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"The Eichmann Tapes and the Comforting Myth of the 'Banality of Evil'

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"The Eichmann Tapes and the Comforting Myth of the 'Banality of Evil'

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The Eichmann tapes and the comforting myth of the ‘banality of evil’

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The banality of evil. Hannah Arendt’s famous observation during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the ‘architect of the Holocaust.’ There’s new evidence that Eichmann’s evil was anything but banal.

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"How I Survived the Holocaust Twin Experiments"

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"How I Survived the Holocaust Twin Experiments"

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How I Survived The Holocaust Twin Experiments | Eva Mozes Kor | Goalcast

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Yad Vashem:  The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

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Yad Vashem:  The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

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On 5 July, in front of building No. 9 on Maršala Birjuzova Street, Belgrade saw the installation of its first Stolpersteine, or "stumbling stones." Dedicated to Emil Dajč, Avgusta Dajč, Hilda Dajč and...

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A world that remembers the Holocaust | IHRA

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On 5 July, in front of building No. 9 on Maršala Birjuzova Street, Belgrade saw the installation of its first Stolpersteine, or "stumbling stones." Dedicated to Emil Dajč, Avgusta Dajč, Hilda Dajč and...

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“Triumph of the Will” (1935), Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, by Jon Cvack

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Leni Riefenstahl’s infamous propaganda film documenting the Third Reich’s 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally features a cast of thousands -- including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering and other top officials. Images of

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Leni Riefenshtal Triumph Of The Will Hess, Hitler Address Hitlerjugend
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The remains of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess have been exhumed from a grave in Bavaria after it became a pilgrimage for thousands of right-wing extremists.
Hess parachuted into Scotland in May 1941 after a mysterious solo night flight, apparently on an unauthorized peace mission. He was captured and held prisoner until 1945 -- briefly as one of the last prisoners in the Tower of London.

After World War Two, he was sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, then hanged himself in Berlin's Spandau Prison on August 17, 1987, at the age of 93.

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Leni Riefenshtal Triumph Of The Will Hess & Hitler Speaches To Hitlerjugend

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Leni Riefenshtal Triumph Of The Will Hess, Hitler Address Hitlerjugend View next Leni Riefenstahl Nazi Propaganda Craft at technologos RIEFENSTAHL NAZI DOCREEL AT CINAMASCAPES at http://www.xmail.net/technologos/Aleni.html The remains of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess have been exhumed from a grave in Bavaria after it became a pilgrimage for thousands of right-wing extremists.Hess parachuted into Scotland in May 1941 after a mysterious solo night flight, apparently on an unauthorized peace mission.

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Hitler Speech at Nuremberg Youth Rally (No Subtitles)

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Hitler Speech at Nuremberg Youth Rally (No Subtitles)

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Hitler speech to Hitler Youth at Nuremberg Rally - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Transcript in English of Hitler Speech at Nuremberg Youth Rally Triumph of the Will (1935)

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Transcript in English of Hitler Speech at Nuremberg Youth Rally Triumph of the Will (1935)

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Triumph of the Will (1935, Germ.) (aka Triumph Des Willens)

In Leni Riefenstahl's influential yet infamous propagandistic documentary film that glorified Hitler and his regime over a four day period in Nuremberg, Germany in 1934:

the remarkable ethereal and visual imagery of the god-like descent of Hitler's plane from the clouds as he arrived over the city of Nuremberg (with the sight of the plane's dark shadow moving over buildings and the landscape, and the long lines of marching men below appearing ant-like) - and then his Messiah-like, savior-figure emergence from the airplane with a demure smile

Hitler's triumphant motorcade review of the cheering, adoring and worshipping throngs of celebrity-followers, many of whom (almost in mass hysteria) raised their arms with the 'Heil Fuhrer' Hitler salute to honor their idolized, omnipotent leader

the next morning's emphasis on German youth activities in a camp where the boys were shaving, washing, wrestling, etc.

Hitler's stirring and inspiring address during a daytime Youth Rally concentrating on Germany's youth, regarding them as the country's future (as the camera circled around him), and in militaristic terms describing how they must sacrifice themselves: "My German youth. After a year, I can greet you here again. You are here today in this place a cross section of what is around us in the whole of Germany. And we know that you German boys and girls are taking on everything we hope for from Germany. We want to be one people. And you, my youth, are to be this people. We want to see no more class divisions. You must not let this grow up amongst you. We want to see one Reich one day. And you must train for it. We want our people to be obedient. And you must practice obedience. We want our people to love peace, but also to be brave. And you must be peace-loving...And so you must be peace-loving and courageous at the same time. We want our people to remain strong. It will be hard and you must steel yourselves for it in your youth. You must learn to suffer privation without crumbling once. And whatever we create today, whatever we do, we will die, but Germany will live on in you. And when there is nothing left of us, then you must hold in your fists the flags that we hoisted out of nothing. And I know this cannot be otherwise. Because you are the flesh of our flesh, and the blood of our blood. And in your young heads burns the same spirit that rules us. You cannot be other than united with us. And when the great columns of our movement march triumphantly through Germany today, I know you will join the columns. And we know - before us Germany lies, in us Germany burns, and behind us Germany follows."

the impressive sequence of Hitler flanked by Heinrich Himmler and Viktor Lutze as they walked through military throngs of thousands of at-attention Storm Troopers and SS troops, on their way to lay a wreath at a WWI memorial site

the spectacular and massive night rally of low-ranking political party officials, where Hitler delivered another long and climactic outdoors speech in which he declared that the Party and State were one, rousing the crowd to cheer, applaud, and show enthusiasm: "...We cannot be disloyal to what has given us sense and purpose. Nothing will come from nothing if it is not grounded on a greater order. This order was not given to us by an earthly superior. It was given to us by God who created our people. This is our vow tonight. Every hour, every day, think only of Germany, the people, the Reich, the German nation and the German people. Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!"

the closing indoor ceremony and Hitler's spirited speech at a podium to the 1934 Nazi Party Congress' rally/convention held for his political party, with his final rousing words, expressing how the Nationalist Socialist party (and his leadership) would dominate: "...the idea and the movement are the expression of our people and a symbol of the eternal. Long live the National Socialist movement! Long live Germany!"; Hess followed with a few final exclamations: "The Party is Hitler! But Hitler is Germany as Germany is Hitler! Hitler, Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" and the assembly sang Horst Wesel Lied as the film was about to end

the final image of a swastika banner fluttering - super-imposed on a silhouetted column of marching soldiers moving forward

Swastika Banner Fluttering

Column of Marching Soldiers

Hitler's Arrival by Plane and Heroic Entrance

The Exalted Leader Hitler

Marching Through StormTroopers

Hitler's Night-time Address to the Masses

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Ken Burns:  The U. S. and the Holocaust--Airs September 18, 2022

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Ken Burns:  The U. S. and the Holocaust--Airs September 18, 2022

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The U.S. and the Holocaust | Ken Burns | PBS

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A new documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein

Premieres September 18 at 8/7c

The U.S. and the Holocaust is a three-part, six hour series that examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

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The U.S. and the Holocaust Premieres Sept. 18 | PBS

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The U.S. and the Holocaust is a three-part, six hour series that examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge.

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Ken Burns in the Classroom:  Clips from the U.S. and the Holocaust Documentary

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Ken Burns in the Classroom:  Clips from the U.S. and the Holocaust Documentary

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The Catastrophic Impacts of Nazi Ideology | The U.S. and the Holocaust | PBS LearningMedia

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Students will examine how Nazi ideology promoted eugenics and antisemitism to understand the harmful impacts of Nazi ideology during the Holocaust. Students will analyze two primary sources from the time which further demonstrate eugenics and propaganda at work. After, students will watch select video clips from The U.S.

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Mr. Charles Rotmil, Holocaust Survivor, Sanford High School, October 15, 2019

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Mr. Charles Rotmil, Holocaust Survivor, Sanford High School, October 15, 2019

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The Haunting Story of the 'Violins of Hope'

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The Haunting Story of the 'Violins of Hope'

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Each of these instruments has a history going back to one of humanity's darkest chapters.

PORTLAND, Maine - When the Portland Symphony Orchestra performs on Oct. 23 and Oct. 25, its string musicians will be playing instruments like no others in the world -- the " Violins of Hope."

Since the 1970s, Amnon and Avshi Weinstein, who are father and son violinmakers, have been restoring this collection of violins, violas, and cellos.

The instruments were played or owned by European Jews -- a few of whom survived the Holocaust, most of whom perished in it. Some of the violins had even been played in concentration camps.

When the first violin came into his repair shop in Tel Aviv, Israel, Amnon Weinstein found black ashes inside. After a violin has been used for a long time, Avshi Weinstein told me, there is always dust in it.

"This was not dust. This was something else," Avshi Weinstein said.

The black ashes were all that remained of the people whom the Nazis killed and then cremated in concentration camps. From the crematorium smokestacks, the ashes had drifted through the air.

Bringing the "Violins of Hope" project to life and keeping it going is personal for the Weinstein's. Their own history with the Holocaust is a story of unfathomable pain and loss.

"My grandfather had 11 brothers and sisters. Only one of his brothers survived," Avshi Weinstein said. "My grandmother had seven or eight brothers and sisters. None of her family survived."

The "Violins of Hope" are now played in concerts around the world, and the Weinstein's said the instruments all have something in common.

"They are symbols of hope and a way to say: Remember me, remember us."

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The haunting story of the 'Violins of Hope'

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Each of these instruments has a history going back to one of humanity's darkest chapters. PORTLAND, Maine - When the Portland Symphony Orchestra performs on Oct. 23 and Oct. 25, its string musicians will be playing instruments like no others in the world -- the " Violins of Hope."

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State of Deception:  The Power of Nazi Propaganda

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State of Deception:  The Power of Nazi Propaganda

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State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda What is Propaganda? - State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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This exhibition encourages us to think about what propaganda is, how it works, and how to respond when it aims to divide people and promote violence.