Research Guide: GENOCIDE  

A tremendous number of resources are available on genocide and related topics. The following lists cover selected major books, videos, web sites, and museums on this subject. The list of web sites includes the URL for each site. Items owned by Emmanuel d’Alzon Library are noted.

Books

• Genocide in General
• A Century of Genocide by Eric Weitz ( Princeton University Press, 2003)
• Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the Twentieth Century by Benjamin Valentino ( Cornell University Press, 2004)
• The History and Sociology of Genocide by Frank Robert Chalk (Yale University Press, 1990)
• Genocide: The Systematic Killing of a People by Linda Jacobs Altman (Enslow Publishers, 1995) - for juvenile audiences
• The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence by Ervin Staub (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
• Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience by Howard Ball (University Press of Kansas, 1999) - Assumption College Library owns – KZ 6310 .B 35 1999
• Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views ( Garland, 1997) - Assumption College Library owns - HV 6322.7 .C 46 1997
• Genocide in Our Time [annotated bibliography] by Michael Dobkowski (Pierian Press, 1992)
• Protection Against Genocide: Mission Impossible? by Neil Riemer (Praeger, 2000)
• Genocide: The Psychology of Mass Murder by Peter du Preez (Boyars/Bowerdean, 1994)

• Armenia
• Worcester is America: The Story of Worcester’s Armenians by Hagop Martin Deranian (Bennate Publishing, 1998) - Assumption College Library owns - F 75 .A 7 D 47 1998
• Hussenig: The Origin, History, and Destruction of an Armenian Town by Hagop Martin Deranian (Armenian Heritage Press, 1994) - Assumption College Library owns - DS 51 .H 87 D 47 1994
• The Village of Hussenig by Hagop Martin Deranian (Baikar Pub. House, 1981)
• Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response by Peter Balakian (HarperCollins, 2003) - Assumption College Library owns –
  DS 195.5 .B 353 2003
• History of the Armenian Genocide by Vahakn Dadrian (Berghahn Books, 1995) - Assumption College Library owns - DS 195.5 .D 33 1995
• Armenia: The Case for a Forgotten Genocide by Dickran Boyajian (Educational Book Crafters, 1972)

• Holocaust in Germany
• I Promised I Would Tell by Sonia Schreiber Weitz (Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, 1993) - Assumption College Library owns – DS 135 .P 63 W 395 1993
• The Enduring Covenant: The Education of Christians and the End of Antisemitism by Padraic O’Hare (Trinity Press International, 1997)
• Encyclopedia of the Holocaust (MacMillan, 1990) - Assumption College Library owns – REFERENCE D 804.3 .E 53 1990
• Denying the Holocaust by Deborah Lipstadt (Free Press, 1993)
• Holocaust Testimonies by Lawrence Langer (Yale University Press, 1991) - Assumption College Library owns - D 804.3 .L 36 1991
• Origins of Nazi Genocide by Henry Friedlander (University of North Carolina Press, 1995) - Assumption College Library owns - DD 256.5 .F 739 1995
• The Holocaust in Historical Context by Steven Katz (Oxford University Press, 1994) - Assumption College Library owns - D 804.3 .K 378 1994
• Holocaust Literature by Saul Friedman (Greenwood Press, 1993)
• Is the Holocaust Unique? by Alan S. Rosenbaum (Westview Press, 1996) - Assumption College Library owns - D 804.348 .I 8 1996
• The Nazi Doctors by Robert Jay Lifton (Basic Books, 1986) - Assumption College Library owns - R 853 .H 8 L 54 1986

• Bosnia
• The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia by Michael Anthony Sells (University of California Press, 1996)
• Genocide in Bosnia by Norman Cigar (Texas A&M University Press, 1995) - Assumption College Library owns - DR 1313.7 .A 85 C 54 1995

• Rwanda
• Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide by Gerard Prunier (Columbia University Press, 1995)
• Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda by Michael Barnett ( Cornell University Press, 2002)
• Hotel Rwanda: Bringing the True Story of an African Hero to Film by Terry George ( Newmarket Press, 2005)

Videos

• Genocide, from Biblical Times Through the Ages (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2002) VHS
• Perils of Indifference: Lessons Learned from a Violent Century (White House Millennium Council, 1999) VHS
• The Armenian Genocide (Armenian Film Foundation, 1991) VHS
• The Forgotten Genocide [Armenian Genocide] (Atlantis Productions, 1975) VHS
• Schindler’s List (MCA Universal Home Video, 1994) VHS OCLC - Assumption College Library owns – Video 533
• Survivor’s of the Holocaust (Turner Home Entertainment, 1996) VHS
• Never Again? Genocide Since the Holocaust (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2002) VHS
• While America Watched the Bosnia Tragedy (MPI Home Video, 1994) VHS
• The Bosnia War Crimes Trial (World Almanac Video, 2000) VHS
• Hotel Rwanda (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005) DVD
• Ghosts of Rwanda (PBS Video, 2004) DVD

Web Sites

• Prevent Genocide International - http://www.preventgenocide.org
• Institute for the Study of Genocide - http://www.isg-iags.org/
• Armenian Research Center (University of Michigan – Dearborn) -
  http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/aboutarc/index.html
• Society for the Philosophic Study of Genocide and the Holocaust - http://www.loyno.edu/~spsgh
• Hiatt Holocaust Collection(College of the Holy Cross) -
  http://www.holycross.edu/departments/library/website/hiatt/
• The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (University of Minnesota) -
  http://www.chgs.umn.edu/
• Bosnia and the Balkan Wars -
  http://www.questia.com/library/history/european-history/southern-europe/bosnia-and-the-balkan-wars.jsp
• Genocide in Rwanda -
  http://www.questia.com/library/sociology-and-anthropology/social-issues/peace-and-war/genocide-in-rwanda.jsp
• Armenica.org – History of Armenia - http://www.armenica.org

Web Sites – Listen to a topic discussion

• Turkey Pressed to Admit Armenian Genocide -
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4620581
• Eyewitness Reports of Nazi Concentration Camps -
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4630493
• Comparing Definitions of Genocide -
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3081013
• Genocide - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143962
• Bosnia Marks 10th Anniversary of Srebrencia -
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4747893
• Rwanda's Quest for Redemption -
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4580910

Museums

• Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Worcester, MA -
  http://www.clarku.edu/departments/holocaust/
• The Holocaust Center Boston North Inc., Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA -
  http://www.clarku.edu/departments/holocaust/
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC - http://www.ushmm.org/
• Anne Frank Center, USA, New York, NY - http://www.annefrank.com/
• Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown, MA - http://www.almainc.org/
• Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY - http://www.mjhnyc.org/museum_aboutus.htm

Prepared by Larry Spongberg and Carole Myles from the D’Alzon Library - 11-4-05