Genocide

Genocide

Includes genocides in our case studies (Holocaust, Armenian Genocide) as well as other genocides.

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"I Had Come Face to Face with Evil": Leon Bass Talks about his Experiences of Racism
Video Clip April 6, 2011
"If More People Said No": Josh N. Talks about Difficult Choices
Video Clip July 29, 2008
30 Things You Can Do During Genocide Prevention Month
April is Genocide Prevention Month.  The website www.genocidepreventionmonth.org  offers 30 Things You Can Do During Genocide Prevention Month, such as watching movies, visiting memorials, and passing out the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Facing Today April 8, 2009
86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges
(Der Speigel, April 14, 2008) The article, "86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges," reports on what could be the last war crimes trial to take place in Germany. In this case, an elderly SS soldier might be put on trial for shooting three unarmed Dutch civilians in 1944.
Facing Today May 14, 2008
A Commandant’s View

In an interview with journalist Gitta Sereny after his arrest in Brazil in 1971 and subsequent trial, Franz Stangl, the commandant of the death camp at Sobibor and later at Treblinka, responded to questions.

“You’ve been telling me about your routines,” I said to him. “But how did you feel? Was there anything you enjoyed, you felt good about?”

Publication Readings March 9, 2010
A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in Hell

30 minutes, black & white
Source: Filmakers Library

Library Resource December 15, 2009
A Problem from Hell: Samantha Power Talks about Genocide
Video Clip March 24, 2009
A Protestant Town's Conspiracy of Good in Vichy France
(Christian Science Monitor, May 14, 2008) The article, "A Protestant Town's Conspiracy of Good in Vichy France," tells the story of a Protestant community that saved thousands, most of them Jews, from persecution by the Nazis.
Facing Today May 14, 2008
A Toolbox for Preventing Genocide
During April 2004, commemorations across the world marked the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide in which more than 800,000 Tutsis and some Hutus were slaughtered in a bloody 100-day rampage. The commemorations were marked by solemn pledges from diplomats and human rights activists to never allow another "Rwanda.
Facing Today March 30, 2008
A Toolbox for Preventing Genocide
Lesson Plan March 5, 2009
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