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Have you seen this clip of Anne Frank on You Tube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hvtXuO5G
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Do you have an avatar in Second Life? Please take a moment to commemorate the seventy-first anniversary of Kristallnacht - the November 1938 pogroms by visiting the Museum's installation, "Witnessing History." Immerse yourself in the experiences of Holocaust survivors and leave a remembrance to share with others.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Today marks the seventy-first anniversary of Kristallnacht - the November 1938 pogroms. Learn more about this important turning point in Holocaust history.
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Kelly Alder-Janes I've been to Europe to study the Holocaust (Majdanek, Belzec, Ravensbruk and more) and I've never forgotten what I saw and what I felt. I hope to one day make it to Washington to see the museum. It is so important that we never forget what took place. Thank you for working so hard to make sure we don't.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum November 9th will mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht - The November 1938 pogroms. In this interview with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust survivor Susan (Strauss) Taube shares her memories of those events.
Rya Rosenzweig What a terrific museum. I am so proud to be a member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and am proud that my parents both made video tapes on file at the archive library.
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Thanks to all who commented on last week's discussion of online hate
speech. Whether you supported banning it or were for free speech
without conditions, it's apparent that we face hate propaganda daily.
What's more is that it comes in many forms. David Pilgrim, founder of
the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State U., believes "...the most effective
propaganda" is the kind that people don't see as propaganda, such as a
syrup bottle or an ashtray. Think about the last object you encountered
that promoted a hateful stereotype. How we can make such propaganda
less powerful?Read More
speech. Whether you supported banning it or were for free speech
without conditions, it's apparent that we face hate propaganda daily.
What's more is that it comes in many forms. David Pilgrim, founder of
the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State U., believes "...the most effective
propaganda" is the kind that people don't see as propaganda, such as a
syrup bottle or an ashtray. Think about the last object you encountered
that promoted a hateful stereotype. How we can make such propaganda
less powerful?Read More
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On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazis staged vicious pogroms—state sanctioned, anti-Jewish riots—against the Jewish community of Germany. These came to be known as Kristallnacht (now commonly translated as “Night of Broken Glass”), a reference to the untold numbers of broken windows of synagogues, Jewish-owned stores, comm...unity centers, and homes plundered and destroyed during the pogroms. Encouraged by the Nazi regime, the rioters burned or destroyed 267 synagogues, vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, and killed at least 91 Jewish people. They also damaged many Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes as police and fire brigades stood aside. Kristallnacht was a turning point in history. The pogroms marked an intensification of Nazi anti-Jewish policy that would culminate in the Holocaust—the systematic, state-sponsored murder of Jews.Read More
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Are
you a scholar in contemporary Holocaust studies, or college faculty
teaching about the Holocaust? Deadlines are approaching for the 2010-11
Visiting Scholar Fellowships, the 2010 Summer Research Workshop,
"Sephardic Jewry and the Holocaust," as well as for the 2010 Hess Seminar
for Faculty. Check out these and other opportunities at the Museum's
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In this interview with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust survivor Rabbi Gerd Jacob (Zwienicki) Wiener shares his memories of Kristallnacht, the November 1938 pogroms.
Douglas Frohman Was so moved by yesterday's event in Chicago. Many thanks for the leadership you're showing in extending the flame of knowledge about the Holocaust the Nazis prosecuted against the Jews of Europe as well as Genocide that goes on to this day.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Are you planning a commemoration for the anniversary of Kristallnacht on November 9th? If so, please use the wall to share information with others. Visit our website for multimedia to use in presentations and remembrance activities.
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