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LARRY: This museum is built on the premise that by
understanding the past you can better shape the future.
Towards that end, the museum is doing its own work to make
its extensive collection of maps, photos, and other
information on the Holocaust available as
Google Earth maps.
Letting our audiences see that history in a new way.
Here we're going to use the time line feature that's built
into Google Earth to see a progression of the opening of
major camps during the Nazi era.
And now remember, these are just a tiny fraction of the
full amount of camps which we will be putting into the
interface over time.
I'm going to play that for you.
It starts in May 20, 1933 and goes until May 4, 1945.
As the war is won, and the liberation of each camp
occurs, up until May 4, 1945, which is the picture in time
that you have right now, that picture in time is one day,
May 5, 1945 before the liberation of Mauthausen,
which is why it's still on the map.
Clicking on that opens up a balloon that leads to more
information-rich content on the museum's website.
And with links to its Holocaust encyclopedia where
we are going to translate that encyclopedia into many
languages in the coming years.
Other information available in the interface include an
encyclopedia, a new interface to our encyclopedia.
We are clicking on geo-located camps and ghettos in other
places brings up images and part of the text that you get
to when you come to the website.
I'm now going to ask Daowd Salih to come up.
Mr. Salih came to the United States as a refugee in exile
from Darfur.
He has spoken at venues across the country to educate the
public on genocide in Darfur, and to mobilize an effective
response that will bring peace and justice to the region.
And to prepare for Mr. Salih's coming here I'm going to turn
on an area in Darfur that's close to the area where he
comes from.
Mr. Salih?
DAOWD SALIH: Good morning.
Thank you, Larry.
I would like to thank the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for
its effort in fighting genocide, and in particular,
for the work it has done for my people in Darfur.
I would like to thank Google Earth for recognizing that
people around the world need to see what
genocide looks like.
Now I would like to share with you what genocide in Darfur
feels like.
Ladies and gentleman, it's not about numbers.
It's about the people, people like my brothers and sisters
who are still in Darfur in internally displaced camps and
[UNINTELLIGIBLE].
My village, in which I was born, is completely destroyed.
It's the village that I was born and
raised, as I mentioned.
There is no running water in the house we
have. There is no lights.
There is no way to even go to school.
Even though it's not easy even to mention the names, even
though it is on the map, for the fear that my family could
be put in danger.
We need people to understand what is happening is Sudan
government and Arabs as Arabs killing innocent children,
women, and elders, and destroying African languages
and culture, completely out from Sudan.
We need President Bashir and other perpetrators to
understand that they are being watched.
The only way we can stop this is by informing, is by
informing people about this genocide and these efforts by
the missions and Google Earth do this in a very good way.
It's impossible to ignore what's
happening in Darfur today.
Let me say thank you for the media for
covering these for Darfur.
Our voice only comes through the media.
We appreciate, and let me say thank you on behalf of the
millions of Darfurian refugees in the camps
and around the world.
Let me say thank you for the US Holocaust
Museum and Google Earth.
Thank you very much.
I welcome any questions.