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Inspired by a true story, this relates the tale of siblings Sosi, Shahen, and Mariam who survive the Armenian genocide of 1915 by escaping from Turkey alone over the mountains.

Inspired by a true story, this relates the tale of siblings Sosi, Shahen, and Mariam who survive the Armenian genocide of 1915 by escaping from Turkey alone over the mountains.

Provides a historical perspective on the African nation of Rwanda in an effort to explain the events that led to the massacre of 800,000 of its citizens and subsequent cholera epidemic and refugee crisis.

Chronicles the events surrounding the 1994 Rwandan genocide, focusing on the role the media played in the killings and tracing the rise and fall of three media executives who played a key role in the violence.

Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt, in Rwanda to make a film on the local AIDS epidemic, falls in love with Gentille, a beautiful hotel waitress, and the two become tragically caught up in the 1994 Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people.

Includes the Ottoman state and its non-Muslim population--The Union and progress era--Turkish nationalism--What led to the decision for genocide?--The decision and its aftermath--The question of punishing the "Turk"--Ottoman government initiatives--The turkish national movement's position on the genocide--The final phase of the trials--Why the postwar trials failed.

An incisive look at the genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath, raising new questions about how we can keep such tragedies from recurring.

"The world invoked its vow 'Never Again!' after the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica. Then came Darfur. Over the past four years at least 200,000 people have been killed, 2.5 million driven from their homes, and mass rapes have once more been used as a weapon of war in a brutal campaign by Janjaweed militias and the Sudanese government against civilians in Darfur. FRONTLINE asks why the international community and the United Nations have once again failed to stop the slaughter".

Selects and describes those books, from the profusion of Holocaust materials, that best explore the wide-range of human responses to the Holocaust, on the part of the victims, victimizers, and rescuers.

Antisemitism -- Authoritarianism and Conformity -- Aggression and Violence -- Practicing for Genocide: Euthanasia in Nazi Germany -- Hitler -- Leading Nazis -- Surviving the Ghettos and Camps -- Complicity or Resistance? -- Rescuers and Bystanders -- Holocaust Survivors in the Postwar World -- Explaining the Past and Predicting the Future -- Remembering the Holocaust.