Legacy and Memory
Legacy and Memory
Includes individual and collective memory of historical events, and monuments.
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A German Dump Holds Shards of a Terrible Night
November 9 is the 70th anniversary of
what the Nazi's euphemistically called Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken
Glass. The article "A German Dump Holds Shards of a Terrible Night"
describes how researchers recently discovered that a dump 30
miles outside of Berlin, contains physical evidences of what many Holocaust
scholars believe was "the beginning of the end" for Jews in Germany. |
Facing Today | October 30, 2008 |
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A Jew Among the Germans 60 minutes |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
A World Made New: Human Rights After the Holocaust |
Lesson Plan | March 16, 2008 |
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Anne Frank Exhibit in Church Aims for Message of Tolerance
(January 5, 2008, The Boston Globe) In Liverpool, England, an exhibit of a recreation of the bedroom where Anne Frank wrote her diary recently opened. In "Anne Frank exhibit in church aims for message of tolerance," the city hopes that this exhibit will help build tolerance among rival gangs in the community. |
Facing Today | April 10, 2008 |
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - More than a Lie
The Introduction
described some slanders as not merely lies but "malignant new myths"
that link "classic anti-Jewish slanders with contemporary anti-Israel
politics." How do such myths become weapons in a war of words? What
power do words have to turn neighbor against neighbor? Nowhere have
these questions been more heatedly debated than on college campuses,
places where young people traditionally encounter new ideas and are
encouraged to challenge old truths. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2008 |
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April Declared Confederate History Month On April 2nd, Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell declared April “Confederate History Month.” His proclamation did not mention slavery. |
Facing Today | April 9, 2010 |
| Armenian Genocide Lesson Eight: Denial and Free Speech | Lesson Plan | March 19, 2008 |
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Armenian Genocide Vote Irks Turkey Going against the Obama administration, “a U.S. congressional committee approved a resolution condemning the 1915 slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide,” The Wall Street Journal reports. |
Facing Today | March 5, 2010 |
| Arn Chorn Pond: Everyone Has a Story | Video Clip | March 31, 2008 |
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Attorney General Holder's Address for Black History Month
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Steven Holder, the first
African American U.S. Attorney General
addressed the Department of Justice in a speech in honor of Black History
Month. In
this speech to the justice department in honor of Black History Month,
Steven Holder spoke about
the discomfort he believes many Americans feel about the issue of race. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2009 |
