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90</td> 91 </tr> 92 </table></td> 93 </tr> 94 </table></td> 95 </tr> 96</table> 97 <P><font size="3" face="Arial"><b><a href="speeches-auschwitz-anniv.htm">Auschwitz 98 60 Years Later - Two Perspectives</a></b></font><font face="Arial"><br> 99 <b><font size="-1">Notable comments by the leaders of Israel and Germany upon 100 the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.</font></b></font></P> 101 <P><font size="+1"><a href="vietnam.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Vietnam 102 Today by Zachary Abuza</font></b></a><br> 103 </font><b><font face="Arial" size="-1">Professor Abuza, an expert in Southeast 104 Asian politics, offers an in-depth assessment of problem-plagued Vietnam, 105 now, some three decades after the Vietnamese gained full control over their 106 own destiny.</font></b></P> 107 <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="human-rights.htm"><b>Why Human Rights 108 Matter by Irene Khan</b></a></font><font color="#000000" size="3"><b><br> 109 <font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Secretary General</font></b></font><font color="#0000A0" size="-1" face="Arial"><b> 110 of Amnesty International, Khan, offers some thoughts on the stark challenges 111 facing the global movement for human rights</b>.</font><font size="+1"><br> 112 </font></p> 113 <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="patriot.htm"><b>The Patriot by Karen 114 Feldscher</b></a></font> <br> 115 <b><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Born in an internment camp 116 for Japanese Americans during World War II, he became a decorated U.S. Army 117 colonel. Now, Ed Wakayama has a passionate message for America: Learn from 118 your mistakes.</font></b></p> 119 <P><b><font size=+1><a href="cheney.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Politics 120 in the Classroom by Lynne Cheney</font><br> 121 </a></font><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">The former head of 122 the National Endowment for the Humanities takes a close look at how history 123 is being taught to America's young people.</font></b></P> 124 <p><b><font size=+1><a href="cheney-dallas.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Teaching 125 Our Children About America by Lynne Cheney</font></a><br> 126 </font><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">In this speech, following 127 the September 11 terrorist attacks, Mrs. Cheney responds to calls for more 128 multiculturalism in the classroom.</font></b></p> 129 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000A0"><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="kiernan.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Cambodia's 130 Twisted Path to Justice by Ben Kiernan</font><BR> 131 </A></FONT><font face="Arial" size="-1">A blunt assessment by the Director 132 of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University.</font></FONT></B><font size="-1" face="Arial"> 133 </font></P> 134 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" size="+1"><A HREF="not-out.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Not 135 Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz</font><BR> 136 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Was Socrates black? 137 Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the 138 underlying tenets of our democratic civilization to the Africans? Mary Lefkowitz, 139 </font><font face="Arial" size="-1">Professor at Wellesley College, <FONT COLOR="#0000A0">explains 140 why politically motivated histories of the ancient world are being written 141 and shows how Afrocentrist claims blatantly contradict the historical evidence.</FONT></font></B></P> 142 <P><B><span class="style3"><font size="3" face="Arial">Memories of the White Rose 143 by Dr. George J. Wittenstein </font></span><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" size="+1"><BR> 144 </FONT><font face="Arial" size="-1">Dr. Wittenstein is one of only two survivors 145 of the inner circle of the White Rose, a resistance group of anti-Nazi German 146 students and their supporters that openly opposed Hitler. He delivered this 147 fascinating lecture to a Jewish organization in Los Angeles. <BR> 148 </font></B><font face="Arial" size="-1"><A HREF="white-rose1.htm"><b>Section
149 One - Introduction and Background<BR> 150 </b></A><b><A HREF="white-rose2.htm">Section Two - The Leaflets<BR> 151 </A><A HREF="white-rose3.htm">Section Three - The Russian Front<BR> 152 </A><A HREF="white-rose4.htm">Section Four - Trial and Aftermath</A></b></font></P> 153 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#000080" size="+1"><A HREF="goldhagen.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Hitler's 154 Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen</font><BR> 155 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Harvard Professor 156 Goldhagen asks why, when Hitler conceived of the "Final Solution," 157 he was able to enlist vast numbers of willing Germans to carry it out.</font></B></P> 158 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#000080" size="+1"><A HREF="loury.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Race 159 and Identity: A Personal Perspective by Glenn C. Loury</font><BR> 160 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Boston University 161 Professor Loury ponders the meaning of his own racial identity.</font></B></P> 162 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#000080" size="+1"><A HREF="castagnera-ai.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Artificial Intelligence: The End of Capitalism? The End of Humanity? <img src="../new-1.gif" width="25" height="14" alt=""/></font><BR> 163 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">Dr. Jim Castagnera speculates whether humans or AI will inherit the earth.</font></B></P> 164 <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="beckwith.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">The U.S. 165 Holocaust Memorial Museum: Why Christians should go by Barbara Beckwith</font><BR> 166 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">The managing editor 167 of Catholic magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, takes us along on her first visit 168 to the museum in Washington.</font></B></P> 169 <P><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" size="+1"><A HREF="beckwith2.htm"><font face="Arial" size="3">Auschwitz: 170 'It's Amazing That a Bird Can Sing Here' by Barbara Beckwith</font><BR> 171 </A></FONT><font color="#0000A0" face="Arial" size="-1">The insights of Ms. 172 Beckwith as she went to Poland to see Hitler's most notorious death camp</font></B></P> 173</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> 174 175<P align="center"><img src="thin-blue-785.jpg" width="785" height="1"></P> 176<P align="left" class="style1">[ <A HREF="../index.html">The History 177 Place Main Page</A> | <A HREF="../unitedstates/revolution/index.html">American 178 Revolution</A> | <A HREF="../lincoln/index.html">Abraham Lincoln</A> | <A HREF="../civilwar/index.html">US 179 Civil War</A> | <A HREF="../unitedstates/childlabor/index.html">Child Labor 180 in America 1908-1912</A> | <A HREF="../unitedstates/pacificwar/index.html">US 181 in World War II in the Pacific</A> | <A HREF="../kennedy/gallery.htm">John F. 182 Kennedy Photo History</A> | <A HREF="../unitedstates/vietnam/index.html">Vietnam 183 War</A> | <A HREF="../worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.html"> Rise of Adolf Hitler</A> 184 | <A HREF="../worldwar2/triumph/index.html">Triumph of Hitler</A> | <a href="../worldwar2/defeat/index.html">Defeat of Hitler</a> | <A HREF="../worldwar2/hitleryouth/index.html">Hitler 185 Youth</A> | <A HREF="../worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm">Timeline of World War 186 II in Europe</A> | <A HREF="../worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html">Holocaust 187 Timeline</A> | <A HREF="../worldhistory/genocide/index.html">20th Century Genocide</A> 188 | <A HREF="../weeklyphoto/index.html">Photo of the Week</A> | <A HREF="../specials/calendar/index.html">This 189 Month in History</A> | <a href="../awards/advertise.htm">Advertise</a> | <a href="POV-feedback-14.html">Send 190 Feedback</a> ]</P> 191<CENTER class="style1"> 192 <P class="style1"><FONT COLOR="#0000A0" size="-1"><B>Copyright © 2026 The History Place⢠All Rights Reserved</B> </FONT></P> 193</CENTER> 194 195<P class="style1"><font color="#0000A0" size="-1">Terms of use: Private home/school 196 non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, 197 photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place.</font><font color="#0000A0" size="-1"></font></P></td> 198 </tr> 199</table> 200</BODY> 201</HTML>
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