History and My Story

While preparing for my DC trip with Pat and Ronnie, I’ve been checking out the current exhibits at the United States Holocaust Museum. It is amazing how much more information is currently being shared on-line than ever before. I came across this short video series that delves into the use of propaganda—-how it can contribute to genocide, but also asks the difficult, anti-democratic question of whether using “good propaganda” can help a country heal after a genocide.

Other interesting exhibits include:  A gallery of Nazi propaganda images (check out “The Poisonous Mushroom” an antisemitic children’s book that was read in schools); Mapping the Holocaust which helps students understand geography, which is important when you consider the Holocaust spanned 20 countries; American response to the Holocaust–for better, but often for worse; and others that deal with Kristallnacht, Nazi persecution of the handicapped and homosexual and children’s experiences during the Holocaust.

Check some or all of these sites out and report back on what you have learned by commenting here.