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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