Europe
MY CYPRUS: THE COUNTRY,THE CONFLICT, THE MISSINGPeace & Conflict Europe Directed by Women
Provides an informative historical overview of the ongoing conflict between the Greek and
Turkish Cypriot communities initiated over twenty years ago by the Turkish invasion of
this Mediterranean island.
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WEIMAR: A MODERN DAY RENAISSANCE CITYWorld History Sociology Urban Studies Performing Arts Europe Cultural Studies
Weimar: A Modern Day Renaissance City is a
celebration of the small town that has capped its triumphant comeback by being
recognized as the Culture city of Europe in 1999. This video looks at Weimar's past and
present.
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NO EASY WALK: ZIMBABWEAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins in March 1896
when the Ndebele people of what was then known as Rhodesia
rose in armed rebellion against European settlers such as
Cecil Rhodes, who had taken over much of their land in the
search for gold and other minerals.
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NO EASY WALK: KENYAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video traces the history of
Kenya's opposition to white rule, from the arrival of the
first settlers in the 19th century to the Mau-Mau rebellion
in 1952, in which the struggle for land rights was central.
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NO EASY WALK: ETHIOPIAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins with the Ethiopian
victory over the Italians in 1896 at the Battle of Andowa,
which confirmed Ethiopian independence to the European powers
and paved the way for Emperor Menelik's modernization program.
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...ALL OUR LIVESWorld History Women's Studies Political Science Labor Studies Europe Directed by Women
Examines the lives of several women who actively participated
in the social revolution during the Spanish Civil War, women
who are as dynamic in their 80s as they were in their youth. All
are members of the anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the CNT, the
main representative of the working class movement in Spain in
1936.
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THE THIRD GENERATIONEurope Jewish Studies Middle Eastern Studies Peace & Conflict Children & Young Adult
Focusing on the activities of the German-Israeli Youth Exchange Program, this video
shows three generations of Germans and Israelis who, confronted with the historical
legacy of the Holocaust, are actively involved in building new personal relationships while
trying to come to terms with ambivalent, often negative, attitudes about one another.
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RETURN TO THE WARSAW GHETTO
On April 19, 1993, thousands of Jews from all over the world gathered in Warsaw to
observe the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, one of the few truly heroic
events for Jews during World War II.
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DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A moving memoir of the Spanish Civil War by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade,
this film includes historical background on the Depression, archival footage of Civil War
battles, and footage shot in Franco's Spain of the mid-1970s.
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THE HISTORY BOOK (Series)Animation Europe World History Children & Young Adult
Beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing to the present
day, this series of nine animated films surveys the development
of society throughout the ages from a grassroots perspective,
showing history as it has been lived and experienced by common
people.
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BIEDERMEIER: A WAY OF LIFE IN AUSTRIA, 1815-1848
This video traces the major social, cultural, technological and political developments that
took place in Austria between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of
1848, a period of relative peace and stability when the middle classes prospered and the
arts and other social developments flourished. Dramatic re-enactments of historical events
are blended with period graphics and music to provide an informative profile of a crucial
period in European history.
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CHILDREN OF SUMMERHILL, THEEducation Europe Children & Young Adult
This video tells the story of the famous school, founded in England in 1921 by A.S. Neill,
which achieved worldwide fame through the publication of his book Summerhill.
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