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Why You Should Ask Your Family Questions About The Past
The past is like the present and the future, far from rigid. It is ever-changing and always moving depending on the perspective of the narrator. In school I was taught about history in a standardized and fixed way, learning so-called key moments and key figures. Which moments and figures do we consider key when learning about history?
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Humanitarian Asylum Policy: Does Denmark Believe in It?
Denmark can and must take part in reforming Europe’s asylum situation – on both the European and national levels.
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(A)Head of Her Times: The Sexual Politics of the Headscarf in the Netherlands
This article departs from earlier debate not just by discussing the sexual politics of the headscarf, but also by calling for action and outlining steps to begin actually resolving this question.
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Transitional Justice Reconciliation Talks: A Simulation for Use in Youth and Adult Education
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When I fall Silent, Silent falls the World
The goal of the Action Project, When I Fall Silent, Silent Falls the World, was to spread knowledge about the situation Roma people found themselves in as a result of the armed conflict in Kosovo.
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Voices from Poland: The Polish Minority Perspective
Inspired by Humanity in Action Poland’s academy on human rights, Voices from Poland is a project aimed at developing an oral history collection of reflections and stories from members of, and academic experts on, the nine national and four ethnic minority groups recognized by the Polish Ministry of Interior.
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Just People
In 2011, Humanity in Action partnered with the acclaimed Dutch filmmaker Annegriet Wietsma to produce the organization's first film. "Just People: A Quest for Social Souls with Independent Minds" is a film essay that investigates the challenges and complexities of being an independent individual while cooperating in a social group.
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Humanity in Action Presents Just People
"Just People: A Quest for Social Souls with Independent Minds" is Wietsma's filmic essay. It explores the challenges and complexities of being an independent individual while cooperating in a social group - how not to be a bystander, how to dare to stand out from the crowd.
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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.
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On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
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.
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.
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.