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1. Anti-Nazi protest organized by American Jewish Congress
The American Jewish Congress was among the first groups in the United States to oppose Nazism ... continued to hold rallies throughout the war years. The American Jewish Congress organized this anti-Nazi
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2. Thomas Buergenthal describes the significance of the Nuremberg trials to him both personally and as a lawyer and judge
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the
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3. Gerda Weissmann Klein describes the Bolkenhain subcamp of Gross-Rosen and a camp leader there
forced labor. In June 1942, Gerda's family was deported from the Bielsko ghetto. While her parents ... were transported to Auschwitz, Gerda was sent to the
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4. Liberation of Mauthausen and Gusen
Excerpts that follow show scenes in the camps, American care of the liberated prisoners, and Austrian ... ," showing footage from both Mauthausen and the nearby
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5. Thomas Buergenthal describes the impact of the Nuremberg trials on the development of international law
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the ... Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He immigrated to the United ... States at the age of 17. Judge Buergenthal devoted his life to international and human rights law. He
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6. The Nazi Olympics: Introduction
reflect and remember the 1936 Olympic Games as more than history. ... In this video introduction to The Nazi
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7. Thomas Buergenthal describes the charges brought at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the ... Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He immigrated to the United ... States at the age of 17. Judge Buergenthal devoted his life to international and human rights law. He
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8. William Denson describes the nature of the evidence uncovered for postwar trials of concentration camp personnel
William Denson graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1934 and attended Harvard ... accepted the position of Judge Advocate General (JAG) in Europe and was assigned to US Third Army ... against downed American pilots. In August 1945, Denson became chief prosecutor for the US government at ... Buchenwald. These trials came to an end in early 1947, and Denson returned to the United States.
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9. Thomas Buergenthal reflects on the importance of memorials
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the ... Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He immigrated to the United ... States at the age of 17. Judge Buergenthal devoted his life to international and human rights law. He
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10. Thomas Buergenthal describes the plight of refugees today
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the ... Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He immigrated to the United ... States at the age of 17. Judge Buergenthal devoted his life to international and human rights law. He
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11. Fela Warschau describes the Feldafing displaced persons camp
She went to a displaced persons (DP) camp administered by the Americans ... in Feldafing, near Munich. She married in the DP camp in 1946, and
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12. Sam Itzkowitz describes the first moments of liberation
Auschwitz. As the Soviet army advanced in 1944, Sam and other prisoners were sent to camps in Germany. The ... The Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. When Makow was
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13. Sam Itzkowitz describes the gas chambers in Auschwitz
Auschwitz. As the Soviet army advanced in 1944, Sam and other prisoners were sent to camps in Germany. The ... The Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. When Makow was
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14. Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany
system. In early April 1945, American forces entered Hannover and freed the surviving prisoners. The ... American Signal Corps filmed one of the Hannover camps soon after liberation. American forces fed survivors ... of the camp and required German civilians to help bury the dead.
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15. Thomas Buergenthal reflects on the value of truth commissions
School; and served for a decade as the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... He served as a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and of the ... Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. He immigrated to the United ... States at the age of 17. Judge Buergenthal devoted his life to international and human rights law. He
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16. Joseph Maier describes Hjalmar Schacht at the Nuremberg trial
parents and brother had left Germany earlier for the United States. Joseph attended Columbia University ... the American embassy in Britain as a propaganda analyst. He went to Nuremberg, Germany, as an ... interpreter in 1946. He analyzed materials and transcripts, and participated in many interrogations for the
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17. Drexel Sprecher describes a witness at the Nuremberg trials
He enlisted in the American military after the United States declared war on Germany, and was posted ... Drexel Sprecher was educated at the University of Wisconsin, the London School of Economics, and
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18. Drexel Sprecher describes reconstruction of the courtroom in Nuremberg
He enlisted in the American military after the United States declared war on Germany, and was posted ... Drexel Sprecher was educated at the University of Wisconsin, the London School of Economics, and
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19. Drexel Sprecher describes layout of the courtroom at Nuremberg
He enlisted in the American military after the United States declared war on Germany, and was posted ... Drexel Sprecher was educated at the University of Wisconsin, the London School of Economics, and
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20. Sam Itzkowitz describes forced labor in the Makow ghetto
Auschwitz. As the Soviet army advanced in 1944, Sam and other prisoners were sent to camps in Germany. The ... The Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. When Makow was
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21. Sam Itzkowitz describes forced labor in the gravel pits of Auschwitz
Auschwitz. As the Soviet army advanced in 1944, Sam and other prisoners were sent to camps in Germany. The ... The Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. When Makow was
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22. 100-meter race at the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936
was one of the 18 African Americans (16 men and 2 women) who competed in ... the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. These athletes brought home 14 medals: 8 gold; 4 silver; and 2
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23. Flory (Floritza) Jagoda describes anti-Jewish measures following the occupation of Zagreb
Zagreb, Flory took music lessons and learned how to play the accordion. Germany and its allies ... invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941, partitioning the country and establishing a fascist regime under the ... -occupied areas and later in the south of mainland Italy. The Allies invaded ... Italy in 1943. After the Italian cease-fire in September 1943, Flory got a job with American forces in
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24. William Denson describes finding witnesses for the postwar trials of concentration camp personnel
William Denson graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1934 and attended Harvard ... accepted the position of Judge Advocate General (JAG) in Europe and was assigned to US Third Army ... against downed American pilots. In August 1945, Denson became chief prosecutor for the US government at ... Buchenwald. These trials came to an end in early 1947, and Denson returned to the United States.
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25. Joseph Maier describes former Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess at the Nuremberg trial
parents and brother had left Germany earlier for the United States. Joseph attended Columbia University ... the American embassy in Britain as a propaganda analyst. He went to Nuremberg, Germany, as an ... interpreter in 1946. He analyzed materials and transcripts, and participated in many interrogations for the