WORDS of BONDS: A Multimedia Educational Documentary Film Project

Resources for teachers, students, and all interested in learning and sharing their personal histories. Soon this page will offer:

curricula
reading materials
writing exercises
online multimedia resources
field trip ideas
segments that will be showcased as part of the film project.

Genocide Prevention Month calls on the international community to take meaningful actions when “early warning” indicators signal possible onset of mass-scale atrocity crimes, and to mobilize resources to avert or halt such ongoing crises and protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes.

For more info, please visit their site here.

OPEN LETTER FROM GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, 2009

“We are survivors of the genocides that have forever stained our nations, torn apart our communities and families, and lacerated our souls. We call upon you, our leaders, to direct your highest purpose toward ending forever the agonies of mass atrocity crimes.

We approach you on behalf of our beloved dead; in their millions of voices. Brutality and violence are muting the voices of our sisters and brothers in places like Darfur, Somalia, Burma and Congo, yet we can hear their pleas for protection, and we must speak for them too. We speak for the world’s children and forgenerations yet to come; for unless we take responsible action now, they too, in countless numbers, will pay the ultimate price.”

For the complete, open letter to world leaders from actual survivors of genocides please click here.

Mass Atrocity Crimes Watch List

The Mass Atrocity Crimes Watch List 2008-09, released with Genocide Prevention Project’s report, More Than an Ounce Required, identifies 33 countries of highest concern regarding mass atrocity crimes based on a range of indicators. The independent lists were based on a variety of risk factors. The full report can be found here. Download the Full Report

Tier 1 Countries: Red Alert

These countries appeared on each of the five expert indices used as a basis for this report and received the highest composite score on our watch list. Afghanistan, Burma/Myanmar, Dem.Rep. of the Congo, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Sudan

Tier 2 Countries: Orange Alert

The following are the 25 countries with the next highest composite scores. Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Philippines, Rwanda, Syria, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe

JEWISH HOLOCAUST RESOURCES
U.S. President Obama’s Speech at Holocaust Memorial

FROM CBS NEWS: Nazi Secret Archive
CBS NEWS

CHILDREN WHO PERISHED: The Jewish Holocaust

1.5 million children were murdered during the Holocaust. This figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of thousands of Gypsy children and thousands of institutionalized handicapped children.

ENCYCLOPEDIA UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM