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Discussion Guide | InheritanceResourcesSeason21Human Rights / GenocideANTI-GENOCIDE HOTLINEwww.1800genocide.comThis hotline was created by the Genocide Intervention Networkand connects callers directly to their elected officials so theycan voice their concerns about the genocide in Darfur. Updatesand talking points are also available.Several Jewish organizations have been especially active inopposing the current genocide in Darfur, including theAmerican Jewish World Service (www.ajws.org) and the ElieWiesel Foundation (www.eliewieselfoundation.org).BBC HISTORY: WORLD WARS: GENOCIDEwww.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/genocide/The BBC History website is dedicated to programs and contentthat reflect and report on world history. The website has asection that offers extension information about the Holocaustas well as articles about issues related to the Holocaust writtenby different scholars.GENOCIDE STUDIES PROGRAMwww.yale.edu/gsp/The Genocide Studies program at Yale University’s MacMillanCenter for International and Area Studies(www.yale.edu/macmillan/flash.htm) conducts research andholds seminars and conferences on comparative, interdisciplinaryand policy issues relating to the phenomenon ofgenocide and has provided training to researchers fromafflicted regions.WEB GENOCIDE DOCUMENTATION CENTREwww.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/goeth.htmDr. Stuart D. Stein of the University of West England maintainsthis website, which houses collections of documents that relateto genocide, mass killings and war crimes. This link directsusers to a republished account of Amon Goeth’s trial from theU.N. War Crimes Commission, Volume VII, London, HMSO, 1948.Survivor NetworksTHE BENJAMIN AND VLADKA MEED REGISTRY OF HOLO-CAUST SURVIVORSwww.ushmm.org/remembrance/registry/Hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Museum website, the MeedRegistry hopes to track and commemorate all those whosurvived Nazi persecution.NEW CRACOW FRIENDSHIP SOCIETYwww.newcracowfriendshipsoc.org/The New Cracow Friendship Society is a Holocaust survivornetwork that seeks to unite survivors from Krakow, Poland, andsurrounding areas.TOGETHER: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JEWISH HOLO-CAUST SURVIVORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTSwww.americangathering.com/Founded in 1983, this organization offers a registry, anewsletter, information on restitution and other services forthose who resettled in America after the Holocaust.GENOCIDE WATCHwww.genocidewatch.orgGenocide Watch seeks to raise awareness and influence publicpolicy concerning potential and actual genocide.HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHwww.hrw.orgThe website for the Human Rights Watch offers perspectivesand history about global human rights abuses.© American Documentary, Inc.18
Discussion Guide | InheritanceResourcesSeason21NPR and PBSNPRTHE BRYANT PARK PROJECT: “NAZI ARCHIVE GOES PUBLIC”www.npr.orgSome 47 million documents on the Nazi Holocaust are beingmade public by the International Committee of the Red Cross.They’d been kept private in Germany to protect the Holocaustvictims. (November 29, 2007)DAY TO DAY: “WWII GHETTO WORKERS ELIGIBLEFOR REPARATIONS”www.npr.orgAfter more than 60 years, Holocaust survivors who worked inGerman-controlled ghettos during World War II may be eligiblefor a reparation payment by the German government. (July 22,2008)FRESH AIR: “DID ARABS SAVE JEWS DURINGWORLD WAR II?”www.npr.orgAuthor and historian Robert Satloff discusses his book Amongthe Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach intoArab Lands. (October 5, 2007)MORNING EDITION: “HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS HONOR CAMPLIBERATOR”www.npr.orgSIMON SAYS: “THE LETTERS OF OTTO FRANK”www.npr.orgAnne Frank’s diary is familiar to many. Now, the release ofletters written by her father reveals more about the family’sattempt to flee to the United States during World War II. TheFranks went into hiding after being denied visas to America.(February 17, 2007)TALK OF THE NATION: “THE POLITICS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL”www.npr.orgThis week, Iran hosted an international conference questioningthe Holocaust. It met with outrage from much of the world andraised questions about the goals of such an event. (December14, 2006)WEEKEND EDITION: “EUROPE GRAPPLES WITH NAZI PAST”www.npr.orgSylvia Poggioli comments on how after more than 60 years,Europe still has difficulty coming to terms with the Nazi past.(September 24, 2006)WEEKEND EDITION: “REMEMBERING THE HORRORSOF DACHAU”www.npr.orgSeventy-five years ago, Nazi police chief Heinrich Himmlerannounced the opening of the first Nazi concentration camp forpolitical prisoners, ushering in one of the most tragic chaptersin modern history. (March 30, 2008)Holocaust survivors reunite with liberator Vernon Tott and visitthe site of the Ahlem Concentration Camp. (September 25, 2007)MORNING EDITION: “HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS REUNITED, 65YEARS LATER”www.npr.orgA brother and sister separated during the Holocaust have beenreunited after 65 years, brought together by researchers fromIsrael’s Yad Vashem Museum. Each had believed the other to bedead. (September 26, 2006)© American Documentary, Inc.19
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