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Antisemitism in Europe: A History of Prejudice
This educational module explores the roots of antisemitism and traces its evolution throughout Europe's history. Understanding the past can help us understand why antisemitic discrimination still occurs today. Throughout this unit you will find…
Tags: Antisemitism, Europe, Holocaust, World War II
Axis and Allies: The Leaders of World War II
This educational module examines the primary leaders of the Axis and Allied powers during World War II. Highlighting a diversity of primary and secondary source materials, this unit examines the life and ideologies of the leaders of the six major…
Combat Photography in America: From the Beginning to World War II
This digital exhibit explores the historical development of combat photography from its inception to the end of World War II. The exhibit includes questions to consider along the way.
Tags: Journalists, Soldiers, war, World War I, World War II
Displaced Persons Camps: Rebuilding Life After War
This educational module discusses how displaced persons rebuilt their lives after World War II. Displaced persons both repatriated and resettled in various places around the world, and in the process, Jewish DPs pushed forward the idea and eventual…
Tags: Displaced Persons, Holocaust, Post-War, World War II, Zionism
German Nationalism and the Holocaust: A Reflection on How National Pride Fueled a Genocide
This educational module analyzes the role that German nationalism played in the formation and expansion of Nazi Germany as well as its prosecution of the Holocaust. In redefining what it meant to be "German," the Nazi regime appropriated German…
Grace Thorpe Georgia Journeys Exhibit
This online exhibit follows the life experience of Grace Thorpe, an American Indian activist who served in the WAC during World War II and trained at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia.
Tags: Activism, American Indians, Veterans, World War II
Han Van Driel Georgia Journeys Exhibit
This online exhibit follows the life experience of Hank Van Driel, a Georgia resident who was a child in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation between 1940 and 1945.
Tags: Children, Europe, Food, Nazi Party, Occupation, World War II
Prisoners of War in the Second World War
This educational module explores the varied experiences of prisoners of war (POWs) during the Second World War (1939-1945). Some POWs received respect and mercy from their captors, in accordance with the Geneva Convention, while others soon found…
Revenge and Reconciliation: The Nuremberg Trials
This educational module examines the origins and the signifiance of the Nuremberg Trials. Following the end of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations formed the International Military Tribunal to put on trial an punish those who committed…
Tags: Post-War, United Nations, World War II
Songs of Shoah: Music and the Holocaust
This educational module analyzes music created during the Holocaust in order to understand victims' experiences of the Holocaust. The intensification of Nazi ideology and violence, conditions of life in concentration camps and ghettos, and…
Tags: Art, Holocaust, Music, World War II