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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

A monthly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.


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The Nazi Olympics
February 8, 2007

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses the boycott debate that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Olympic Games in 1936. Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Human Rights, Responses, Sudan

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Memory and Ethics
December 14, 2006

Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings. As discussed in "The Holocaust and the Common Good," an essay in his new book, "Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau," John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Prevention, Responses

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Final Solutions: The Relationship Between Mass Killings and Political Elites
June 15, 2006

Ben Valentino, a Political Scientist at Dartmouth University discusses his book, "Final Solutions: Mass Killings and Genocide in the 20th Century" with Jerry Fowler. He explains the concept behind the word "mass killing" which he uses in his book to encompass the intentional killing of 50,000 or more civilians over the course of five or fewer years. Instead of concentrating solely on the common causes of genocide, namely social factors, Mr. Valentino examines mass killings--a wider and more comprehensive field--focusing on the political elites in power, their goals and how they came to power.

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Tags: Bosnia, History and Concept, Prevention, Rwanda

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Righteous Among the Nations
June 8, 2006

Dr. Charlie Clements, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, talks with Jerry Fowler about Waitstill and Martha Sharp. On June 13th, 2006, the Sharps will have their names engraved in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem, where only one other American, Varian Fry, has been honored. The couple risked their lives to save refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and helped found what is today called the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, dedicated to protecting human rights and promoting social justice.

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Refugees

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What is Justice?
April 20, 2006

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian, Edna Friedberg, and Case Western Reserve University law professor Michael Scharf discuss the meaning of justice in the context of Nuremberg, the international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court with regard to Darfur. Edna created the Museum's exhibition, "The Nuremberg Trials: What is Justice," and she speaks about the limits of justice and the limits of the law. Michael discusses the deterrant effect of the existence of a permanent International Criminal Court.

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Tags: Armenia, Bosnia, History and Concept, Holocaust, Justice, Legacies, Prevention, Rwanda

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Rwanda Means the Universe
April 13, 2006

This April marks the 12th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwanda genocide. Bridget Conley-Zilkic, Project Director of the Committee on Conscience, recently talked to Louise Mushikiwabo about her new book, Rwanda Means the Universe: A Native's Memoir of Blood and Bloodlines. [33:02]

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Tags: History and Concept, Human Rights, Legacies, Rwanda

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Special Episode - Memory and Witness with Elie Wiesel
February 3, 2006

Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness. [19:22]

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Legacies, Rwanda

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The Legacy of Raphael Lemkin
December 15, 2005

Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word "genocide" [25:47]



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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Legacies

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