It is imperative that students understand what happened in Europe after WWII, so they may gain a deep knowledge of our contemporary world, including its key economic, social, and political developments. This in-depth unit covers topics...

Simon Schama travels through three thousand years of Jewish history across Europe, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Bermuda, and into the United States. Notable historical data and images are presented through an interactive map.

This exhibition tells the stories of Jewish athletes and the sports they took part in all over Europe prior to the Holocaust, of which many did not survive.

Anne Frank's writing in her diary became one of the most recognized accounts of life for a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.

On January 20, 1942 a conference took place near Berlin convened to "coordinate the Final Solution of the Jewish Question", to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 11 million people. You can read the minutes...

The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, 1933 - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. During this time, Jews in Europe were...

Wikipedia entry for Ashkenazi Jews, descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria, and Eastern Europe.

A series of short essays on various historical aspects of the Hasidic including the experiences of Hasidic Americans. Titles include "Hasidism in Europe "Settlement in America" and more.