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WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948Tokyo, 1946. Under American occupation, 28 top Japanese officials are tried for war crimes by an international tribunal, modeled on Nuremberg. The trial lasts two and a half years, with key figures like former PM Hideki Tojo held responsible for Pearl Harbor. Despite calls for the Emperor's prosecution, Hirohito remains in power. How did the trial impact Japan, and why did it take so long?

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WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948Tokyo, 1946. Under American occupation, 28 top Japanese officials are tried for war crimes by an international tribunal, modeled on Nuremberg. The trial lasts two and a half years, with key figures like former PM Hideki Tojo held responsible for Pearl Harbor. Despite calls for the Emperor's prosecution, Hirohito remains in power. How did the trial impact Japan, and why did it take so long?Restart available0Annihilation: The Destruction of European JewsIn the Warsaw ghetto, Emanuel Ringelblum and the other members of the documentary group Oyneg Shabbos collected whatever they could to recount life in the ghetto. When they learn of the death at Chelmno of Jews from neighboring towns and from the Lodz ghetto at the end of 1941, they realized that the Nazis and their local auxiliaries had embarked on an operation of annihilation.

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