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An Interdisciplinary Approach Timothy Hensley Librarian Virginia Holocaust Museum
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1933-1945
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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Emmi G, a 16-year-old schizophrenic, was put to death at Meseritz-Obrawalde  Courtesy USHMM
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Gas chambers for mass killing Crematories for body disposal Courtesy USHMM
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A Century of Genocide
Courtesy Ullstein Bilderdienst
Geography Present-day Namibia Oppressor Germany Target Group(s) Herero & Nama Catalyst Railroad (German annexation) Rationale Colonial expansionism Victim Total 65,000 Heroro & 10,000 Nama
From  Ambassador Morgenthau's Story , 1918
Geography Present-day Turkey Oppressor Ottoman gov. (Young Turks) Target Group(s) Armenians Catalyst Ottoman defeat against the Russians Rationale Armenians sided with Russia Victim Totals 1 – 1.5 million
S21:  Courtesy Adam Carr
Geography Cambodia Oppressor Khmer Rouge Target Group(s) Any individual who displayed “western” traits Catalyst US military pullout  Rationale Purifying Khmer of western culture Victim Totals 1.7 – 2 million
Courtesy of Congressman Frank Wolf
Geography Rwanda Oppressor Hutu Target Group(s) Tutsi Catalyst Death of Pres. Habyarimana Rationale Socio-economic uprising Victim Totals 800,000 – 1 million
Courtesy of Emir Arven
Geography Bosnia Oppressor Serbians Target Group(s) Bosniaks Catalyst Civil war Rationale Aggressive nationalism Victim Total 7,000 – 8,000
Courtesy USAID
Geography Sudan Oppressor Khartoum Government Target Group(s) Darfuri Catalyst 2003 rebel attack Rationale Quelling rebel uprising Victim Totals 400,000 +
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“ When a parent steals in the presence of a child, he is teaching the child to steal.” Rwandan maxim
Rena Berlin Director of Education Virginia Holocaust Museum
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6 million
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/armenian_genocide.htm
http:// www.unitedhumanrights.org /Genocide /armenian_genocide.htm
http:// www.unitedhumanrights.org /Genocide /armenian_genocide.htm
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http://www.dismalworld.com/violence/khmer_rouge_regime_and_genocide_in_cambodia.php
“ We ask our brave Hutu brothers not to let this crime go un-punished.  Rise up, brothers!  Rise up and go to work!  Sharpen  your tools, pick up your clubs! This race of cockroaches must be eradicated!”
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The University of Virginia was home to supporters of the science of eugenics. Above, Dr. H.E. Jordan who became Dean of the Department of Medicine at the University in 1939
"This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community 60,000 Reichsmark during his lifetime. Fellow Germans, that is your money, too."
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During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, ID cards were death warrants for many Tutsi stopped at checkpoints.  __________ USHMM/Jerry Fowler
A German passport issued to Siegfried Jacobsberg and stamped with the letter "J" for "Jude." Siegfried used this passport to escape to Shanghai in June 1939. [Photograph #25784]  USHMM
http://www.canada-heros.com/dallaire_romeo.html
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Course Concept Information Connection US History II Exclusion Nativisim Xenophobia 1924 Johnson-Reed Act-limits European immigration to 2% of the number of a nationality group in the US in 1890 What are the ramifications of the 1921 Quota Act on the Jews trying to flee Germany?  Inclusion 1948 Displaced Persons Act permits Europeans displaced by the war to enter the U.S. outside of immigration quotas. Is, “Better late than never” good enough?
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History Science English/LA Art Music Technology Holocaust Eugenics “ Flowers for Algernon” Daniel Keyes History Science English/LA Art Music Tech Holocaust Genocide  Salvaged Pages  Zapruder Teasdale Dunbar Art as Diary http://www.shoaheducation.com/ Music As Diary http://www.shoaheducation.com/
History Science English/LA Art Technology Does the inventor always know the result of his or her creation?  Genetics Frankenstein, Shelly Inventions - Computers History Science English/LA Art Technology What is the effect of evil on creativity? Ethics Friedrich,   Richter They Poured Fire On Us From the Sky , Benson Deng Guernica , Picasso   Inventions  -Hollerith  Computer -Air War
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http://www.guernica.eu/ Picasso /Guernica
http://www.globaldashboard.org/communication/art-in-a-time-of-genocide/
http://www1.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/nussbaum/home_nussbaum.html
 
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Not a Debate
 
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Teaching Holocaust and Genocide: An Interdisciplinary Approach