1. Legacies of World War II
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2. The Holocaust
6 million Jews, and millions of Gypsies, the Disabled, Homosexuals, mentally ill, Jehovah’s Witnesses, communists, prisoners of war and many others killed in German concentration camps
a systematic, organized form of murder for most

3. Unlikely Hereos Oskar Schindler Raoul Wallenberg Sempo Sugilhara
Janusz Korczak
many whose names we don’t know - citizens in Nazi-occupied countries who risked their lives to save or hide others

4. The Atomic Bomb devastation in Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
results of The Manhattan Project have shaped world history since

5. Millions Killed / Millions Displaced
victims all over the world
new governments try to re-build from the ashes all over Europe

6. The Cold War
begins with the end of WW2 - a divided Germany (East-West)
shapes history for the next 50 years all over the planet
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
mutual suspicion/distrust
a war in every sense (spying, arms buildup, intelligence, covert operations, treaties and influence over other countries, etc.) except for overt fighting