http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html
The History Place Holocaust Timeline
Based upon what I learned in class on Saturday the first page I visited on this website was the “About” page. I learned that the website is hosted and mostly written by Philip Gavin. Gavin has Bachelor of Arts degree from a Northeastern University and a Master of Science degree from Boston University. Gavin is also accredited with writing and contributing to numerous books, none of which I am familiar with Although that is impressive unless I do more research on Gavin I don’t know about the validity of the information on his website
The next place I ventured was “Contact the Publisher” I came to a blank form to submit. There was no e-mail or phone number. The last place I visited to critique was the Web Awards and Notices. There were several awards, none of which I was familiar with. According to the website the site is geared towards education mostly school age children. Some of the pages have been updated as recently as 2010 others not since 1996. Some sections do have a “selected bibliography”. Overall, nothing swayed me to believe that the website has an agenda or that it was being held accountable for the information posted. If I were doing research on WWII or the Holocaust, I would use this website as a jumping off place. I would not cite it in my bibliography. I am going to “trust but verify” as I review information on this website.
My thoughts on this website
Overall, this website is very well organized. There is a lot of information about most of the major conflicts that the United States has fought in. The Holocaust timeline was very informative and well organized. I also found sections on the Hitler Youth and the rise and fall of Hitler. Most of the articles seemed well written and informative. I see how this website would be useful for school age children.
Comments after visit:
The VA War Memorial is a very ascetically pleasing place to be. I love the view of the city and James River from the outside. Until my visit today I thought it was only a Memorial for WWII. One of the things that struck me was the wall facing Belvidere. The carving on the wall had the names of all the wars the Memorial was there to commemorate. It struck me how much more room is left on that wall. I don’t mean to go all philosophical and depressed on everyone but, it seems there was enough room to write the names of at least 10 more wars. I think it is important to remember and honor the deaths of those who have served. But does it do anything to keep us out of war? When is war justifiable? When I think of war, I always come back to two quotes
1. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace” Jimmi Hendix
2 “You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein
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