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Genocide

 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Preventing Genocide

The heading “Who is at Risk?” presents information on areas of the world that have experienced genocide or are under threat of genocide.

 

Database Overviews and Articles (see librarian for username and password)

1. Access the eLibrary database under the History/Geography heading.

2. Enter the username and password for the database provided by the librarian or your teacher.

3. Click on the My eLibrary tab on the top right and enter the username (Genocide) and password (Genocide).

4. Click on the Genocide saved list.

 

 

How Revisionist History Works

http://history.howstuffworks.com/historians/revisionist-history4.htm

Brief overview of revisionist history movement and the negative connotations associated with it.

Other Terms

Negationism: Denial of historical crimes.  Holocaust denial is a form of negationism.

Holocaust Denial:  Belief that the Holocaust never took place or that it was greatly exaggerated.

Disinformation: The deliberate dissemination of misinformation (Using intentionally false information to confuse or mislead.)

Misinformation: Information that is unintentionally misleading, incorrect, or false.