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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/memory-of-…

https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnpeopl…

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/darfur/

Watch – “Memory of the Camps” online

Read – “A People’s War?” from A People’s History

Watch – “On Our Watch” online

After viewing “Memory of the Camps,” how has your
understanding of World War II changed? What are your thoughts
surrounding this genocide that claimed the lives of nearly 12 million
“undesirables” (including not only Jews, but also, Africans, Asians,
the physically and mentally challenged, homosexuals, gypsies, and
on and on the list could go of all the groups singled out by Hitler
and the Third Reich) from throughout the European continent?

Write your discussion post in 150 words.

THEN, RESPOND TO THESE POSTS WITH 3-4 SENTENCES

RESPOND#1

I find it interesting that former US President Truman will bomb Japan even after interfering with Japan- Russia conversation.

Germany invaded Soviet Russia, and the American Communist party, which had repeatedly described the war between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers as an imperialist war, now called it a “people’s war” against Fascism.

Hitler’s Germany was extending totalitarianism, racism, militarism, and overt aggressive warfare beyond what an already cynical world had experienced.

Pearl Harbor was introduced to the American public.

America had sent troops to Peking with other nations, to assert Western supremacy in China, and kept them there for over thirty years.undefined

In the video “Memory in the Camps” made me feel a lot of scary things. The war has destroyed many things. I could see corpses on the stress, mass graves, and soldiers carrying bodies in the video. I felt it was terrifying that they were being treated cruelly. They had to sleep cramped together and had nothing to eat for many days, making the number of exhausted people dying greatly. In such a society, the German government does not seem to homelessness, millions of death.

RESPOND #2

The way women are being treated in our society and in the media is devastating. Women have done great work to improve our society yet they are not being credited for the works that they do. In high school when we talk about inventions that helped our society we always talk about men, but we never really give credit to the women that helped us have better lives through their inventions. When I watched the video “Killing Us Softly” it really disterbed me, because I never saw blatant disrespect that was being shown by the advertising towards women. These types of advertisements are dangerous because they would be teaching young girls that they are ugly, too dark, and too tall to be considered beautiful. The way that women are portrayed in advertisements and in our society play a major role in under-representation of women in many positions. I believe we as the people have to stop the madness, because if we dont young girls will be depressed because they will want to be like the girls that are in the magazines and young boys will not treat women with the respect and dignity that they deserve.