Help students understand the World War II era, both at home and abroad, with six videos and lessons that add context and new perspectives. Videos are built on vivid archival footage and interviews with survivors, historical figures and experts.
Beyond the Battlefield: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality
A civil rights initiative launched by an influential Black newspaper during World War II, known as the Double V campaign, called out discrimination and segregation faced by Black workers and military personnel.
How Racial Propaganda was Used Against the United States in World War II
Nazi Germany and Japan used depictions of racial violence in the U.S. as a way to point out its hypocrisy in fighting for human rights abroad but not at home.
How a 1944 Supreme Court Ruling on Internment Camps Led to a Reckoning
The U.S. government ordered 120,000 people of Japanese descent, most of them American citizens, to be imprisoned during World War II. An admission of wrongdoing and reparations payments came decades later, and a Supreme Court ruling had a lasting impact.
What the World War II-Era Bracero Program Reveals About U.S. Immigration Debates
U.S. immigration policy has long balanced the demand for low-wage labor with the enforcement of immigration laws. This documentary traces that tension from Depression-era deportations and the World War II Bracero program to today’s debates over unauthorized immigration.
How Saba Kept Singing Education Collection
“How Saba Kept Singing” traces the journey of Holocaust survivor David Wisnia as he returns to a Nazi concentration and extermination camp to uncover his past. This collection guides students through understanding life at Auschwitz, the role of music in the face of persecution, and the evolution of anti-Semitism in modern history.
What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us About the Dangers of Nuclear War
Japan’s survivors, known in Japanese as hibakusha, recall the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This video shows how their activism today warns others about the risks of nuclear weapons.
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CAROLINE WATKINS is the Senior Audience Engagement Manager at Retro Report.
ISADORA VAREJÃO is an engagement producer at Retro Report.
