Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Rememberence Day
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The Main Principles of Nazi Ideology
Dr. David Silberklang and Prof. Dan Michman discuss the main principles of Nazi Ideology and the place of antisemitism in it. On this topic and more in Yad Vashem’s new online course: “Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present”.
For registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antisemitism
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The Nuremberg Trials – Nazi Crimes Against Humanity
Learn more about The Nuremberg Trials:
http://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about/end-of-war-aftermath/nuremberg-trials
This video is one of many that can be viewed in Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum:
http://bit.ly/hPaH66
Director: Ayelet Heller
Producers: Liat Benhabib, Noemi Schory, Liran Atzmor, Itai Ken-Tor
Production Company: Belfilms Ltd.
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Holocaust Denial and Distortion
For registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antisemitism
Prof. Dina Porat explores what is Holocaust denial, what forms it takes and why they are defined as manifestations of antisemitism. -
The Auschwitz Bombing Controversy in Context
Dr. David Silberklang, Editor of Yad Vashem Studies, discusses the controversial decision of the Allies in regards to bombing the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in 1944.
Aerial Photographs of Auschwitz:
https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/through-the-lens/auschwitz-aerial-photos.asp
The lecture is part of the series “Insights and Perspectives from Yad Vashem Historians.” For more lectures, click here: http://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/video-lectures -
Elie Wiesel: Universal Lessons of the Holocaust
Elie Wiesel, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, was 15 when the Nazis deported him, along with his family, from their home in Transylvania to Auschwitz. Losing both his parents and younger sister in the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel has made it his lifelong goal to teach the world about the Holocaust. The prize-winning author of more than 40 works of fiction and nonfiction, he has tried to capture in his writings the vibrant Jewish world that had existed before the war in addition to its destruction in the Holocaust. Speaking at the opening of Yad Vashem’s new Holocaust History Museum, Elie Wiesel focuses upon the universal lessons that emerge from the Holocaust and the obligation to carry these messages to the world.
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Confronting Hate
“For registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antisemitism
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Imam Sheikh Dr. Usama Hasan, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Dr. Einat Wilf, Prof. Michael Walzer contemplate if and how antisemitism and other forms of hate and intolerance can be eradicated.” -
“They Gave Me Life” – The Story of Rena Quint
Rena Quint was born as Freida “Freidel” Lichtenstein in December 1935 in the city of Piotrkow Tribunalski, Poland. In 1939, when Rena was three years old, the Nazis invaded and occupied her hometown. In October 1942, her mother and her two older brothers were deported to the extermination camp of Treblinka where they were murdered. Rena, who was not yet seven years old, was deported with her father to a concentration camp, where she pretended to be a boy in order to survive. When Rena’s father was murdered, she was left alone in the camp. She was finally sent to Bergen Belsen concentration camp. In the various camps she was interned she was adopted by different women, but they all died. At the end of the war, Rena went to Sweden, where she was adopted by a Holocaust survivor who passed away a few months later. In 1946, Rena emigrated to the United States with an adoptive mother, also a Holocaust survivor, who after three months also passed away as a result of her poor physical condition. Rena was then adopted by a Jewish couple who didn’t have children. Rena earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and worked as a teacher in schools and, as a lecturer at Adelphi University in New York and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1984, Rena and her husband emigrated to Israel with their four children who were already married. Rena has been volunteering for more than 30 years at Yad Vashem where she meets with groups from around the world.
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Anne Frank | Historical Figures of the Holocaust | Yad Vashem
This video provides a short overview of Anne Frank’s life, presenting her life in hiding as emerges from her diary, which went on to be the most famous, and best-selling personal diary of all time.
Credits:
Text: Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, (USA: Doubleday, 1995)
Yad Vashem Archives
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
Photo Collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
ANNE FRANK FONDS Basel, Switzerland
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Music: Awaken by Martynas Lau
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WWII veteran recalls liberation of Buchenwald
World War II veteran Rick Carrier describes being the first American to discover Nazi Germany’s Buchenwald concentration camp. -
Honoring Righteous Among the Nations Master Sargeant Roddie Edmonds
Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators. Bystanders were the rule, rescuers were the exception.
To honor these exceptional few, the Righteous among the Nations, Yad Vashem established a public Commission, responsible for examining each case. Researchers pore over archival documents and scrutinize personal letters and testimonies, gathering every bit of necessary information in order to authenticate the rescue stories.
As the generation of survivors, rescuers and witnesses is fast disappearing, this is our last chance to gather and document these stories forever.
To learn more about the Righteous Among the Nations program: http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/search.html?language=en
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Hitler Stunk As A Military Leader. Germans Who Were There Describe It
I was hired to produce a television documentary based on several books which had been written when this was made (1998) on how Hitler lost World War II because of careless, idiotic, incorrect military decisions that time and again cost Germany lives and treasure inbattles that they might have won. Most armchair historians know that it was unwise for Hitler to open up to fronts, one to battle the West in Europe, the other to battle the east and Russia. And many know about his unwise decision to pull back the Luftwaffe from the battle of Britain. To get to the deeper issues of why and how Hitler made these mistakes, I obtained the support of major British and German historians and some of those military leaders who worked with Hitler directly. They give a picture that makes the points the film is making, credible.
This clip from a 1 hour PBS television documentary I made called ” How Hitler Lost the War.” The film takes a unique point of view. Rather than talking about who won the war, my colleagues and I explored what Hitler did that helped lose Germany the war. Although it happened so long ago, it is still a frightening story. Some of the interviews I conducted in this segment were fascinating to me and I hope they are to you as well.
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Where do you think God was in the Holocaust? (Q1.1) | Educational Resources | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’
Yom HaShoah | Question 1 | Part 1
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust.
For further videos and information, please visit: https://www.rabbisacks.org/curriculum-resources/
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Do you have faith in humanity after the Holocaust? (Q1.2)
Yom HaShoah | Question 1 | Part 2
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Does God care about individual lives…? (Q1.3)
Yom HaShoah | Question 1 | Part 3
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Do you think the Holocaust represented a failure of humanity? (Q2.1)
Yom HaShoah | Question 2 | Part 1
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Can we trust people other than ourselves? (Q2.2)
Yom HaShoah | Question 2 | Part 2
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
How can I have faith that God is within each of us…? (Q2.3)
Yom HaShoah | Question 2 | Part 3
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
What do you think the Jewish theological response to the Holocaust should be? (Q3.1)
Yom HaShoah | Question 3 | Part 1
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Should a Jewish theological response to the Holocaust include issues of justice? (Q3.2)
Yom HaShoah | Question 3 | Part 2
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
How has the Holocaust impacted your personal relationship with God? (Q4)
Yom HaShoah | Question 4
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
What do you think would be a just punishment for the atrocities committed by the Nazis? (Q5.1)
Yom HaShoah | Question 5 | Part 1
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Is there a concept of a statute of limitations when it comes to the crimes of the Holocaust? (Q5.2)
Yom HaShoah | Question 5 | Part 2
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
What is the difference between vengeance and justice? (Q5.3)
Yom HaShoah | Question 5 | Part 3
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Do you think it’s ever possible to forgive the perpetrators of the Holocaust? (Q6)
Yom HaShoah | Question 6
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
To what extent do you think the Holocaust can/should be a key ingredient of Jewish identity? (Q7.1)
Yom HaShoah | Question 7 | Part 1
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris. -
Is there something unique about the Holocaust practically? (Q7.2)
Yom HaShoah | Question 7 | Part 2
This video is part of a series of videos produced by the Office of Rabbi Sacks in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust. For further videos and information, please visit www.RabbiSacks.org/Holocaust. This series has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Richard Harris.