Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Remembering the Holocaust and Combating Xenophobia on January 27
What lessons have we learned from the Holocaust in order to stop genocide before it happens? Students need to be aware of the atrocities of the Holocaust in order to stop the spread of anti-Semitism in today's world. This lesson offers...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Antisemitism Workshop Using Statements
The first step in countering anti-Semitism is recognizing it. This workshop will challenge learners to examine their beliefs. There will be ten statements to discuss with small groups and as a class. Students will form opinions on each...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: My Doll From the Memories of Yael Rosner
How do you teach the Holocaust to young children? The story "The Doll" is adapted for young children to help them understand the struggle and resilience of the Jewish children. The story omits all gruesome events. Use these teaching...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: A Reader of Short Stories for High School Students
Need help explaining the horrors of the Holocaust? Use these recommended short stories that were written by Jewish and non-Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Each short story has a short biography of the author, summary of the story, and...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Let the World Read and Know
These artifacts in this online exhibition were created, gathered, and written in real time during the Holocaust. These first-hand accounts are important in preserving the memory of the Holocaust. Included are letters, diary entries,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Heartstrings, Music of the Holocaust
Music brought comfort and unity to the Jewish people during the Holocaust. The same songs later helped document this time period. Listen to medleys of these songs in this online exhibit.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: To Witness and Proclaim
Dr. Zvi Asaria-Hermann Helfgott kept a detailed diary of the events he witnessed during the Holocaust. From being a POW to aiding survivors, he chronicled his and his comrades' experiences. View these artifacts, pictures, and diary...
University of South Florida
Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
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Simon Wiesenthal Center: Dignity and Defiance
An online exhibit that contains material pertaining to the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust as well as a map, chronology, and pictures. Click on 'Index' to see a table of contents.
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center: And I Still See Their Faces
A melancholy site that speaks of the Polish Jews through their pictures. Pictures were taken before the Holocaust; an entire generation wiped out with nothing left but photographs.
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Shoah Memorial: Mass Shootings of Jews in Ukraine 1941 1944
See the moving documents on display at the Shoah Memorial which show the "holocaust by bullets" in Ukraine where more than one million Jews were shot by German mobile firing squads. Read about the exhibit; then click on documents to...
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Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France
Discusses how Petain's collaborationist government condemned France's Jewish population. Includes reviews, articles, and resources by Richard H. Weisberg.
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Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
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Hrw: An Introduction to the Human Rights Movement
This page, part of the Human Rights Web, gives a brief overview of the topic of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Classroom Help: Holocaust Unit
Lesson plans for teaching a Holocaust unit. The unit is designed to be used with a novel and the site provides a novel list.
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Women and the Holocaust: A Cyberspace of Their Own
A heart-touching site featuring poetry, special tributes, women of valor, fragments of memories, among other wonderful contributions from/about women in the Holocaust. Also includes related links.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust History Animated Maps
To fully understand the breadth and scope of the Holocaust, view the following maps of key locations. These maps are in video form with explanations provided. There are also links provided for further research.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Timeline of Events
This comprehensive timeline tracks the Holocaust from it's roots to the Nuremberg Trials. This interactive timeline is broken down into 5 groups based on dates. Each grouping contains a short summary and multiple primary sources such as...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Voices From the Lodz Ghetto
The dire conditions children lived in during the German invasion of Poland are hard to imagine. These primary sources try to bring to life what they went through living in a Polish ghetto so we can understand the unimaginable. Sources...
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Hiding Jewish Children During World War Ii: The Psychological Aftermath
An eye-opening article that describes the psychological consequences for Jewish children who were sent to the Netherlands to live in hiding from the Nazis, for their parents, and for the surrogate parents who hid them during the war....
PBS
Pbs: America and the Holocaust: Kristallnacht
From the larger PBS site, America and the Holocaust. This essay describes the atrocities of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, across Germany. Find out what precipitated the violence against Jews all across Germany, and discover how the...
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
This site is dedicated to the German memorial of the murdered Jewish people from the Holocaust. This site also offers information on other memorials dedicated to other persecuted groups throughout German history.
British Library
British Library: Voices of the Holocaust
A well-organized website that contains survivor testimonies as well as information on the background of the Holocaust. Activities and information for teachers are also included.
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia State History Wwii Era (1940 1948) [Pdf]
WWII awakened a massive development in Virginia from manufacturing to naval bases. Follow the course of the war through pictures, maps, charts and political cartoons. Visualize life in America and abroad during the war.