Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Deportation to the Death Camps
The Jewish people were packed into cattle cars with no ventilation and no food or water for days on their way to the camps. Many did not survive the deportation. Read a synopsis and view primary sources such as photos, testimonies, video...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Before They Perished
This unique photography collection found at Birkenau after liberation includes scenes from the everyday life of families while showing the world of Polish Jews before the Holocaust.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Nuremberg Laws: Background and Overview
Find a good overview of the Nuremberg Laws, passed in Germany in 1935, that imposed many restrictions on the Jews in Germany before the beginning of World War II.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: "Faith in the Human Spirit Is Not Lost"
Pictorial exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Righteous Program founded by Yad Vashem to honor rescuers who protected Jews from death and deportation during the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Uprooting and Deportation
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...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Jewish History Sourcebook: Expulsion From Spain
This site from the Fordham University gives a detailed and accurate picture of the expulsion and its immediate consequences for Spanish Jewry. It was written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in April or May, 1495.
Curated OER
Etc: Clip Art Etc: Captivity of the Jews: Laborers
Egyptian captivity and forced labor of the Jews.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Captivity of the Jews: Masons
Egyptian captivity and forced labor of the Jews as Masons.
Curated OER
Etc: Clip Art Etc: Wailing Place of the Jews at Jerusalem
In Judaism, the Western Wall is venerated as the sole remnant of the Holy Temple. It has become a place of pilgrimage for Jews, as it is the closest permitted accessible site to the holiest spot in Judaism, namely the Even ha-shetiya or...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Chosen People
This Jewish Virtual Library site discusses why the Jews are the chosen people and how Jews and non-Jews feel about the status.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Discovered
During the war, the Gestapo tried many means to locate Jews in hiding, even recruiting other Jews as informers. Sometimes hidden Jews were discovered accidentally during a raid.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ashkenazi
Wikipedia entry for Ashkenazi Jews, descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria, and Eastern Europe.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Studies: Israel: Origins of Zionizm
Provides history of Zionism. End of article discusses Orthodox Jews' problems with Zionism.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Map: European Rail System, 1939
Map showing the network of railroads in Europe that facilitated the transport of Jews to extermination camps in German-occupied Poland.
The History Place
The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazis Boycott Jewish Shops
Describes the political and cultural makeup of the Jewish population of Germany at the beginning of Hitler's regime and the boycott of Jewish stores in April 1933. This was followed by laws and regulations discriminating against Jews.
Other
Poland at War
Images and information about the German occupation of Poland during World War 2. Provides images from the Jewish Ghettos in Poland and information about the treatment of the Jews.
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Something From Nothing: The Schumiatcher Saga
The Shumiatcher family, Russian Jews who emigrated to Canada in the early 1900's, grew to become successful business owners and professionals. This site outlines their history and details the making of a television documentary.
University of Calgary
Sources: The Tragic History of the "Omer" Season
This resource provides information behind the Omer. Also traces the observance of the ritual among Ashkenazic Jews.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
An online exhibit that displays many artifacts and documents relating to the medical experiments done to European Jews by the Nazis.
The History Place
The History Place: The Nuremberg Race Laws
This site from The History Place provides a short explanation of the Nuremberg Laws during Hitler's reign. Site shows a chart issued by the Nazis to help distinguish Jews from Germans of mixed race.
The History Place
The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: Hitler in World War I
Describes Hitler's time in the Germany Army in World War I, his wounding at the Battle of the Somme, his return to the Front, the medals he won, his injury from chlorine gas, and how his hatred of Jews festered and grew.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Deportations to Killing Centers in Occupied Poland
Map of routes to move Jews to killing centers in Poland during its German occupation. Includes short description.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: Examining Identity in Contemporary Art and Photography [Pdf]
This website contains photographs of many in the multicultural community of Jews in the United States. There are discussion questions and cross-curricular links for integration of culture into your curriculum. A glossary is also included.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Death Marches
This Jewish Virtual Library site describes the death marches that Nazi-held prisoners like the Jews, the Russians, and other minorities were forced to take from one concentration camp to another. On these marches the prisoners died...
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