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Description: This is part of an oral history interview I did with my grandfather (step- grandfather) Klaus Brill. He came to the US as a refugee in 1938 from Berlin, Germany. In this segment he talks about his h.s. homeroom teacher's discussion of German politics.
Tags: brill education european germany hamburg highschool history hitler jew jewish klaus oralhistory politics refugee voting
Description: This video shows some community response - - through banners- - to Columbia University's expansion into West Harlem. Critcs charge that Columbia is abusing Eminent Domain law to push out long- time residents.
Tags: 125thstreet 1train activism banner banners columbiauniversity eminentdomainabuse harlem hudsonriver manhattan nyc politics protest resistance socialjustice street streetculture subway subways urban
Description: Documentary from THE INNOCENTS a project by Taryn Simon (opened P.S. 1, 2003). Interviews and photographs of men convicted of crimes they did not commit. These men were exonerated through DNA evidence.
Tags: art crime documentary innocent innocents interview jail justice law lawyer legal nonprofit oralhistory politics prison ps1 rights sad socialjustice wrongfulconviction
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