United Nations Founding Members
On June 26, 1945, 50 nations signed a charter to create the United Nations in order to promote international cooperation and human rights.
![Map highlighting United Nations founding member countries in blue.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Map_101_UN_Founding_Members_1945.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=7r-BUgym)
The Eternal Jew
This 1938 poster advertises a popular antisemitic traveling exhibit called Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew).
![1938 poster for antisemitic traveling exhibit called The Eternal Jew. Pictures a caricature of man holding coins in one hand, a whip in another hand, and a tablet with a hammer and scythe under his arm.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1938_DerEwigeJude_FH229442.jpg?h=b5e7ecd0&itok=qprTVSm1)
The Eternal Jew (en español)
This 1938 poster advertises a popular antisemitic traveling exhibit called Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew). This resource is in Spanish.
![1938 poster for antisemitic traveling exhibit called The Eternal Jew. Pictures a caricature of man holding coins in one hand, a whip in another hand, and a tablet with a hammer and scythe under his arm.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1938_DerEwigeJude_FH229442.jpg?h=b5e7ecd0&itok=qprTVSm1)
Jewish Children of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France
These Jewish children were sheltered by the Protestant population of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France. 1941.
![A group of Jewish children pose outside in the town of Le Chambon.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1941_JewishChildreninLeChambonsurLignon_FH2169583.jpg?h=a0999a6b&itok=VLXVH_Rj)
The Social Reality of Race
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Is race a social construct? An American living in the Netherlands is faced with this question when she encounters the Dutch's definition of who is "black."
![Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings [B] using a quotation from writer Zora Neale Hurston’s essay, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/D15968_Medium_res.jpg?h=c15025bd&itok=EIHlZetq)
Métis Dancer
Métis dancer Jeanette Kotowich from the Cree Metis nation during a performance from the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Danseur Métis
La danseuse métisse Jeanette Kotowich de la nation métisse crie lors d'un spectacle du Coastal First Nations Dance Festival au Musée d'anthropologie de Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508–1512
Michelangelo’s fresco from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted c. 1508–1512, is one in a series portraying biblical stories and characters.
![Painting of Adam and God dated circa 1508-1512 by Michelangelo.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/TheCreationofAdam_FH17244.jpg?h=b82ee7a4&itok=d0WMFmyI)
SA Member Arrests Communists
After the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, Hitler ordered the arrest of anyone with ties to the Communist Party. By the end of March, approximately 20,000 people had been arrested.
![A man in uniform stands before a line of men and women against a brick wall with their hands up.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1933_SAMemberArrestsCommunists_FH229435.jpg?h=fa24c94f&itok=JtAo0s80)
Discouraging German-Jewish Integration
In 1933, Jewish businessman Oskar Danker and his girlfriend, a Christian woman, were forced to carry signs discouraging Jewish-German integration.
![In 1933, Jewish businessman Oskar Danker and his girlfriend, a Christian woman, were forced to carry signs discouraging Jewish-German integration. Intimate relationships between “true Germans” and Jews were outlawed by 1935.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_DiscouragingGermanJewishIntegration_FH229441.jpg?h=ad1846e1&itok=dfgQyzmm)