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Europe
The Armenian Massacre
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Armenia - http://www.armenian-genocide.org
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Armenian Research Center
- http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/
The only
Armenian Research Center attached to an American university.
• Armenian
National Institute
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/affirmation/affirmlinks.htm
Information of
the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish Empire
• Armenian Genocide
http://www.genocide.am/index0.htm
Includes
Armenian history, a bibliography, articles, on-line texts, and much more.
"Ethnic Cleansing" in
Bosnia and Kosovo
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Web Genocide
Documentation Centre - Genocide and Conflict in Kosovo
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/Kosovo/Kosovo-index.htm
Background/Overview, Book Reviews, Chronology of Events, Photographic
Evidence, Maps, Current News Documents Relating to the Conflict in Kosovo
Economic and Financial Aspects of the Kosovo Conflict Ethnic Cleansing.
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Kosova Crisis Centre -
http://www.alb-net.com/index.htm
A major source
of current news and background information on the genocide and conflict in
Kosovo. In addition to immediate news on the unfolding situation relating
to the refugees, Serb instigated massacres and atrocities and the NATO
campaign, there is background information, links to other sites,
information about demonstrations worldwide supporting the Kosovars, letters
of support, information on lending support, KCC news, etc. The KCC-News
mailing news list service can be subscribed to by sending an email to
Majordomo@alb-net.com.
• Kosovo: News, Background and Resources
- http://www.kosovo.mod.uk/
This is a UK
joint Ministry of Defence and Foreign & Commonwealth Office Web
presentation providing information on developments in the Kosovo conflict,
including information on the refugee crisis, daily updates on the military
situation, historical background materials, and similar.
• US Department of
State: Kosovo Humanitarian Crisis - http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/kosovo_hp.html
Regularly
updated information on the crisis in Kosovo, with particular emphasis on US
focused events. Includes press releases, fact sheets, remarks, maps, texts
and a list of related sites. There is also a mailing list from which
subscribers will receive all information published at this site, from which
can be subscribed to at http://www.state.gov/www/listservs.html
• Human Rights Watch -
http://www.hrw.org/
One of the two
major international rights organizations, Human Rights Watch produces
reports, briefings, policy pronouncements, recommendations, etc., on a wide
range of human rights issues in every part of the world. As one of the
leading human rights' organizations it has a substantial influence on the
development of human rights policies at both the international and national
level. Its Kosovo: Focus on Human Rights Web presentation collates various
types of information relating to the background and current (1999) crisis
in Kosovo, including short current updates, detailed reports, photographic
images, news on campaigns, links to other organizations closely involved in
human rights issues relating to the crisis, and similar.
• Hellenic Resources Network -
http://www.hri.org/news/latest/
Includes a
large volume of links to current news resources on the Kosovo conflict
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- (UNHCR)
- http://www.unhcr.ch/
Information on
the Kosovo refugees situation and policies being implemented by UNHCR and
other agencies.
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Bosnia -
http://www.sarajevo.bin.tripod.com
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Holocaust
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• Abe's Story "Follow the
journey of survivor Abram Korn through his story, interactive map, online
lesson plans, and email support from his son, Joey, who put the site
online and edited his father's memoirs."
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About.com
The Holocaust List of links dealing with the Holocaust.
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Alan Jacobs Photos of Auschwitz and
the Camps View pictures of Auschwitz. Compare photos from the camps.
http://www.alst.org/
This site deals with the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses during the
years of the Third Reich.
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Anne Frank House
View Anne Frank's house. The site exhibits images from the past and
present. See pictures of Anne Frank's house including her bedroom and the
Annex (Their hiding place). Explore the museum which includes an education
department, exhibits, and CD-ROM information.
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• The Auschwitz Alphabet
Each letter of the alphabet details the horrors of the Holocaust; some
are personal tales.
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Auschwitz
Museum Created
by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, this site includes a detailed
history of Auschwitz, information on visiting the camp and museum,
images, maps, publications, and latest news. Also included is information
on camp preservation.
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• C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Children of
Auschwitz website featuring information on twins, books, and lesson
plans.
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· Consolidated World
Wide Web Resources for the Holocaust. An outstanding list of
Holocaust related links and search tips.
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• Cybrary
of the Holocaust An online educational forum that provides
information and access to historical materials includes images, witness
testimonies, and scholar interviews. The site includes educational
resources for grades 6 through college.
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• Facing
History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves is a national
educational and professional organization whose mission it is to engage
students of diverse backgrounds to examine of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism
in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed
citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the
Holocaust, and other examples of genocide, students make the essential
connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their
own lives.
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• Ghetto Fighter's House Museum of
the Holocaust and Resistance Information on the Holocaust and the
Resistance. Also, the KIBBUTZ LOHAMEI HAGETAOT (THE GHETTO FIGHTERSÕ
KIBBUTZ) in Israel. Exhibits, education center, and searchable database.
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• Guidelines
for Teaching about the Holocaust United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum's Guide to Teaching the Holocaust
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• The Holocaust Guide for
Teachers A page from the Cybrary website. This is a series of guides
for teachers, "designed so that the teacher does not have to pursue
original source material in order to feel comfortable with the complexity
and diversity of Holocaust history and the range of the subject
matter."
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• Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy
A Think Quest site designed by students! This site has it all: summary of
the Holocaust, definitions, interactive timelines, virtual reality, audio
clips of Holocaust survivors, a multimedia glossary and interviews with
historians, and revisionism.
Information on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda & Burundi, and the
Nuremberg Trials
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• Holocaust
Museum Houston Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust, calendar of
events, exhibitions.
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• Holocaust Pictures
Exhibit Pictures from the Holocaust.
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• Holocaust Teacher Resource Center
Educators (kindergarten through college) will find materials which can be
brought into the classroom and studied. Whenever possible, entire
documents are included and may be downloaded for direct use in the
classroom. In other instances samples from the documents are presented.
Lesson plans, curricula, and video.
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• I Saw the
Walking Dead: A Black Sergeant Remembers Buchenwald Part of the History Matters website. This
page focuses on the American soldiers who liberated the Buchenwald Nazi
concentration camp. Included is an interview with Leon Bass, an
African-American sergeant, who served with a segregated army unit who
witnessed the "walking dead" of Buchenwald.
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• "Lest We
Forget" CD-ROM Lest We Forget- A History of the Holocaust The
latest dual platform multimedia CD-ROM from Logos Research Systems, Inc.
was awarded the 1996 Graphics and Animation BIMA Award from the British
Interactive Multimedia Association.
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· Linda Woolf's
Holocaust and Genocide Links - An outstanding web site from one the world’s experts in Holocaust and genocide
studies, Dr. Linda Woolf of Webster
University.
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• Literature
of the Holocaust Links for books, stories, and website.
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• Missing Identity
This
site's focus is to identify victims and to locate survivors. It includes
last known information, pictures, names, and places of birth. Also
provides success stories of families that have been reunited.
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• Night by Elie
Wiesel Teacher Cyberguide A
supplemental unit to Night by Elie Wiesel developed by teachers in the
Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project.
Funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP) and the
California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
(CCSESA)
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• Nizkor
Project One of the most comprehensive sites online for research, with
extensive documentation and refutation of revisionism.
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• An Online Magazine for
Post-Holocaust Issues Created,
maintained, and supervised by Holocaust survivor Alexander Kimel, this
site has been recommended by the Jerusalem Post and The History Channel.
The site offers many articles on a wide selection of topics. It opens
with the evocation: "Almighty God! Let the Ashes of the Children
incinerated in Auschwitz, rivers of blood spilled in Babi Yar or
Majdanek, be a warning to mankind that violence is destructive, hatred is
contagious, while man has an unlimited capacity for cruelty." The
magazine includes editorials, feature articles, feedback and comments, previews
of future topics, links to other sites and, an extensive section of
writings by Mr. Kimel, "Holocaust Understanding and
Prevention."
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• PBS's
Frontline -- Nazi Gold This Website is a companion to the PBS
Frontline special report on Switzerland's wartime actions as a neutral
nation and its role as banker and financial broker for Nazi Germany.
Sections of the site include: reactions and discussion: "What are
your views of Switzerland's actions during the war?" "The
Train: Were Nazi death trains allowed through Zurich -- a look at what is
known -- and not known." "Switzerland and the War: Neutral or
Cowardly?" Further Readings (including the Eizenstat Report and the
Swiss Federal Council's response). How to Seek World War II Swiss Bank Accounts.
Map: What were the actions of other neutral nations?
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· Philadelphia Area
Holocaust Resources –
Information on area resources by
WHYY.
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• Shanash: The Jewish Internet
Consortium Holocaust Home Page
This site contains information that refutes the efforts of
Holocaust deniers.
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• Shtetl (Frontline)
A Frontline documentary focusing on the Holocaust in Poland. The site
includes information for those interested in trying to recover a family's
history (especially Jewish ancestors in Eastern Europe and parts of
Russia), non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews, and Polish -
Jewish relations.
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• Simon Wiesenthal Center's
Multimedia Learning Center The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an
international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human
rights and the Jewish people. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Center's
mandate is a unique combination of social action, public outreach,
scholarship, education and media projects as it imparts the lessons of
the Holocaust and develops educational strategies for teaching tolerance.
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• Teach
with Movies: Learning guide to Schindler's List A learning guide to
Schindler's List.
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•Teacher's Guide to
the Holocaust From the timeline, "Images: The Nuremberg
Trials" maintained by the University of South Florida, this page
includes images and short text of Eichmann's trial.
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• United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum A wonderful source for research and
education materials on the Holocaust. The site includes an extensive
photo archive, museum programs, libraries, and expert research
assistance. "America's national institution for the documentation,
study, interpretation of Holocaust history, serves as this country's
memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. The
Museum's primary mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge about
this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered;
and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual
questions raised by the events of the Holocaust as well as their own
responsibilities as citizens of a democracy."
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Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs'
and Heroes' Remembrance AuthorityIn Israel, the museum also offers a
chance to submit searches through their Hall of Names project, where
people can possibly find out what happened to members of their family.
Contact them for more information.
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Hate,
Prejudice, and Stereotyping
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Stop the Hate This site
has numerous links to anti-hate sites. www.stop-the-hate.org
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Southern Poverty Law Center
A Leader in civil rights activism, Morris Dees, heads up the Southern
Poverty Law Center, distributes literature for educational purposes. The
site also houses the SPLC Intelligence project which tracks racist
activity. Also available are materials from the SPLC's Teaching Tolerance project. www.SPLCenter.org
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Hatewatch -
An excellent resource for research, the site contains histories of hate
groups with biographies as well as interviews with their leaders. hatewatch.org
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Anti-Defamation League
This site tracks anti-Semitic groups and provides information on numerous
hate groups as well as their activity on the Internet. It offers large
amounts of information to communities attempting to confront hate groups as
well as Internet hate filter software, and opinions on current events and
political issues. www.adl.org
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Boyertown Area Unity
Coalition This site traces the development of the Boyertown Area
Unity Coalition and offers an explanation of "Project Lemonade".
It notes how communities are able to fight hate groups. www.users.fast.net/~isaacs/bauc.html
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The Education and
Vigilance Network - http://www.geocities/com/CapitolHill/7701
Administered by Floyd Cochran, a former Aryan Nations member, this site
tracks hate group activities in Pennsylvania. It also includes articles
that provide insight into the thought processes of hate group members.
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