Legacy and Memory
Includes individual and collective memory of historical events, and monuments.
Legacy and Memory
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A German Dump Holds Shards of a Terrible Night
November 9 is the 70th anniversary of
what the Nazi's euphemistically called Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken
Glass. The article "A German Dump Holds Shards of a Terrible Night"
describes how researchers recently discovered that a dump 30
miles outside of Berlin, contains physical evidences of what many Holocaust
scholars believe was "the beginning of the end" for Jews in Germany. |
Facing Today | October 30, 2008 |
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A Jew Among the Germans 60 minutes |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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April Declared Confederate History Month On April 2nd, Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell declared April “Confederate History Month.” His proclamation did not mention slavery. |
Facing Today | April 9, 2010 |
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Armenian Genocide Vote Irks Turkey Going against the Obama administration, “a U.S. congressional committee approved a resolution condemning the 1915 slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide,” The Wall Street Journal reports. |
Facing Today | March 5, 2010 |
| Arn Chorn Pond: Everyone Has a Story | Video Clip | March 31, 2008 |
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Attorney General Holder's Address for Black History Month
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Steven Holder, the first
African American U.S. Attorney General
addressed the Department of Justice in a speech in honor of Black History
Month. In
this speech to the justice department in honor of Black History Month,
Steven Holder spoke about
the discomfort he believes many Americans feel about the issue of race. |
Facing Today | February 24, 2009 |
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Bearing Witness 21 minutes This documentary examines the role of American soldiers in the liberation of concentration camps at the end of World War II. The film combines historical footage and stills of the camps (including photographs taken by the witnesses themselves) with the powerful testimony of those Americans who were among the first to see the camps upon liberation. In addition, the veterans describe the enduring impact that witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust has had on their lives. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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California Apologizes to Chinese Americans On July 17, California passed a bill officially apologizing for discriminatory legislation that denied Chinese immigrants the right to own property, marry whites, or work in the public sector. |
Facing Today | August 5, 2009 |
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Camera of My Family: Four Generations in Germany 1845-1945 18 minutes |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Canadian Government Apologizes for Rwandan Genocide Inaction CBC News reports that Governor General Michaëlle Jean, “the first top-level Canadian official to visit Rwanda since the genocide,” has “apologized to Rwandan leaders for Canada’s ‘inaction’ during the 1994 genocide in the African country.” Jean’s statement, written with the Foreign Affairs Department, was completed after her visit to the Gis |
Facing Today | April 23, 2010 |
