Key: D-Documentary; DR- Drama; ST- Survivor Testimony; B/W-Black and White; C- Color; DD-Docu-Drama; A-Animation
BLUTZEUGE: Nazi Day of Blood D B/W & C; 0:60:00
Source: Timeline Interactive, Inc., 504-334-6200 or write 10615 Gurney Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70714. Credits: Written, directed and produced by R.H. Perez de Cruet.
This newly released video explores the strange story of how the Berlin Wall came down on Blutzeuge, Adolf Hitler's most "sacred" Nazi holiday: November 9th. This tape details how Hitler first experienced what he termed a "supernatural vision" shortly after the collapse of the Second Reich on November 9, 1918; The Munich Putsch of November 9, 1923; establishment of the SS oath ceremony on November 9, 1925; establishment of the Day of National Memory on November 9, 1933; huge ceremonies on November 9, 1934-37; the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9, 1938; and finally the sudden and mysterious fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Recommended for adults only.
Genocide, 1941-1945 (World At War Series) D B/W; 0:50:00
Source: Arts and Entertainment, 800-423-1212, or write AE; Home Video, P.O. Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407. Credits: Produced and directed by Michael Darlow. 1982. Recommended for Middle School and High School. The story of the destruction of European Jewry is told using archival footage and testimonies of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. This excellent overview has been used effectively by many teachers.
Witness to the Holocaust; D B/W; 2:10:00 (A two video set)
Source: ADL, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Credits: Produced by the Holocaust Education Project for Zachor: National Jewish Resource Center. Produced and directed by C.J. Pressma. 1984. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This video presents a series of seven documentaries which can easily be segmented for specific topical use in the classroom. Each segment is approximately 20 minutes in length. Survivor narration is combined with photos and historic film footage. The topics include: Rise of the Nazis, Ghetto Life, Deportations, Resistance, The Final Solution, Liberation, Reflections.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST:
Image Before My Eyes; D C & B/W; 1:30:00
Source: Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Blvd., Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035; 310-553-9036. Credits: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Produced by Josh Waletzky, Susan Lazarus. 1980. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
The Camera of My Family: Four Generations in Germany 1845-1945; D C B/W; 00:20:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, PO Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #ADL45V-J4 Credits: Anti-Defamation League.
Catherine Hanf Noren left Nazi Germany with her Jewish parents shortly after her birth in 1938. This effective film describes her perseverance as an adult to use old family photographs to trace her family roots through several generations. Includes guide.
The Last Chapter; D B/W; 1:25:00
Source: J.C. Entertainment, 450 7th Ave., Suite 2702, New York, NY 10123; 212-967-3904. Credits: Produced and directed by Benjamin and Lawrence Rothman. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This video traces the history of the earliest Jewish communities in Poland through their destruction during World War II. It also examines the pogroms in the post-war period which occurred as survivors tried to return to Poland and rebuild their lives.
Man Alive: Journey to Prague: A Remembrance; ST C; 0:28:00
Source: Films Incorporated, 5547 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL 60640-1199; 312-878-2600, ext. 43. Credits: Produced and directed by David Cherniak. 1987. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This video provides a moving narrative of a survivor who returns to Prague and recounts his life growing up in the Jewish community. The video is interspersed with the exhibition - "Precious Legacy" which shows the beautiful and sacred articles confiscated from Czechoslovakian Jewish communities by the Nazis.
Das Leben von Adolf Hitler (The Life of Adolf Hitler); D B/W; 1:51:00
Source: Video Yesteryear, Box C, Sandy Hook CT 06482; 800-243-0987. #852. Credits: Directed by Paul Rotha. 1961. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Using archival footage, this film moves chronologically through the major events from the rise of the Nazis to their defeat by the Allies. It could be segmented for classroom use into three periods: 1933-1936, 1936-1939, and 1939-1945.
Triumph of the Will; D B/W; 1:10:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #SV678V. Credits: Leni Riefenstahl for the Third Reich. 1934. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This famous propaganda film, made for the Nazis by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, documents the Nazi Party rally held in 1934 in Nuremberg, Germany. This is an effective tool for learning about Hitler's image of himself, his manipulation of the crowds, and his use of film as a propaganda tool.
World War II: The Propaganda Battle (A Walk through the 20th Century); D C; 0:58:00
Source: PBS Videos, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314; 800-344-3337. Credits: CEL Production Co. 1984. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Bill Moyers examines how propaganda and mass media were used during World War II to manipulate public opinion. This video could be used with Triumph of the Will as well as any of the Frank Capra Why We Fight series.
Shadow on the Cross; D C; 0:52:00
Source: Landmark Films Inc., 3450 Slade Run Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336. Credits: CTVC Production for Channel 4, England. Produced by Ray Bruce. 1990. Recommended for High School.
This documentary film looks at the tragic story of Jewish-Christian relations over the past 2000 years and explores the influences of historic Christian antisemitism on the Third Reich. The film is divided into two parts. Part 1 summarizes the history of religious antisemitism over the two thousand years Jews lived in Europe as a religious minority. In Part 2 theologians discuss the implications of the Holocaust for Jewish-Christian relations today. This is useful for college or high school history, political science, religion, or philosophy classes.
VICTIMS OF THE NAZIS
More Than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht; D ST C & B/W; 0:57:00
Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O. Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666. 800-695-3746. #616. Credits: Written, produced, and directed by Chris Pelzer, 1988. Recommended for High School.
Using archival footage, photographs, and interviews with survivors, Jewish life in Germany prior to and during the Holocaust is described. This is excellent for examining the persecution of German Jew
Persecuted and Forgotten; D ST C; 0:54:00
Source: EBS Productions, 330 Ritch Street, San Francisco, CA 94107; 415-495-2327. Recommended for High School.
This video follows a group of German Gypsies as they return to Auschwitz after World War II. In personal accounts, Gypsies recall the "Gypsy Police", the Institute for Racial Hygiene, and the genealogical research that led to the imprisonment and murder of Gypsies during the Holocaust. The Gypsies who are interviewed also reveal the discrimination they continue to suffer.
Purple Triangles; D ST C; 0:25:00
Source: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Credits: Produced and directed by Martin Smith. 1991. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
During the Holocaust, Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted as a religious group. Their story is told by surviving members of the Kusserow family who describe their arrest and incarceration in concentration camps where they were identified by their purple triangle.
We Were Marked with a Big 'A' ; D C & B/W; 00:44:00
Credits: Directed by Elke Jeanrond and Joseph Weishaupt, 1991. Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shop, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; tel. 202-488-6144. Recommended for High School and Adult.
Little is known about the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazis. For the first time, in this effective documentary, three gay survivors tell the story of their arrests and incarceration in concentration camps. In German with subtitles.
Lodz Ghetto; D C & B/W; 1:43:00
Source: Alan Adelson, Exec. Dir., Jewish Heritage Project, Inc., 150 Franklin St., #1W, New York, NY 10003; 212-925-9067. Credits: Produced by Alan Adelson. Directed by Alan Adelson and Kathryn Taverna. 1989. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This documentary recounts the history of one of the last ghettos to be liquidated. The film draws on written accounts by Jews in the Lodz Ghetto, and on photographs, slides, and rare film footage. A teacher's guide is available through the ADL, 823 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017. The book Lodz Ghetto:I Inside a Community Under Seige/I may be effectively paired with the video.
Auschwitz: If You Cried, You Died; D C & B/W; 00:28:00
Source: Impact America Foundation, Inc., c/o Martin J. Moore, 9100 Keystone at the Crossing, Suite 390, Indianapolis, IN 46240-2158; tel. 317-848-5134. Credits: Impact America Foundation, 1991, 1993. Recommended for Middle School, High School, Adult.
Two survivors recount their experiences in Auschwitz after returning there with family members. Combined with historic footage, this is a moving commentary on prejudice. It also discusses Holocaust deniers. Teacher's guide available.
Night and Fog; D B/W; 0:32:00
Source: Video Yesteryear, Box C-137, Sandy Hook, CT 06482; 800-243-0987. Credits: Directed by Alain Resnais. 1955. Recommended for High School.
This award-winning, highly artistic documentary uses historic footage shot inside Nazi concentration camps and contrasts them with contemporary color scenes. The film includes very graphic footage. Attempting to universalize the Holocaust, the film never identifies the victims as Jews. In French with English subtitles.
Shoah ; ST C; (Day 1) 02:00:00; (Day 2) 02:00:00; (Day 3) 01:50:00; (Day 4) 02:00:00; (Day 5) 01:56:00
Source: Available in most video stores and many libraries. Also may be purchased from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico Blvd., Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035; 310-553-9036. Credits: Directed by Claude Lanzmann. 1985. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This powerful film includes interviews with victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, and takes us to the locations of the Holocaust in camps, towns, and railways. The video may be segmented for classroom use.
Triumph of Memory; D ST C; 0:30:00
Source: PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337. Credits: Produced and directed by Robert Gardner. Producers, Sister Carol Rittner, R.S.M.; Sondra Myers. 1972. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Non-Jewish resistance fighters sent to Nazi concentration camps bear witness to the atrocities which took place in Mauthausen, Buchenwald, and Auschwitz-Birkenau. This film is divided into three parts which can be segmented for classroom use: initiation to the camps, daily life in the camps, and genocide. This is an excellent film for increased understanding of the Holocaust and life in the camps. It also includes a discussion of the victimization of Gypsies in the camp.
The Wannsee Conference; DD C; 1:26:49
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #SV443V. Credits: Directed by Heinz Schirk. Co-production of Infafilm Gmbh Munich, Manfred Korytowski, Austrian Television O.R.F., and Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. 1984. Recommended for High School.
The video dramatizes the famous conference where the leading Nazis discussed the implementation of the "Final Solution" by the German bureaucracy. An excellent film, it is in German with English subtitles.
The Courage to Care; D C & B/W; 0:28:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #ADL150V. Credits: Produced and directed by Robert Gardner; Executive Producers, Sister Carol Rittner, R.S.M.; Sondra Meyers. 1986. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Nominated in l986 for an Academy Award for best short documentary film, the film encounters ordinary people who refused to succumb to Nazi tyranny and reached out to help victims of the Holocaust.
Other Side of Faith; D ST C; 0:27:00
Source: Film and Video Foundation, 1800 K St., N.W., Suite 1120, Washington, DC 20006; 202-429-9320. Credits: Produced by Sy Rotter. 1990. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Filmed on location in Przemsyl, Poland, this first-person narrative tells of a courageous sixteen-year old Catholic girl who, for two and a half years, hid thirteen Jewish men, women, and children in the attic of her home.
Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines; D ST C & B/W; 01:25:00
Source: Social Studies School Services, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room J, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. Credits: Written and directed by Karin Altmann. 1985. Recommended for High School.
Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was responsible for saving thousands of lives. Friends, family, and former members of his staff describe Wallenberg's efforts to confront the Nazi destruction of Hungarian Jewry. The video also examines the controversy surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in 1945 by the Soviets. Historic film footage is used.
Weapons of the Spirit; D C; 0:38:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O.Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802. #ADL156V. Credits: Written, produced and directed by Pierre Sauvage. 1988. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This is the story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small Protestant village in south-central France, and how its predominantly Protestant citizens responded to the Nazi threat against the Jews. Residents of the area hid and cared for 5000 Jews, many of them children.
Flames in the Ashes; D ST B/W; 1:30:00
Source: Ergo Media, Inc., P.O.Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666; 800-695-3746. Credits: A Ghetto Fighters' House Release. Produced by Monia Avrahami. 1986. Recommended for High School.
Historic, seldom seen footage tells the story of the variety of ways that Jews resisted the Nazis. Both murderers and resistance fighters tell the story. In Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Italian, and Polish with English subtitles.
Partisans of Vilna; D C & B/W; 02:10:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. Credits: Produced by Aviva Kempner. Directed by Josh Waletzky, 1987. Recommended for High School and Adult.
Featuring 40 interviews with survivors, this moving, informative film tells the story of Jewish resistance in the Vilna ghetto. Music sung in the ghetto and resistance as well as interesting archival film footage add greatly to the production. The film documents well the moral dilemmas and difficulties the resisters faced both inside the ghetto and later, in relations with non-Jews in partisan camps in the forests. Shows the prominent role women played in the Vilna resistance. An important film best suited for more advanced students of the Holocaust. In Hebrew, Yiddish, and English, with subtitles.
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference; D C & B/W; 0:60:00
Credits: Produced by Marty Ostrow, 1994. Source: PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337. Recommended for High School and Adult.
This film focuses mostly on the responses of Roosevelt, the State Department, and other U.S. government leaders to the Nazis' persecution and mass murder of European Jews. Weaving together interviews, official photos and documents, home movies and archival footage, the production is especially good at tracing the complex social and political factors that shaped American responses to the Holocaust. The history is interwoven with the moving personal story of Jewish refugee Kurt Klein, who failed in his efforts to obtain visas for his parents to follow him to the United States.
Auschwitz and the Allies; D ST C & B/W; 1:53:00
Source: No distributor currently available. Credits: B.B.C. Production. Martin Gilbert, Consultant. 1980. Recommended for High School. Could be segmented for use in Middle School.
This film examines the responses of Allied governments as well as those of the International Red Cross, the Jewish community and the victims. There are also many interviews with historic figures. This excellent film can be segmented for classroom use.
Safe Haven; D ST C; 0:57:40
Source: ADL, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Credits: WXXI T.V., Rochester, NY. Produced and directed by Paul Lewis. 1987. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Safe Haven tells the story of America's only refugee camp for victims of Nazi terror. Nearly 1,000 refugees were brought to Oswego, N.Y. and incarcerated in a camp known as Fort Ontario for eighteen months.
The Double Crossing: The Voyage of the St. Louis; D C & B/W; 00:29:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802. #ER110V-J4. Credits: A production of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois and Loyala University of Chicago. Produced by Elliot Lefkovitz and Nancy Partos, 1992. Recommended for High School and Adult.
More than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi German in 1939 on the luxury cruise ship the SS St. Louis were denied entry to Cuba and the United states and forced to return to Europe. In interviews interwoven with archival footage and photos, surviving passengers relive their voyage. The general issues this highly recommended film addresses-- racism, quota systems for refugees, and immigration policies-- remain urgent ones today.
Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? ; D B/W; 01:30:00
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, Room 902, PO Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #KN103V-J4 Credits: Produced by James R. Kurth and Laurence Jarvik, 1982. Directed by Laurence Jarvik. Recommended for High School and Adult.
This film examines American responses to the Holocaust with particular attention to the actions (and failures to act) of American Jewish leaders. It is a detailed, informative presentation of a complex topic, with oral testimony from a wide range of Jews and non-Jews involved with the issue of Jewish rescue. Indispensable for more advanced students of the Holocaust. Graphic images.
Hitler: The Whole Story; D B/W; 0:50:00 / 2:30:00
Source: NDR International. Hitler Offer: call 800-423-8800, or write Hitler Offer, P.O. Box 68618, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Credits: Produced by Weiner Rieb and directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Based on Joachim C. Fest's book Hitler, the film combines rare footage, photographs, and interviews. This film can be segmented into three parts for classroom use: Germany's quest for land, the "New Man" and Germania-a vision of the future, and deportations and mass killings.
Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth; D C & B/W; 00:30:00
Credits: HBO, 1991. Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Boulevard, PO Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #TL338V-J4. Recommended for Middle School, High School, Adult.
Eloquent Alfons Heck, a former member of Hitler youth and now a U.S. citizen dedicated to Holocaust education, recounts the compelling story of how he became a fanatic supporter of Nazism. Documentary footage vividly demonstrates how songs, youth camps, speeches, and education turned millions of young Germans like Heck into the most fervent and loyal proponents of Nazi racism and militarism. The short length of this highly recommended film makes it especially suitable for classroom use.
The Democrat and the Dictator; D C & B/W 0:55:00
Source: PBS Videos, 1320 Braddock Pl., Alexandria, VA 22314; 800-344-3337. Credits: Produced by Betsy McCarthy. 1984. Recommended for High School.
This film is a part of A Second Look with Bill Moyers and compares the personal history and style of the two major political leaders of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Birthplace; D C; 00:47:00
Source: New Yorker Films, 16 West 61st Street, New York NY. Attn: Daniel Talbot Credits: Produced by Kronika Film and Television Productions. Directed by Pawel Kokzinski. 1992. Recommended for Middle School, High School, Adult.
A powerful documentary of a Jewish survivor who revisits the village in Poland where he was born and hid during World War II. The subject is filmed as he meets with elderly people in the town who divulge information about the murder of his father and baby brother by townspeople during the war. Excellent film on the part played by some Poles in the Holocaust. In Polish with English subtitles.
Holocaust: Liberation of Auschwitz; D C & B/W; 0:18:00
Source: Zenger Videos, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Rm. 902, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #EBE 296 V. Recommended for High School.
The liberation of Auschwitz is filmed by Soviets, who linger on the faces of the inmates. Commentary describes the selection process, medical experiments, and daily life at Auschwitz. Soviet cameraman, Alexander Vorontsov, shares his impressions of the liberation. Highly graphic footage is included.
Opening the Gates of Hell; D C & B/W; 0:45:00
Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O.Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666; 800-695-3746. Credits: Production of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois and Loyola University of Chicago. Directed by Timothy Roberts. 1992. Recommended for High School.
American liberators of the Nazi Concentration Camps share their memories of what they saw. Interviews are effectively combined with historic photos and footage showing the camps that were liberated by Americans: Buchenwald, Nordhausen, Dachau, Landsberg, and Mauthausen. The video includes graphic footage.
Last Sea; D B/W; 1:30:00
Source: Ergo Media Inc., P.O. Box 2037, Teaneck, NJ 07666; 800-695-3746. Credits: A Ghetto Fighters' House Release. Film by Haim Gouri, Jacquot Ehrlich, and David Bergman. 1987. Recommended for High School.
The dramatic story of the post-war Jewish exodus from Europe to Israel is told using historic film footage. Finding themselves without family or homes to return to, many chose to make the hazardous journey by truck, by train, on foot, and finally, on overcrowded boats.
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story; DR C; 2:57:55
Source: Zenger Video, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Room 902, P.O. Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232-0802; 800-421-4246. #WV117V. Credits: HBO Pictures, Robert Cooper Production; produced by John Kemeny and Robert Cooper. Recommended for High School.
This is the true story of a survivor of the Holocaust who in the years after liberation committed himself to the task of hunting Nazis and bringing them to justice. This video can be effectively paired with the book The Sunflower. It is also useful for examining the response to the Holocaust in the postwar period.
The Nazi Connection; D C & B/W; 0:57:00
Source: Public Media; 800-343-4312. Credits: Produced by Tom Bower and B.B.C. for Frontline. 1986. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This film focuses on the U.S. government's illegal activities in bringing Nazi scientists to the United States in the post-war period for the purpose of developing the space program. Interviews are conducted with U.S. officials as well as the German scientists who were part of Project Paperclip.
Nazi War Crime Trials; D B/W; 1:07:00
Source: Video Images, Box C, Sandy Hook, CT 06482; 800-243-0987. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This vintage film made in 1945 uses newsreels and documentary footage to show the fate of Goering, Hess, Schacht, Streicher, Keitel, and other Nazis who were brought to trial after the war.
Daniel's Story; DD B/W; 12:00:00
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; 202-488-0400. Currently out of production. Credits: Produced by WMC International. Directed by Gail J. Sutton. Recommended for Elementary School and Middle School.
This videotape documents the events of the Holocaust from the perspective of a Jewish child growing up in Nazi Germany. Daniel and his family represent a composite of the experiences of German Jewish families, and the story is told with authentic archival photographs and film footage. Since the videotape has been designed for children ages 8-13, it describes the plight of a family victimized by the Nazis without using images of graphic horror. An accompanying Resource Packet is available.
The Hangman; A C; 0:12:00
Source: CRM, 2215 Faraday, Suite F, Carlsbad, CA 92008; 800-421-0833. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Animation is used to illustrate the poem by Maurice Ogden about a town in which the people are hanged one by one by a mysterious hangman while the town stands by rationalizing each victimization. This is especially useful in introducing the subject of individual responsibility and the role of the bystander in the Holocaust.
Obedience; D B/W; 0:45:00
Source: Penn State Audio-Visuals Service; 800-826-0132. Rent or purchase. Credits: Produced by Stanley Milgram. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This documentary shows the experiment conducted at Yale University testing the willingness of people to follow orders which required inflicting pain on another. This is a good film to use to provoke discussions on morality and responsibility, and can be used effectively with films on the Nuremberg Trials or the trial of Adolf Eichman where the standard defense was that the criminals had only been following orders.
The Wave; DR C; 0:46:00
Source: Films Incorporated, 55476 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640; 312-878-2600, ext. 43. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
This film recreates a classroom experiment done by a high school teacher who set up strict rules and behavior codes in an effort to show how peer pressure, conformity, and loyalty could work in a classroom the same way they had in Nazi Germany. This is an excellent film to use in conjunction with lessons on the rise of Nazism.
The Forgotten Genocide; D ST C & B/W; 0:28:00
Source: Atlantis Productions, 1252 La Granada Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362; 805-495-2790. Credits: Written, produced, and directed by J. Michael Hagopian, Ph.D. 1975. Recommended for Middle School and High School.
Nominated for an Emmy, this is a shortened version of The Armenian Case which documents the Armenian genocide that took place during and after World War I. Personal narrative is included with historic photos and film footage.
