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426. Robbing Jews to Enrich the “German Nation”
This 1943 chart explains how cash, businesses, and belongings seized from Jews throughout Europe became the property of the “German nation.”
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427. The Weapons of Dictatorship: Propaganda
Nazi propaganda went hand-in-hand with violence. Nazi propagandists considered terror to be a form of propaganda.
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428. A Party of Youth
In contrast to many of its political rivals, the Nazi Party’s leadership was comparatively young. Hitler was 43 years old when he became the German chancellor. He was the youngest politician ever to hold that post.
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429. Propaganda Directed at Blind Germans
The Nazi Party used propaganda to reach out to a variety of often-overlooked audiences. One such audience was Germans who were blind.
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430. Propaganda Technique: Niche Marketing
Propaganda Technique Niche Marketing During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Nazi propagandists developed advanced ways of attracting voters. One...
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431. The German Film Industry
The German Film Industry The movie theaters are rather well attended. Foreign films and harmless entertainment films are the best...
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432. Creating a Racial State: The National Community
Creating a Racial State The National Community Nazi propagandists repeated the idea that the new regime would forge a true...
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433. Lois Gunden A Children’s Home in France
In October 1941, less than two months before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, French teacher Lois Gunden traveled from Indiana to southern France to open a home for Spanish and Jewish refugee children. Gunden, a Mennonite, cared for and protected dozens of children for more than a year, until she was arrested and interned in Nazi Germany. After being released in a prisoner exchange in 1944, she returned to the United States and resumed teaching in Goshen, Indiana.
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434. Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus One Couple, 50 Children
In January 1939, the Jewish organization Brith Sholom asked Philadelphia couple Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus to go to Nazi Germany in order to rescue 50 Jewish children. The Krauses, who were Jewish, made the dangerous journey to Nazi-occupied Vienna to choose the children and bring them to the United States to live with foster families. They hoped that the kids would eventually reunite with their parents.
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435. Martha and Waitstill Sharp Two Rescue Missions
Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and his wife Martha, a social worker, spent six months in Prague in 1939, distributing money and helping intellectuals escape to the United States. After narrowly escaping arrest in Prague and returning to the United States, the couple traveled to Lisbon and southern France to distribute food, and to help Jews and intellectuals escape. Martha organized a transport of children to the United States, which became a model for later transports of child refugees.
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436. The American Friends Service Committee Organizing a Rescue Network
The American Friends Service Committee, an organization formed by the Religious Society of Friends (also known as the Quakers), was the largest non-Jewish American organization assisting refugees escaping Nazi persecution. The AFSC worked in French internment camps, hid Jewish children, and assisted thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish refugees with immigration and resettlement to the United States.
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437. About This Site
This online exhibition explores how the Rohingya, a religious and ethnic minority in Burma, became targets of a sustained campaign of genocide.
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438. Haunted by Loss
Mohammed, a Rohingya man, found his purpose in fatherhood and now struggles to move forward after a genocide that claimed his children.
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439. Visible and Invisible Scars
Showife and Mohammadul, Rohingya brothers, survived terror and now struggle to move forward.
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440. Holding a Family Together
Jomila, a Rohingya woman, survived the genocide that took her husband and son but remains tormented by their loss.
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441. A Young Life Interrupted
Tasmina, a Rohingya teenage girl, lost her home, her privacy, and her freedom.
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442. Safeguarding Life
Sumida, Rabiya, and Harsa are three Rohingya women who saved the most vulnerable.
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443. Remembering When They Belonged
Ayub carries the knowledge of what life was like before the persecution of the Rohingya began.
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444. A Timeline of Rohingya History
A chronology of key events in Burma’s history with an emphasis on those impacting the Rohingya.
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445. War 1939-1945: War
Propaganda served as a powerful weapon in Hitler’s expansionist military strategy. The Nazi regime used propaganda as a way of mobilizing Germans to take up arms and to mask military aggression.
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446. Legacy 1945-Present: Legacy
The Allies vowed to destroy German militarism and Nazism. After Germany’s defeat in May 1945, the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union began to fulfill that pledge. They disarmed Germany and abolished its military forces. Allied authorities instituted the denazification and reeducation of the German people.
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447. Home Home
The Holocaust was only possible with the help of millions of ordinary people across Europe.
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448. Neighbors Neighbors
Even in once peaceful, tolerant communities, people across Europe turned against their Jewish neighbors.
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449. Teenagers Teenagers
Teenagers faced a unique set of challenges and choices during the Holocaust.
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450. Workers Workers
Some ordinary people played a role in the Holocaust simply by doing their jobs.