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Access DVDs, photos, posters, web links and other educational materials to help you learn more and spread the word about threats of genocide today. To request resources, please complete this form.

Museum Resources

World is Witness

  • World is Witness - A geoblog that shares stories, photos, and maps from the field to document genocide and related crimes against humanity.

Crisis in Darfur

  • Crisis in Darfur - Witness the destruction in Darfur, Sudan through photos, articles and testimonies via Google Earth. Download Crisis in Darfur layers in Google Earth and create your own presentation.

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Videos/DVDs

  • Witnessing Darfur - Available as a free DVD upon request, this film helps explain what has happened in Darfur, Sudan and how you can raise awareness. A teacher guide is also available for download.
  • Defying Genocide - Available as a free DVD upon request, this films tells the story about how ordinary individuals stood up to genocide in Rwanda. Listen to an interview with Carl Wilkens and read about a Museum program with rescuers Simone Weil Lipman and Damas Gisimba.
  • Our Walls Bear Witness - On November 20, 2006, the Museum projected wall-sized images of the escalating genocide in Darfur onto its facade, the first time use of the national memorial's exterior to highlight contemporary genocide.
  • Smallest Witnesses: The Crisis in Darfur Through Children's Eyes - On a mission to Darfurian refugee camps in Chad in February 2005, Human Rights Watch researchers gave children paper and crayons while their families were being interviewed. One of those researchers, Dr. Annie Sparrow, discusses what the children drew: pictures of their villages being attacked by "Janjaweed," bombings by Sudanese government forces, the shootings, the rapes, the burning of entire villages, and the flight to Chad.
  • In Darfur, My Camera Was Not Nearly Enough: Brian Steidle, Eyewitness Account - Brian Steidle is a former U.S. Marine who served with the African Union Mission in Darfur. Read more about his experiences in Darfur.

Posters

  • Destruction is Organized and Systematic - Brian Steidle, an American who served with the African Union in Darfur, took this photo as he watched militias allied with Sudanese government systematically destroy this village, Um Zaifa. View more photos illustrating the role of the Sudanese government in Darfur: using helicopter gunships, conducting aerial attacks, burning food supplies, and harassing displaced people. Downloadable from this web page, these posters can easily be mounted and are designed to be displayed in a public space, creating an introduction to Darfur for those who may not know what is happening.
  • Targeted Because of Their Ethnic Identity - The main groups being targeted are the Zaghawa, Fur, and Masalit. A Zaghawa refugee recalls hearing, "Slaves, run! Leave the country. You don't belong; why are you not leaving this area for the Arab cattle to graze?" during an attack by Janjaweed militia. Downloadable from this web page, these posters can easily be mounted and are designed to be displayed in a public space, creating an introduction to Darfur for those who may not know what is happening.
  • Sexual Violence is a Tool of Genocide - In what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan described as a "deliberate strategy," women and girls have been raped both during attacks on their villages and around camps for displaced persons. Girls as young as 8 years old have been targeted for sexual violence. Downloadable from this web page, these posters can easily be mounted and are designed to be displayed in a public space, creating an introduction to Darfur for those who may not know what is happening.
  • Harsh Conditions Threaten Survival - One Darfurian woman told Physicians for Human Rights that as she fled an assault on her village, she heard an attacker say, "Don't bother, don't waste the bullet, they've got nothing to eat and they'll die of hunger." Displaced Darfurians have suffered and died because of starvation, disease, and exposure. Those who make it to camps find themselves reliant on international aid that is often inadequate and disrupted due to violence. Downloadable from this web page, these posters can easily be mounted and are designed to be displayed in a public space, creating an introduction to Darfur for those who may not know what is happening.
  • Your Voice Is Important. Do Not Be Silent. - Former Committee on Conscience Director Jerry Fowler met this woman, Hawa Salihdin, and her children in the Idrimi refugee camp in Chad. Hawa, who lost several members of her family in a militia attack on her village, asked him, "What about my mother, what about my mother? I don't know if she's alive or dead." He responded by saying that he would take her mother's name back and tell her story so that others would learn about and help stop the genocide in Darfur. Her mother's name is Hadiya Ahmed. Downloadable from this web page, these posters can easily be mounted and are designed to be displayed in a public space, creating an introduction to Darfur for those who may not know what is happening.
  • Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan - Downloadable from this web page, this poster can easily be mounted and is designed to be displayed in a public space. Use it to raise awareness in your community and take action.

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Museum Shop

  • Museum Shop - Visit the Museum Shop and browse books, posters, DVDs, and much more related to human rights and genocide studies.

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