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Life After Genocide
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Life After Genocide
Speaking Out About Genocide: The Voices of Survivors, Upstanders, and Experts
About the Project
Genocide in the 20th Century
Armenia
Burundi
Cambodia
East Timor
Holocaust
Kurds in Iraq
Nanking Massacre
Rwanda
The Former Yugoslavia
What is Genocide?
Causes of Genocide
Perpetrating Genocide
Documenting Genocide
Life Before Genocide
Family
Living Through Genocide
Capture
Resistance
Aid Givers
Imprisonment
Forced Labor
Atrocities and Brutal Treatment
Medical Experimentation
Escape and Liberation
Life After Genocide
Refugee Life
Property Loss and Resettlement
Emigration and Immigration
Trauma and Health
Reconciliation and Forgiveness
Justice and Education
Responding to Genocide
Punishment
Bystanders
Education
Ending Genocide
Denying Genocide
Interviewees
Souren Aprahamian
The Siege of Van, Turkey
Armenian Refugees in Iraq
The Repetition of History
Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer Defines Genocide
Nazi Documentation of the Holocaust
Yehuda Bauer Comments on the Role and Responsibility of Bystanders
Yehuda Bauer on Genocide Education
Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide
Henri Boyi
Henri Boyi on Genocide as the Work of Political Leaders
The Decolonization of Burundi
Ethnic Ideology in Rwanda and Burundi
The Kibimba Massacre
Thomas Buergenthal
Meeting Odd Nansen
The Liberation of Sachsenhausen
Traveling with Polish Soldiers
Iris Chang
Primary Source Documentation of the Nanking Massacre
Japanese Military Culture in the 1930s
The Medical Experiments of Unit 731
Iris Chang on the Role and Responsibility of Bystanders
Japanese Acknowledgement of the Nanking Massacre
Arn Chorn-Pond
The Temple Boy
Becoming a Child Soldier in Cambodia, Part 1
Becoming a Child Soldier in Cambodia, Part 2
The Forced Labor Camp at Wat Ek
The Brutality of the Khmer Rouge, Part 1
The Brutality of the Khmer Rouge, Part 2
Organizing the Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development
Arn Chorn-Pond Discusses the Role of Bystanders
Antranik Enkababian
The Death March Begins in Sivas
Turkish Aid Givers
The Suffering of the Armenians
Mary Enkababian
Mary Enkababian's Family History
Asad Gozeh
Growing Up Under the Iraqi Regime
Saddam Hussein’s Persecution of the Kurds
Surviving a Chemical Attack in the Kurdish Conflict
Forced Resettlement of the Kurds
Miki Jacevic
The Siege of Sarajevo's Effect on Miki
Ben Kiernan
Ben Kiernan Defines Genocide
The Leaders of the Khmer Rouge
Massacres in the Eastern Zone of Cambodia
Alexandre Kimenyi
The Extermination of an Entire Group
John Loftus
Conducting Research in the CIA Archives
Jamsheed Marker
The Decolonization of East Timor
Negotiating Autonomy For East Timor
Jamsheed Marker's Comments on Xanana Gusmão
Organizing the 1999 East Timorese Independence Referendum
The Indonesian Occupation of East Timor
Jamsheed Marker on Genocide Education
Nazar Melkonian
An Armenian's Escape from the Turks
An Armenian Immigrant's Experience in the United States
Joseph Mutaboba
Joseph Mutaboba on Genocide as the Work of Political Leaders
Governmental Support of Genocidal Regimes
The Fate of Genocide Perpetrators
Apollinaire Ndayizeye
Contributing Factors to Genocide
Hiding During the Burundi Genocide
Rachel Nurman
Rachel's Role in the Warsaw Resistance
The Train to Majdanek
Life in Majdanek
Saving a Child at Bergen-Belsen
Reflecting on Property Loss During the Holocaust
Testifying at Düsseldorf
Herta and Salomon Pila
Growing up in Nazi Germany
Working for Oskar Schindler
The Liberation of Linz
Immigration from Australia
Telling Herta's Story
Constâncio Pinto
Organizing Demonstrations Against the Indonesian Government
An East Timorese Boy with a Gun
Brutal Treatment in Remexio
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Background to the Rwandan Genocide
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Paul Akayesu
Interviewing Kosovo Survivors
Prosecuting the Akayesu Case
The Goals of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Holding Genocide Perpetrators Accountable
John Rinde
Hiding in Poland, Part I
Hiding in Poland, Part II
The Ghetto of Przemysl, Poland
The Rindes Immigrate to the United States
The Role of Blackmailers
Sara Hannah Matuson Rigler
Sara's Arrival at Tiegenhof
Brutal Treatment of Women
Escaping the Germans
Françoise Rudahunga
Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide
The Death of Francoise's Sister
Interrogated by the Interahamwe
The Worst Kind of Torture
Coping with the Rwandan Genocide
Binyenzi Schadrac
Growing Up in Rwanda Before the 1994 Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide Begins, Part 1
The Rwandan Genocide Begins, Part 2
Helping Genocide Survivors
The Role of the United Nations in Stopping Genocide
David Scheffer
David Scheffer Defines Genocide
The Office of War Crimes Issues and Kosovo
Shoes of the Killing Field
Helping Genocide Victims
Establishing the International Criminal Court
Responding to Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Stopping Genocide Perpetrators
Prosecuting the Leadership That Directs Genocide
Preventing Mass Killings
Eva Schloss
Eva Schloss on Stopping Genocide
Life in Auschwitz
Eva's Feelings After the Holocaust
Sophal Leng Stagg
You Belong to Angkar
Khmer Rouge Forced Labor Experiences
Cambodian Refugees In Thailand
A Personal Narrative on the Cambodian Genocide
Gregory Stanton
Children of the Cambodian Genocide
Human Rights Education
Anne Sutherland
A Brief Description of Gypsy Culture, Part I
A Brief Description of Gypsy Culture, Part II
The Role of the International Community in Stopping Genocide
George Turlo
The Russian Invasion of Domachevo
The Ghetto of Slonim, Belarus
Defying German Soliders Part I
Defying German Soldiers, Part II
A Messenger Boy in Warsaw, Part I
A Messenger Boy in Warsaw, Part II
Elie Wiesel
Witness to Witness
To Forget is not an Option
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