Goebbles, The Minister of Propaganda

https://youtu.be/ZaTTCHFOSUM 44 MINUTE Documentary on Goebbles

Jarrow march 1936 from leavingcerthistory

Film on Stalin

The Battle of Stalingrad

Russia - an overview

A useful overview of Russian History from the revolutions to Stalin.

Propaganda in Nazi Germany

Hitler and the Churches

The Rise of Hitler Part 2

Leni Riefenstahl meets Hitler

Good overview of Leni's work before meeting Hitler. Last three minutes of clip is her first meeting with Hitler.

The rise of Hitler.

The Rise of Mussolini

Holocaust Survivor speaks at LCC on 12th of Jan 2012

Tomi Reichental, Holocaust Survivor, visited Lucan Community College on Thursday 12th of January to speak to around 200 people - TY and Leaving Certificate History students, 5th Year German Students and some staff.

Tomi gave an excellent and very powerful talk, detailing his experiences in Bergen Belsen concentration camp during world war two. Following the talk, he signed copies of his book, launched just before Christmas, called  'I was a boy in Belsen'. Once students have read the book, we will publish their comments/reviews in this blog. Watch out for this later on in Jan/feb posts.

A lot of students/staff said Tomi's talk was unforgettable and believe they were very fortunate to have the opportunity to listen to one of the few remaining survivors from the concentration camps. Tomi's message was clear that we should all make sure 'The Holocaust' he experienced never happens again!

See links below to a written testimonial of Tomi's background and experiences (from the excellent Holocaust Education Trust website) and a link to details about his recently published book ' I was a boy in Belsen'. (You can read an extract from this.)

http://www.hetireland.org/index.php?page=survivor_reichental

http://www.obrien.ie/book906.cfm

 

 

Revision - Dictatorship and Democracy - Rise of Hitler and Road to War.

Check out this good summary on the rise of Hitler and the road to World War 2. Includes interesting primary source footage(From the BBC series History File)

Revision - Dictatorship and Democracy - Nuremberg Rallies

Check out footage of the Nuremberg Rallies + Triumph of the Will- Propaganda.

Revision - Dictatorship and Democracy

Key Personality - Charlie Chaplin.

Thanks to Una for sharing this link! Very powerful speech criticising Hitler and Nazism, from Chaplin's first talking film 'The Great Dictator' released in 1940.

Revision - Dictatorship and Democracy - Propaganda

Check out an interview with Leni Riefenstahl - key personality. Includes footage from Nuremburg Rally.

Revision - The Jarrow March /Crusade

Check out this short video created by a student about The Jarrow March - a useful starting point for Revision. It includes some good primary source footage.

Revision - Dictatorship and Democracy 2 - Russia

Hope all our Leaving Certificate History Students will use the extra individual study time created by school closure to revise more topics and complete more timed past exampaper essays.

See Clips below focusing on Russian History. Topic - Propaganda and Control - 'Stalin's Show Trials'.

Revision. Dictatorship and Democracy 1. Germany.

A bit slow moving in places but a useful starting point for revising German History. These two clips come from the beginning of the series 'The World at War'. Episode 1 - A New Germany - explores the growth of Fascism and Dictatorship.

The 'Cold War'.

I found this quite useful short video, summarising some of the background to and key flashpoints of the 'Cold War'. I think it is a bit 'simplistic' in places but nevertheless a good starting point and includes interesting primary source footage. Let me know what you think of it.