1. Antisemitism
1.1. Denial of Holocaust
1.1.1. "Holocaust denial is an attempt to negate the established facts of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry." http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/denial/
1.2. Elie Wiesel
1.2.1. Wrote Night
1.2.2. Nobel Peace Laureate
1.2.3. Accosted by a Holocaust denier in 2007
1.2.3.1. No one came to help him
1.2.3.2. 3 people from the hall called front desk
2. United States Involvement
2.1. The Nazi Book Burnings
2.1.1. Nazis planned the burning of "nation-corrupting" books
2.1.2. Bands would play music for "group sing-a-longs"
2.2. America's Response to Book Burnings
2.2.1. Street Demonstrations
2.2.1.1. "On May 10, 1933: 100,000 people marched for more than six hours to protest events in Germany and the burning of books."
2.2.2. Press Response
2.2.2.1. Newspapers criticized the actions of Nazi students
2.2.2.2. Many political cartoons
2.2.3. American Novels
2.2.3.1. Ray Bradbury
2.2.3.1.1. Symbolism of 451; Fahrenheit 451 shows the dangers of extreme censorship and book burning
2.2.3.2. "The Writers’ War Board also sponsored student essay contests on such subjects as “What It Means To Be an American” in a time of crisis. Winners received war bonds as prizes." http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/bookburning/war.php
2.3. In the U.S. May is Jewish Heritage Month
3. Propaganda
3.1. People’s Radio
3.1.1. Radios were small and inexpensive
3.1.2. 50 million Germans had radio reception
3.1.3. Broadcasts were carefully selected. Only specific programs and music were played. No American Jazz or music by Jewish composers
3.1.4. Designed with limited range so Germans could not listen to foreign broadcasts.
3.2. Control of Newspapers
3.2.1. Nazis began to take over the press. They censored anything that did not help push their Antisemitic agenda.
3.2.2. "Der Stürmer was the most notorious antisemitic newspaper in Germany."
3.2.3. 1933: National Jewish Boycott
4. Buchenwald Concentration Camp
4.1. Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz
4.1.1. "Describes the process of collecting evidence (including evidence of crimes in the Buchenwald camp) and issuing arrest warrants" http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_oi.php?ModuleId=10005198&MediaId=4954
4.1.1.1. He went into the camp office and confiscated the death books.
4.1.1.1.1. Listed every inmate who died in camp
4.1.1.1.2. Fictitious deaths
4.2. Nazi Medical Experimentation
4.2.1. "Scientists tested immunization compounds and sera for the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases, including malaria, typhus, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, yellow fever, and infectious hepatitis"
4.3. Forced Labor
4.3.1. "The prisoner population expanded rapidly, reaching 112,000 by February 1945"