| Preamble section 2: |
| Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, |
DiscussionThe following are some useful links to sited that provide further information on these themes and institutions: Holocaust sitesUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust, University of South Florida (highly recommended) Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Nuremberg trialsYale Law School Avalon Project (highly recommended) A Teacher’s guide to the Holocaust (pictures of the Nuremberg trials) University of Missouri – Kansas City (good, with a lot of links and bibliography) Genocide – LemkinSite with writings by Lemkin and the list of countries who are party (and not party) to the Genocide Convention: http://www.preventgenocide.org/lemkin/ Peter Danchin, Columbia Unviersity |