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  • The Banality of Genocide

    This speech was delivered at the first annual HIA International Conference in Amsterdam on July 2, 2010. General Roméo Dallaire was the commander of the UN military force sent into Rwanda to prevent a new outbreak of the civil war and monitor the implementation of the peace process. What he discovered was a genocide in preparation. His efforts to warn the international community to… Read More
    Poland 2010
    Konstanty Gebert

  • Visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    "If we lived in a just and honorable world, this would not be our only museum visit in Washington DC. We would also be spending time at one dedicated to the history of black/white relations in the United States. Unfortunately, such a museum does not yet exist, although an outstanding one is now being developed after years of preparation. Despite great gains finally realized in the Civil Rights… Read More
    United States 2010

  • To Hell and Back: : Returning to Auschwitz and Moving On after the Holocaust

    "Visiting a place where more than fifty years ago the most horrific things took place, is there a point to that? Does it make any sense to stir up all those things, to dig in the past? Yes, I say, it does make sense. Let it be a warning for the present and the future, let’s learn from the past." 16-year-old Marieke Brouwer, quoted in Verweg en toch Dicht bij (Far away and Near by)… Read More
    Netherlands 2006

  • Humanizing the Sudanese Victims of Genocide: The Effort to Raise Awareness about Darfur in Danish Society

    When I say Darfur, what comes to your mind?  The answer to this question is wholly dependent on the context from which you view it.  If you are Danish, you are likely to know “that something bad is going on, but not exactly what is going on, or how bad it actually is,” according to Vibeke Brix Christensen, an advocate with Doctors without Borders.  We confirmed this… Read More
    Denmark 2005

  • Making “Never Again” a Reality: Lessons from the Dutch Resistance in the Second World War

    “If we are not careful, our fear of the immigrant will result in massive racial aggression.” “The plan to issue ‘vignettes,’ stickers, to all non-Dutch people residing in the Netherlands on which their level of ‘inburgering’ (naturalization) will be indicated looks suspiciously like the Star of David that the Nazis forced the Jews to wear in World War… Read More
    Netherlands 2004