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20th Century: 1940-1949 Decade
American Life In the Forties
- The Forties: War
and Peace
- "It was the best of times and the worst of times: It's a Wonderful
Life and six million Jewish deaths. ``White Christmas'' and black lists.
Gas rationing and Guadacanal. Casablanca and Hiroshima. V-2 rockets and
V-J Day." A look at the 1940s by the Oak Ridge National Laboratories,
where top secret projects were carried out with atomic energy.
- Color Photographs
From 1938-1944
- Color Photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the
Office of War Information, ca. 1938-1944. 1,600 Photographs of rural and
small town America during the late 1930s and scenes of the defense and
war mobilization effort from 1939-1944.
- Edward R.
Murrow
- Lots of material on the life of a major WWII journalist,
Edward R.Murrow, who also had a great impact on American journalism.
- Architecture and
Interior Design for 20th Century America (1935-1955)
- Over 29,000
images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and
exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings,homes
of notable Americans, and of several U.S. presidents, as well as color
images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Many were commissioned by
architects, designers, owners and architectural publications, and document
important achievements in American 20th-century architecture and interior
design.
- Creative Americans:
Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
- 1,400 Portraits of literary figures, artists, and celebrities; scenic
views, mostly in the Northeast. Includes African Americans, celebrities
and prominent individuals, scenic views. Consists of 1,395 photographs
taken by American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) between 1932
and 1964. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographs of
celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance. A much
smaller portion of the collection is an assortment of American landscapes.
- Social Security
History
- Exceptionally well presented collection of information on the history
of the Social Security program and Social Security Administration. A mix
of general-interest material and items that may appeal primarily to
scholars. Graphics and photos abound, and there are sound and video
clips.
- "Screwball
Comedies
- A style of movie comedy that flourished during the Great Depression
and into the first part of the 1940s decade. Helpful in understanding how
Americans endured the hard times of that era.
- Woody Guthrie
- A popular folk singer and writer of the Thirties and Forties who had
a major influence on American life, including Sixties rock music. Wrote:
"This Land Is Your Land."
- Old Time Radio Timelines
- Major events and personalities in the history or Radio in America are
presented here. Audio files allow for listening to parts of selected
episodes (RealAudio required for listening).
- The Jinx
Falkenberg Page
- Actress Jinx Falkenburg was not only an actress and glamour girl in
the forties but also an accomplished comedian who appeared in several
comedies and musicals. Among her movies are the cult classics "Two Latins
from Manhattan" (1941) and "Two Senoritas from Chicago" (1943). In
addition to being a star in the twilight period of Hollywood's golden age
Jinx was also Chile's champion free-style swimmer and the top American
cover girl of the early forties.
The Presidency
- Roosevelt
Biographies, Historical
- The president through most of Thirties
and Forties.
- New Deal Network
- Information about Roosevelt's program dealing with the Great
Depression. Includes a very wide variety of resources relating to the
1930sand 1940s, as affected by the New Deal.
- FDR Cartoon Collection
- This site contains political cartoons from the presidency of Franklin
D. Roosevelt. This preservation project is a cooperative venture of the
AP Computer Math class and the AP United States History classes at
Niskayuna High School.
The Holocaust
- The Nizkor Project
- "Welcome to Nizkor, a collage of projects focused on the Holocaust,
and its denial, often referred to as Holocaust "revisionism.", a label we
reject out of hand as being misleading and dishonest."
- Anne Frank, Her
Life and Times
- Includes the following sections: Anne's Stroy, The Holocaust, The
Diary, The Annex. "Over one million children under the age of sixteen
died in the Holocaust. Anne Frank was one of them."
- The "Final Solution"
- "The origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the
Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of
the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule
of Adolf Hitler. The "Final Solution" was implemented in stages."
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The Holocaust: An Historical Summary
- This summary is provided by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, and outlines
the major events in its overview. "The Holocaust was the systematic,
bureaucratic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and
their collaborators as a central act of state during World War II."
- Holocaust Museum
Resources for High School Students
- "This Student Outreach Site aims to provide an overview of the events
of the Holocaust to students of high school age. The site is based on a
series of articles describing these events. Each article is illustrated
with maps and historical photographs."
- Remembering the
Holocaust
- Links to Internet resources documenting the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Rescuers
- This bibliography (including some links to online resources) lists
works in English which discuss the lives and actions of rescuers during
the Holocaust. Individuals, groups, and in the case of Denmark, almost
an entire country, reached out. Bulgaria was also active in protecting
its Jewish population.
- Rescue in Denmark
- "Throughout the Holocaust, millions of people silently stood by while
they saw Jews, Roma (Gypsies), and other "enemies of the Reich" being
rounded up and deported. Many of these bystanders told themselves that
what they saw happening was none of their business. Others were too
frightened to help. In many places, providing shelter to Jews was a
crime punishable by death.... Denmark was the only occupied country that
actively resisted the Nazi regime's attempts to deport its Jewish citizens."
- Rescue and
Resistance
- Those who did aid Jews were motivated by opposition to Nazi racism,
by compassion, or by religious or moral principle. In a few rare
instances, entire communities as well as individuals helped save Jews.
They did so at tremendous risk. In many places, providing shelter to Jews
was punishable by death.
- The Mechelen Museum of Deportation
and Resistance
- This exhibition "allows us to understand how in Belgium nearly one
out of two Jews perished during the Second World War. Furthermore, it is
not only a museum about the deportation of Belgian Jews, but also about
their resistance. Thanks to the support they received from the Belgian
people, many managed to escape from their Nazi pursuers and their
collaborators."
- Holocaust
Pictures Exhibition
- Pictures of the results of the Nazi pogroms.
- Cybrary of the Holocaust
- Collection of links to many online websites related to The Holocaust.
From here you can browse many other sites related to this topic, grouped
under a number of subtopics (e.g., Survivors, Liberators, Victims, etc.)
Begins coverage in the Thirties.
- L'CHAIM: A
Holocaust Web Project
- Notice: "L'Chaim is divided into three sections. While this
site is educational in nature, it has images that may disturbing to
younger children. While we encourage children to learn, we hope that
parents will be there to help explain certain events to those to young to
complexity behind what they might read and see."
- An Auschwitz
Alphabet
- Auschwitz was an infamous concentration camp.
- Denmark's
Other Record: Shedding Light on WW II Myths
- "Denmark's unique defense of its Jews in World War II has been
deservedly highlighted. But was there something rotten in its attitude to
Jewish refugees in the prewar years? "
- Holocaust Album
- How one Dane in Denmark responded to the Holocaust. "On May 4, 1997,
Holocaust Remembrance Day, Knud Dyby was honored by the Los Angeles Simon
Wiesenthal Center for his humanitarian conduct during the war. He was
there as a representitive of a small nation that showed the world it is
possible for ordinary people to stand firm against evil."
The War In Europe and the Pacific
- People At War
- This exhibit highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II.
- The
Warsaw Uprising August 1, 1944 - October 2, 1944
- The story of the Polish Resistance fighters tragic uprising against
the Nazi occupation army near the end of WWII.
- World War II
Links
- Large, well-organized collection of links to information about World
War II, and its causes.
- World
War II: The World Remembers
- A collection by Patch American
High School, Germany: graphics, photos, and text.
- World War II on the
Web
- Links to information about WWII.
- The Battlefields
- An English High
School's tour-exhibition of WWII battlefields, plus related links.
- Virtual
Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre v(1937-1938)
- Photos and other documentary evidence of Japan's acts of genocide in
China during WWII.
- Women
Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters
- Spotlights eight women who succeeded in "coming to the front"
during the war, drawn from private papers and photographs primarily
in Library of Congress collections
- Women's Land Army
- Women played an integral role in the success of the Emergency Farm
Labor Service, during WWII.
- Women
at War: Redstone's WWII Female "Production Soldiers"
- The role of women in the manufacture of munitions at the Redstone
Arsenal is documented in text and images.
- "Dad" Rarey's
Sketchbook Journals of the 379th Fighter Squadron
- A cartoon journal of the daily life of a WWII fighter pilot, George
Rarey.
- The
U-boat War 1939-1945
- Submarines and their WWII use.
- WWII Propaganda Posters
- Many links to WWII Propaganda posters are available here. Excellent collection with examples from Germany, Italy, Norway, the U.S., in color!
- U.S. WWII Propaganda Posters
- Patriotic in nature, these posters were supposed to stir up
pro-American feelings, and help mobilize citizens to support the War
movement.
- Nazi & Soviet
Art
- WWII art of Germany and the Soviet Union.
- Leni Riefenstahl, Film Director, etc.
- German filmmaker who made powerful propaganda films during the Nazi era, and which also influenced many Hollywood directors. "Triumnph of the Will", and "Olympia" are two of her most famous of that period.
- Zeppelin
- Information about the German blimps used in WWII.
- Air Ships and
Zeppelins
- History of the use of the Zeppelins and blimps.
- Hindenburg: An Illustrated History
- Excerpts from the book: Reliving the Era of the Great Airships.
- Liberation
Force / Occupation Power
- The story of U.S. Occupation Forces in Austria after WWII.
- Japan
Addresses Its War Responsibility
- Various views from Japan on its
controversial WWII activities.
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