We're all familiar with the haunting images of the concentration camps of World War II. But the history of those concentration camps extends back to the late 19th. century and the invention of barbed wire and repeating rifle [see...

David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, discusses criticisms of the political use of the Holocaust in Israel and beyond.

Colette and Lacie visit one last building in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, the crematorium. Colette is overcome with emotion as she stands in the last place her brother's body passed through. She recalls memories of her brother...

Colette and Lucie receive an overwhelming welcome from the former mayor of Nordhausen, Germany. The next day, they make their way to the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp where 20,000 people, including Colette's brother were killed. They...

Colette Marin-Catherine and her family were members of the French resistance during World War II. Colette and Lacie, a history student researching that era, travel together to Nordhausen, Germany, to visit the Mittelbau-Dora...

As a young girl, Colette Marin-Catherine fought Hitler's Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. Her older brother was arrested and sent to German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where he was killed. For 74 years, she has refused...

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how his early experiences primed him for appreciating situational factors.

Operation Paperclip saw around 1,600 Nazi scientists recruited by US intelligence to aid American innovation. As a result, none were ever held accountable for their crimes.

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I thought I’d revisit one of my most watched videos, including my 10 More Things about WW2 and some previously unseen content.

Irena Sendler helped save 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. Born and raised in Poland, Sendler — a Catholic social worker — was 29 years old when the war began. Granted unique access due to her job in the welfare...

A video entitled “Analyzing Historical Context” which evaluates the historical background of a piece of nonfiction.

When Vladek’s second wife leaves him, Art and Françoise go to stay with him. Art still finds it hard to get along with his father, but he continues recording his story. It’s 1944 and Vladek and Anja have been separated into different...

Art Spiegelman has always wanted to create a graphic memoir of his parents’ story of love and survival during The Holocaust. So, he sits down with his father, Vladek, to hear what it was like as a Polish Jew living under Nazi...

Despite Vladek and Mala’s hectic marital problems, Art continues to record his father’s story. In these chapters, Vladek describes what it was like for Polish Jews in the 1940s. Crafty hiding places, the terror of getting caught, narrow...

It’s 1939 and Vladek Spiegelman must join the Polish army to fight the Germans. But it’s not long before the Germans overwhelm the Polish forces and capture Poland. Vladek is taken as a prisoner of war but makes a daring escape. Sadly,...

Art Spiegelman has always wanted to create a graphic memoir of his parents’ story of love and survival during The Holocaust. So, he sits down with his father, Vladek, to hear what it was like as a Polish Jew living under Nazi...

National Archives: This video explores primary source material relating to the Belsen concentration camp Join Ela as she introduces a document related to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the holocaust in Nazi Germany.

Mr. Hughes cuts through WWII from a Global History perspective to help the kiddies past their tests.

Part 4/6 of the Businesses out of the Ashes series: This video is a personal story of a Bedouin woman named Mariam who started her own business based on her grandmother's traditional knowledge of making herbal medicines, soaps, oils, and...

What was the whole process of European discovery? What does Britain have to do with the silk roads? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 2

What do we normally do when we think about history? Is there a problem thinking this way? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 1

Larry La's Business series part 2/2: In this video, Larry, a successful restaurant owner, shares his journey of starting and managing his own restaurant business in Washington DC. He discusses the market research he gained while working...

Part 1/4 of the End Casket Company series. This video tells the story of Bill Vandergriff, a Native American Marine who fought in the Vietnam War and faced the difficult reality of post traumatic stress disorder leading to alcoholism...