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Museum launches World is Witness in Google Earth
This new “geoblog” opens a window into the lives of people affected by genocide and its long-term consequences. Learn more about Congo and Rwanda, and read the most recent entries from a Museum visit to South Sudan.
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Father Patrick Desbois
In cooperation with the Museum, Father Desbois is leading a historic undertaking to locate every unknown mass grave and site at which Jews were killed in the Ukraine during the Holocaust. Read a New York Times article, listen to the podcast, and learn more about his forthcoming book.
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USHMM @ iTunes U
The Museum offers audio, video, and text documents for learning about the Holocaust, antisemitism and genocide prevention via iTunes U, a dedicated section of the iTunes Store offering free education content.
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Bruce Pearl's efforts at team-building extend beyond the court, where he tries to bridge religious and cultural differences among his players.
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As a young man, Jeffrey Goldberg left the United States to join the Israeli Army. In a prison camp for Palestinians, Goldberg encountered situations that challenged his idealism.
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Nobel Laureate and Museum Founding Chairman, Elie Wiesel, speaks with the Museum about contemporary antisemitism, memory, and the memorial role of museums. Read the AAM article (PDF).
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Salih Osman Mahmoud has risked his life to improve the human rights situation in Sudan. A native of Darfur, he worked on human rights issues in that region before joining Parliament as a member of the opposition.
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Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.
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After winning a gold medal at the winter Olympics in 2006, speed skater Joey Cheek committed himself to drawing attention to Darfur by enlisting athletes to speak out on the crisis there. His visa to attend the Beijing Olympics was recently revoked by the Chinese authorities. Listen to an August 2007 interview.
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Now you can search the online catalog and watch many of the films in the Museum's Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, including clips of Nuremberg rallies, Nazi racial science, prewar Jewish life, and more.
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