (1920–2008)
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum deeply mourns the passing of Miles Lerman, Holocaust ... survivor, partisan fighter in the forests of Poland, international leader in the cause of Holocaust ... as well. In this way, the lessons of the Holocaust will be applied once again as we seek to create a ... remembrance, and a founding father of the Museum. Mr. Lerman served on the Museum’s Council for 23 years
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62. Simon-Skjodt Center Deputy Director Addresses UK Parliament Members on Syria
thank the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Syria and the All-Party Parliamentary Group of Friends of ... serve as the Deputy Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United ... States Holocaust Memorial Museum. I would like to thank Caesar for entrusting us with his file in the ... of the brutality of the regime for those held under detention. The images he smuggled out help to set
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63. Museum Hosts Expert Panel on Incitement and Free Speech
protagonists of the show model the behavior of “active bystanders”—those who resist violence and encourage ... genocide. The focus of the discussion was how to address inflammatory language with policies and practices ... need to develop strategies to identify—and prevent—the most extreme cases of hate speech, as well as ... ways to address the root causes of hatred and racism without relying on legislation and criminal law
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64. 2014 Sudikoff Seminar
February 20–21, 2014 In February 2014, the Center for the Prevention of Genocide convened a diverse and ... dynamic group of three dozen international experts from the fields of government, technology, business ... built upon the findings of the 2009 Sudikoff Seminar, “Speech, Power, Violence,” which identified the ... need to more clearly define the types of hate speech associated with collective violence and the
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65. Simon-Skjodt Center Director Kikoler Addresses International Religious Freedom Summit
Holocaust Memorial Museum, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, it is a deep honor to be able ... Holocaust the persecution began with the targeting of the disabled, then focused on the Jews, the Roma ... remember: what hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor but the silence of the bystander ... Director Naomi Kikoler at the International Religious Freedom Summit. On behalf of the United States
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66. Jacob Yessenow photograph collection
graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where ... Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where surviving victims ... Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Joyce Hallet, daughter of Jacob ... The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen
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67. Religion and Identity
situation of bystanders during the Holocaust? Discuss the question that Eboo Patel presents in his ... and broad impact of contemporary antisemitism; Demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the Holocaust to ... Holocaust, Westermann called upon his students to consider carefully the responsibilities of their post ... tradition has been used as a weapon of prejudice or violence. The Holocaust raises particular challenges for
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68. Danielle Rossen
captures the reactions of ordinary people to real-life dilemmas. It challenges bystanders to take action ... podcast series of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Join us every month to hear a new ... What Would You Do? captures the reactions of ordinary people to real-life dilemmas. While Rossen ... : Danielle Rossen is the senior broadcast producer of ABC's Primetime: What Would You Do? The program
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69. Chana Brava photograph collection
the mass burial of Holocaust victims by perpetrators and bystanders. ... The photographs depict memorials and memorial services to victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania and ... The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Chana Brava. ... United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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70. Rabbi Gila Ruskin
study the Holocaust at the end of the year, I brought in several Holocaust survivors to speak with them ... about bystander behavior in the Holocaust, because that's such a big issue in their lives, you know, the ... At the age of 50, Rabbi Gila Ruskin left her pulpit position to teach Jewish studies at an urban ... appreciate the many ways that Jews and African Americans can come together through a shared history of
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71. Exclusion, Dispersal, Extermination: Jews in Schwerin, 1933-1945
Rolf Meyersohn. Provides information regarding the community of Schwerin with descriptions of the ... its aftermath; the role of the town's physicians; boycotting of the craftsmen and workers; emigration ... and hiding of school-aged children; fates of the elderly; Mischlinge; relations with non-Jews in the ... town (bystanders); and conclusion and name list of those Jews who did and did not survive.
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72. Jacob Yessenow collection
graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where ... The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and in 2020 by ... Joyce Hallet, the daughter of Jacob Yessenow. ... The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen
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73. Small poster made to discourage US troops from socializing with Germans
Handbill issued by the American Army which uses an image of Holocaust victims to remind soldiers ... United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugene John Glantz ... The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Eugene Glantz. ... large stacks of emaciated, naked corpses in front of a large wooden building. A line of male bystanders
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74. Zeiss Ikon camera
graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where ... The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen ... 's father) a member of the US Army's 11th Armored Division. The collection also includes two cameras used ... by Jacob Yessenow to take photographs of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp.
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75. Gelto DIII camera
graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where ... The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen ... 's father) a member of the US Army's 11th Armored Division. The collection also includes two cameras used ... by Jacob Yessenow to take photographs of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp.