Holocaust
All Articles about Holocaust
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The Real Past: Local History During the Time of National Socialism
In her Action Project, Fellow Miriam Mack decided to record World War II survivors' stories of their time living in her home village of Euerfeld, Bavaria during the Nazi regime. With this documentary, she hopes to keep youth in her village well-informed of their history.
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Teaching Nepali Students about the Horrors of Extremism
Senior Fellow Subhash Ghimire, inspired by his Fellowship, brought the story of Anne Frank to Nepali students to discuss the risks of extremism.
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The White Rose Remembrance Project
Senior Fellow Yasmin Hoffmann created The White Rose Remembrance Project: "And yet their spirit lives on," determined to uphold the remembrance of the resistance group and remind society how important it is to defend democratic values.
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Stumbling Stones for Thessaloniki
Stumbling Stones for Thessaloniki, created by Senior Fellows Regina Frentzou and Evanthia Panagiotou, aims to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust in Greece.
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The "Wave of Smears“ in 1959/1960
The "Wave of Smears“ in 1959/1960 is a project that aims to raise awareness of covert Antisemitism, educate about the history of hateful graffiti, and develop teaching materials in Hamburg.
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Space & Memory: The Presence of Jewish Absence in Poland's Contemporary Landscape
Humanity in Action Senior Fellows Łukasz Posłuszny, Michelle Shoft, and Marissa Sophie Schneiderman created this project, sought to re-conceptualize the ways of remembering the war and the Holocaust, and to discuss social aesthetics of monuments and alternative forms of memory in the context of trauma, and on the other hand it also promoted tolerance among young people and a desire to fight anti-Semitism.
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Against Urban Antisemitism: Restoring the Local Jewish Presence
Senior Fellow Jan Kirschenbaum aspires to combat nationalist prejudice and Antisemitism in Poland by stressing and making public the contributions of the Jewish community to the past and present of the country through his Action Project "Against Urban Antisemitism: Restoring the Local Jewish Presence".
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Helsinki: On the Brink – Finland and the Holocaust Era
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Stockholm: Antisemitism, Ambivalence and Action
Published by Humanity in Action in 2013, "Civil Society and the Holocaust: International Perspectives on Resistance and Rescue" examines the different ways that European countries and the United States responded to the Holocaust. Karin Kvist Geverts examines the Swedish case.
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Paris: A Family Under German Occupation