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Genocide
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Genocide Convention)
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This film, created in partnership between Propeller Films and Facing History & Ourselves from the feature length film Watchers of the Sky, focuses on lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s efforts to develop an international law.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Introduction)
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This film, from the feature length movie Watchers of the Sky, focuses on Raphael Lemkin and some of his personal story as well as what became the focus of his life’s work.
Surviving a Massacre
In this graphic testimony, Holocaust survivor Zvi Michaeli describes realizing that he survived after the Jewish community of Eishyshok, Lithuania was murdered by the Nazis.
Tackling Discrimination against Roma in Schools
Scholar Margareta Matache discusses the discrimination Roma people face in schools and classrooms.
Taner Akçam: Why is the Armenian Genocide Important?
Taner Akçam discusses the importance of learning about the Armenian Genocide today.
Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
A Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
Un génocide canadien à la recherche d’un nom
Lisez la demande faite au gouvernement du Canada pour qu’il reconnaisse la façon dont il a traité les Peuples Autochtones pendant la période coloniale du Canada comme un génocide.
Cultural Genocide
Consider how the term cultural genocide describes the efforts of the Canadian government to assimilate the Indigenous Peoples through residential schools.