Simon Wiesenthal discusses World War II and The Sunflower
Simon Wiesenthal discusses his advocacy work after surviving the Holocaust and the publication of The Sunflower in 1969.
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Simon Wiesenthal discusses his advocacy work after surviving the Holocaust and the publication of The Sunflower in 1969.
Terkel comments and presents music with Mark Ludwig
Tateishi discusses his collection of oral histories by Japanese-Americans who were interned in 1942. Includes excerpts from Minoru Yasui, Yoriko Hohri (featured in "The Good War"), Peter Ota and a friend of Studs' who was ordered to terrorize Japanese-Americans as part of his military duty.
Studs continues his interview with Erich Luth in Hamburg, Germany. The audio breaks at 25:23 and continues on a Sat at 25:28 till its conclusion at 35:43. Erich Luth conveys stories of humanity by both German prisoners towards Russian prisoners whose treatment was dictated by the Nazi party to not offer any winter clothing or shoes to provide comfort. The German laborers provided a human solidarity that brought them food, clothes, and soap.