PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Diary of Anne Frank 1: A Difficult Situation
Students explore the diary as a literary genre, as well as the themes of The Diary of Anne Frank, in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2010 version of The Diary of Anne Frank. As students analyze a scene in which Anne's father talks about...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Anne Frank Collection
Use these media-rich resources to analyze the diary as a literary genre and understand the historical context in which Anne Frank wrote her unforgettable testament to hope.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust: Animated Map
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims - six million were murdered. Roma (Gypsies),...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Animated Map: The Holocaust
Video of animated map showing the progression of the Holocaust over the course of World War II and the devastation of the Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union. [1:57]
PBS
Pbs: Nova Holocaust on Trial
Companion website to a documentary chronicling the 2000 English court case about denial of the Holocaust happening.
Other
Telling Their Stories: Oral Histories of the Holocaust
High-school students interview Holocaust survivors.
PBS
Pbs: Valentina's Nightmare
This PBS special report aims to teach readers about the meaning genocide, and the details the background of historical instances in the 20th century. Discussion includes the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, the genocide in Rwanda, and the mass...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A God Who Remembers
Audio and text from Elie Wiesel as he shares his thoughts rooted in his experience of spending 11 months in a Nazi prison camp. [5:17]
Other
Vimeo: Preface to the New Translation of Night by Elie Wiesel (Audio)
This resource provides a video with the audio of Elie Wiesel's preface the "Preface to the New Translation of Night," the memoir from Elie Wiesel. [15:31]
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Uniqueness of Nazi Antisemitism
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. In addition to primary sources, they...
A&E Television
History.com: Liberators: Why We Fought
On April 29, 1945, the Dachau concentration camp was liberated by U.S. troops. Look back at the true story of American GIs whose final march across Germany led to a place beyond all imagination or description. This video [42:00] focuses...
60 Second Recap
60second Recap: "Night:" Final Analysis
The Holocaust is over. In fact, it's almost 70 years in the past. Ancient history? Unfortunately, no. Because the thing that caused the Holocaust still bubbles up in schools and neighborhoods around the world today. What is it? And, more...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Zookeeper's Wife
Ira Flato talks with Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife, a new book about the Holocaust, World War II, and the Warsaw Zoo.