Often retold through images of its victims, the Holocaust also offers lessons of defiance and tenacity. Images like this one – of Jews in hiding baking Matzoh for the Passover holiday – tell a very different story of determination. How do such images alter your own interpretation of those lost in the Holocaust? Why does…
A new book records the six million lost in the Holocaust. But it consists of only one word, “Jew,” six million times. This project takes a different approach than Yad Vashem, who is trying to record each and every name of those lost in the Holocaust. What do you think of these divergent projects? Which…
Bill de Blasio was sworn in as New York City’s 109th mayor. The new top chief often used his own family as an image of a new city in his campaign. His inauguration address focused on healing income and racial inequalities in the city. Read article. Do you think Mayor de Blasio will be an…
From The New York Times:“I knew what they were doing, but I didn’t want to believe it,” Mr. Schwartz recently told a class of 50 high school students in this small town in western Germany. “My turn came for Mengele, and he asked me to make a muscle. He asked how old I am. I…
The NRA references the Holocaust to garner support. The Anti-Defamation League argues that such links trivialize the Holocaust, and the issue of gun violence today. Read the article.
Korean women share their tragic experiences of abuse by Japanese soldiers during the War at a Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives event in July.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 12:10-2:10 p.m., KHRCA Classroom “Mentally Ill People as Unfit for Society,” Dr. Christian Perring, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College, NY This lecture will examine the concept of unfitness in 1930s Germany that led to the Nazi persecution of people with mental illness and its relations in eugenic movements in…
This documentary presents the contentious immigration debate currently taking place in Arizona. See a preview here. Here is a story about an Arizona detective who learned some troubling news about her immigration status. More information about immigration reform in the news. What do you think about immigration reform? Do you support legislation that would open…
The Holocaust in a Global Context 
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