April is Genocide Awareness Month [2] and the Holocaust Museum Houston [3] will have programs throughout April to increase awareness of this tragic action that still takes place today. Genocide is the the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. The theme for genocide awareness month is learning to be an upstander – a person who stands up for others and takes actions on their behalf. Be sure to visit here [2] for Holocaust Museum Houston programs and how you can stand up for others.
If you would like to learn more about genocide [4], check out these titles.
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing [5] by James Waller
A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation [6] by Eric D. Weitz
The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing [7] by Michael Mann
Titles suitable for children
Crimes Against Humanity [8] by Neil Chippendale
Cristophe's Story [9] by Nicky Cornwell
Toward Genocide [10] by David Downing
Online Resources
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [11]
The History Place [12]
- Nonfiction [13]
