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Tag Archives: Genocide
What Does Genocide Look Like Through the Eyes of a Killer?
How death squad leader Anwar Congo views his role in the Indonesian killings of 1965
Life was brutal for many Indonesians in the mid-1960s, unless you happened to be a gangster selling movie tickets on the black market. They also extorted money from Chinese people living in the area. When they could not pay, they … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Anwar Congo, Genocide, Guilt, Indonesia, John Wayne, Joshua Oppenheimer, Loss From Murder, Marlon Brando, The Act of Killing, Violence, War
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The Paper Clip Project: A Holocaust Memorial
What 30 million paper clips mean in memorializing the Jews in WWII
In 1998, a group of students at Tennessee’s Whitwell Middle School began a unit of study on World War II and the Holocaust. The enormity of the Holocaust resonated with the students, who came to understand the frightening potential of … Continue reading
