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Fall 2000
A Three-Part Film/Lecture Series preceeding the Eighth Annual Fall Conference: "Uses and Abuses of Language in Holocaust/Genocide: Facing a Challenge Still With Us Today"

The Downward Spiral
Truth, Lies, and Ultimate Complicity in Holocaust/Genocide

September 19, 2000, Film: The Führer Gives a City to the Jews
A Nazi propaganda film about the "model concentration camp," Theresienstadt--a film originally made to deceive Red Cross visitors. The film was recently re-assembled from fragments.
Commentary by Leopold Lowy, a survivor of the camp.

September 26. 2000, Film: A Visitor From The Living
A filmed interview with the International Red Cross official who was sent to evaluate Theresienstadt and who refused to acknowledge the "Big Lie" being perpetrated by the Nazis. Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann tries relentlessly to make him admit the truth. (French with English subtitles)
Commentary by a representative from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

October 3, 2000, Film: The Triumph of Evil
A documentary film on Rwanda indicting the United Nations, the United States, and other western countries for failing to recognize the genocide going on before their very eyes.
Commentary by Dr. Douglass Simon, Professor of Political Science, Drew University.

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