A description of the role of the euphemistically-titled Einsatzgruppen as mobile killing units by the Nazis, including both where and how they were employed.

An explanation of the term "racism" and how it impacted the rise of Nazism and World War II.

Article describes the various organized and individual resistance movements and actions taken by Jews in Germany and throughout Europe during World War II.

An overview of the various resistance and partisan groups who fought against or sabotaged the Nazis throughout Europe during World War II.

Data by country of the Jewish population in Europe prior to World War II.

An explanation of the term "pogrom" and examples of pogroms in both 19th and early 20th century Russia, and in Germany and Eastern Europe during World War II.

An article about plight of people, especially Jewish people, who were displaced by World War II and had no homes to return to, and how the world-wide community did, and did not, aid them in the years immediately following the war.

An explanation of the plight of refugees, especially Jewish refugees trying to emigrate from Germany just prior to and during World War II.

Article outlining the roles of the various Allied armies, including the Russian, American, and British forces, in liberating the Nazi concentration camps in the late months of World War II.

The roles of Jewish women and women of other groups targeted by the Nazis is described, but the article also tells of the roles many women played in the various resistance movements during World War II.

Read about the plight of children, especially Jewish and Roma children, during 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.