CommonLit
Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Bearing Witness
Artifacts are essential to preserve the memories of the Holocaust. As survivors age, these pictures, testimonies, and documents are the only remaining items to tell the story of the Holocaust. Peruse the artifacts of the Holocaust with...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center New Beginnings
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources 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. They have broken down the...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Displaced Persons Camps
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources 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. They have broken down the...
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Anne Frank House
Museum, devoted to all aspects of Anne Frank's life and her famous diary, makes available a walk-through recreation of the annex where Anne hid from the Nazis. Also includes an interactive timeline filled with wrenching details of the...
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Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources
Site offers extensive research resources regarding the Holocaust of World War II. This site has won awards from the History Channel and Encyclopedia Britannica.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Ghettos
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. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Daily Life in the Camps
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. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Holocaust Denial Laws
The denial of the Holocaust, anti-Semitic rhetoric and the growth of hate groups has led many European nations to pass laws criminalizing hate speech to stop the resurrection of Nazism in Europe. This article discusses individual...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Interviews
View videos that include discussions with survivors and specialists in Holocaust education. Click the drop-down menu to choose videos from survivors, artists, or scholars.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Are the Palestinians Really Paying for the Holocaust?
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. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Artifacts From the Holocaust
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. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Smart History
Smarthistory: Jewish History 1750 to Ww Ii
Overview of Jewish history from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust. Includes a discussion of the Reform and Orthodox movements, Hasidic Judaism, Zionism, and pogroms. With links to additional resources.
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Anne Frank: Lessons in Human Rights and Dignity
The story of Anne Frank is told in this long essay organized into chapters. Features include photos, and as well as extracts from Anne Frank's diary.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Ghettos
A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Antisemitism
An explanation of the term "antisemitism" and its particular reference to the Holocaust.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Estimated Number of Jews Killed During World War Ii
Table broken down by country showing estimated numbers of Jewish people killed in each area during World War II.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Reinhard Heydrich
A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Jews Disbelieving Reports of Extermination
Essay describing how many Jewish people in Germany did not initially believe reports of Jewish extermination due to Nazi control of the press.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Auschwitz Birkenau
The Jewish Virtual Library offers a detailed page explaining all aspects of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration/death camp. Contains pictures, personal accounts, and the history of what happened there.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Home Page
A fantastic reference or introduction to Jewish history for teachers and students. You'll find information and photos of Jewish women, politics, maps, and much more.
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Encyclopedia of Ww Ii: Concentration Camps
This site provides a brief overview that examines the purpose and operation of German concentration camps during World War II. Suggestions for further reading are also made available. Uses popups.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: North Africa and the Middle East
With the establishment of the Vichy regime in France and pro-Hitler leaders in Iraq, the persecution of Jews fanned out to North Africa and the Middle East. Peruse background information and examine primary sources such as photos,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Theresienstadt
Theresienstadt was a Jewish ghetto used by the Nazi's in their propaganda campaigns as a model Jewish settlement. When in reality it was overcrowded, unsanitary, and infested with disease. Study the background of his ghetto and view...