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Parallels Between the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide [audio 28min]

This special edition of Press Conference USA features representatives of the European Union of Jewish students who just returned from a trip to Rwanda. As the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, they met with their Rwandan counterparts who had survived the genocide that took place 12 years ago. Representatives from Germany, the Netherlands and the UK discuss with host Carol Castiel some parallels between the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide and what it's like to be a young Jew in an increasingly xenophobic Europe.
Read entire article at VOA "Press Conference USA" 6 May 2006