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1939 - 1945

The Wannsee Conference

screenplay by Paul Mommertz; directed by Heinz Schirk; a co-production of Infafilm GMBH Munich, Manfred Korytowski, and Austrian Television O.R.F., and Bavarian Broadcasting Corp
1987
The horror of the Holocaust began on January 20, 1942, when key representatives of the SS, the Nazi Party, and the government bureaucracy met secretly at a house in Wannsee, a quiet Berlin suburb, to discuss "The Final Solution.".

America and the holocaust

deceit and indifference
1994
Documentary on America's anti-Semitic social and political climate in the thirties and forties even in the face of the Nazi persecution in Germany.

In the interest of justice

great opening and closing arguments from the last 100 years
2004
Includes such trials as O.J. Simpson, Timothy McVeigh, Bill Clinton, Amadou Diallo, "Puff Daddy", Jeffrey Macdonald, Adolf Eichmann, John Scopes, Martha Stewart, Karen Silkwood, Augustin Ballinas, Bess Myerson, Andy Capasso, and Horense Gabel.

The Holocaust

problems and perspectives of interpretation
2003
This volume brings together some of the most important and stimulating contributions to our understanding of Nazi genocide. These readings have been selected for the purpose of acquainting students with a variety of views, some of classic stature, others very recent.

In the shadow of the swastika

1998
He was known as a Warsaw ghetto smuggler, then as Comandante Enrico. He traveled under false identity papers and worked at a German border patrol station. Throughout the years of the Holocaust, Hermann Wygoda lived a life of narrow escapes, daring masquerades, and battles that almost defy reason.

"The Good old Days"

the Holocaust as seen by its perpetrators and bystanders
1991
"The Good Old Days" reveals startling new evidence of the inhumanity of recent twentieth century history and is published now as yet another irrefutable response to the revisionist historians who claim to doubt the historic truth of the Holocaust.

The Holocaust and "Yad VaShem"; Displaced Persons

1994
A special co-production of Yad VaShem, Israel Film Service, and Doko Video, this painful but vital memoriam traces the history of the Nazism from its earliest roots in Germany of 1918. Captures the horrors of Kristlenacht, Babi Yar, and the monstrous concentration camps, but also the heroism and bravery of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and the Jewish partisans who desperately tried to free their brethern. The film Displaced persons follows the progress of an "illegal" immigrant ship, the SS Fearless, which set out from Italy to Palestine. It speaks with eyewitness officials and surviving immigrants.

An Illustrated history of World War II

crisis and courage: humanity on the brink
2001
Visual history with more than 800 rare and moving photographs, historical artifacts, and more.

Band of brothers

2002
Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. They were a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties and whose lives became legend. Inlcudes 80 minute documentary "We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company"; 30 minute 'Making of 'Band of Brothers' featurette; Interactive "Field Guide' featuring timelines, maps, soldier profiles and other information to enchance the viewing experience.

The Holocaust

2002
Loose-leaf notebook includes; CD-ROM, picture cards, Activity packages, overhead transparencies, online connections, young adult literature for reading circles, reproducibles, Rubric bank, assessments.

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