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Pre-Genocide - Warnings and Readiness to Protect
An anthology of personal interpretations, by researchers and writers, about alarm bells and the readiness to protect prior to genocides. The essays in this volume focus on the 1930s before the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark - as well as the years before the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Kurdistan, Rwanda and Bosnia.
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Homelessness In A Welfare State: Perspectives From Copenhagen
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 2: 'What is Kaffemik?'
What is a traditional Greenlandic 'Kaffemik'? Find out by listening to 2020 Fellows Malik, Mika, and Noémi's contribution to the Podcast Series with the episode 'What is Kaffemik?'.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 3: 'Colonial Copenhagen'
Learn more about Copenhagen's colonial past in this episode made by the 2020 CPH Fellows Malthe, Nanna, and Patricia for the CPH 2020 Fellowship Podcast Series.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 4: 'Inuit Tattoos: Tradition and Continuity'
Get a deeper understanding of Inuit markings by listening to the episode 'Inuit Tattoos: Tradition and Continuity' made by 2020 CPH Fellows Jonas, Laetitia, and Cecilia for the 2020 CPH Fellowship podcast series.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 5: 'Climate Change - Hot or Not'
In this podcast 2020 CPH Fellows Kush, Lucia, and Safaa investigate the impact COVID-19 has had on climate change. The episode 'Climate Change - Hot or Not' is part of the Copenhagen Fellowship 2020 podcast series.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 7: ''Frítt Val? - The Struggle for Abortion Choice in the Faroe Islands'
In this episode the 2020 Fellows Emilie, Tór, Trine, and Maria shed light on the complex aspects of the debate on legal abortion. Listen to their episode 'Frítt Val? - The Struggle for Abortion Choice in the Faroe Islands' here.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 6: 'LGBTQI+ Movement in Denmark'
Why has the LGBTQI+ movement in Denmark been so successful? And which struggles remain for the Danish LGBTQI+ movement? Find out in this episode made by 2020 Fellows Johanna, Eiko, and Nanna for the 2020 CPH Fellowship podcast series.
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Why is an otherwise silent Danish church speaking up?
Senior Fellow, Human Rights and Lantos Congressional Fellow and previous project manager of the Christian Migrant Network under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, Anne Katrine Ebbesen, shares her thoughts on the Danish Church's moral responsibility to protect asylum seekers.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover our international Humanity in Action publications:
Shifting Paradigms: Humanity in Action Senior Fellows on Policy and Pluralism Across Borders
Shifting Paradigms is a volume of diverse articles on cross-border policy and pluralism written by Humanity in Action Senior Fellows.
Two Trees in Jerusalem
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen in her touching account "Two Trees in Jerusalem" tells about the resistance of her parents, Donata and Eberhard Helmrich, against the horrors of National Socialism.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity
Recognizing the intensification of transnational conflicts that both violently divide and intimately link our global communities, this book is a collection of diverse essays, which tackle international relations and migration.
Civil Society and the Holocaust: International Perspectives on Resistance and Rescue
In 2013, Humanity in Action Denmark held a conference in Copenhagen to mark the 70th anniversary of the flight and rescue of Danish Jewry. This book was published in association with the “October 1943” conference. The anthology examines how European societies dealt with the knowledge of the Nazi persecution of Jews in very different ways before, during and after the Holocaust.
Oktober '43: Danske jøders flugt til Sverige eller deportation til Theresienstad
Oktober '43: Danske jøders flugt til Sverige eller deportation til Theresienstad contains many interviews that explore the political considerations and decisions of Germany, Denmark and Sweden, the rescue mission across the Øresund strait and Sweden’s reception of the refugees.
Reflections on the Holocaust
The first book published by Humanity in Action, Reflections on the Holocaust is a collection of essays from Humanity in Action Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members and lecturers from 1997 to 2010.