Elie Wiesel at the age of 15 was deported by the Nazis, along with his family, from their home in Transylvania to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie lost both his parents and younger sister in the Holocaust. Elie 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, 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. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts. Source: YouTube: Elie Wiesel: Universal Lessons of the Holocaust
Dan McMillan Explains the Holocaust
Dan McMillan presents his thoughts on the causes for the Holocaust. Dan notes the prevalence of anti-Semitism and political fissures incurred from World War I, to Germany's inability to become a democracy until 1918.
"Dan McMillan holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He has published scholarly work in both history and law, and has worked as prosecuting attorney and as a history professor. He lives in New York City and writes about history and politics.
How Could This Happen is Dr. McMillanâs first book and is the result of nearly four decades of engagement with German history and the Holocaust. Reading Simon Wiesenthalâs The Murderers Among Us as a teenager, Dan felt compelled to understand how something so horrific could have been possible. His quest for an explanation has shaped the course of McMillanâs life ever since: he became fluent in the German language, studied History and German at Stanford University, earned a Ph.D. in German history at Columbia, taught at universities in New York, New Jersey and Illinois, read everything he could on the Holocaust and constantly refined his understanding of its causes." - From the web site http://www.drdanmcmillan.com/author/ Source: BookTV: How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust
Music includes David Rovics - We Are Everywhere, David Freyer and the Positive Chi Units - Rise Up!, David Rovics - Trafalgar Square, Capitol Steps - Reverend Robertson, Neil Young - War Song, Capitol Steps - Everything's Run By Pelosi, R-Three - Something To Believe In, The Compassionate Conservatives - War And Peace, Roy Zimmerman - I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible, Capitol Steps - Still Crazy After All These Years, The Bobs - Please Let Me Be Your Third World Country, Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Blackbird, Woody Guthrie - Mean Talking Blues, Phil Cohen & Patricia Ford - War For The Roses, Monty Pythons - The Galaxy Song, Mark Snow - The X-Files
YouTube: Elie Wiesel: Universal Lessons of the Holocaust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_kuKXRLEnY
BookTV: How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust http://booktv.org/Program/15712/How+Could+This+Happen+Explaining+the+Holocaust.aspx
also see http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/searching-for-meaning-of-holocaust.html
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