Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.

Article about the massacre of concentration camp prisoners at the end of a "death march" in the Gardelegen region of Germany at the end of World War II.

A description of the forced marches the Nazis used to try to keep concentration camp victims out of the hands of the Allies in the last few months of World War II.

Article about the Dachau concentration camp which housed almost 200,000 prisoners, both political and ethnic, in the period between 1933, when the Nazis took power in Germany, and mid-1945 when the Allies liberated the camps.

An account of the role the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland played both in providing labor for the Nazi war effort and in the "final solution" the Nazis planned.

Article summarizing the development and use of numerous concentration camps by the Nazis in the early years of World War II. The camps were used to provide forced labor, retain political prisoners, and any populations the Nazis wanted to...

The maps on this website show the ebb and flow of Germany's initial domination of Europe, and then the allies' retaking of the territory in WW II. Audio commentary describes the changes from 1939 to 1945.

The dire conditions children lived in during the German invasion of Poland are hard to imagine. These primary sources try to bring to life what they went through living in a Polish ghetto so we can understand the unimaginable. Sources...

An article about the Nazi treatment of the Polish capital, Warsaw, after the invasion of Poland. Information about the creation and destruction of the Jewish ghetto, and the later destruction of most of the city and its inhabitants.

An account of the German occupation of the Polish city of Krakow, and the subsequent Nazi persecution of the Jewish population, especially the destruction of the Krakow Ghetto.

Exhibit documents the critical role of propaganda in the Nazi effort to turn Germany into a totalitarian state driven to annihilate its enemies. Includes a gallery of primary source documents and artifacts, such as posters, books,...

A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.

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.

Providing insight to current issues in the Jewish-Canadian community, this resource provides selections of relevant news articles relating to Jewish issues in Canada. There are also a large collection of web links relating to...

This page, part of the Human Rights Web, gives a brief overview of the topic of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Learners will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...

In order to make it through the dark days in the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews leaned on each other for support and guidance. Using the Warsaw Ghetto as an example, this lesson plan will highlight those who put their lives on the line to help...

A stunning account of the most successful revolt and escape from a Nazi concentration camp. Read about the camp,Sobibor, and how it was set up. Then find out about the plans for escape and how that was carried out. Included are maps,...

Lesson to be used following the reading of play The Diary of Anne Frank or the book Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. Students explore the Anne Frank Center website. In groups of five, students analyze the residents of the Secret...

As Hitler moved forward with his plans of conquest, Western European countries were invaded and occupied. This resulted in anti-Semitic laws in countries such as France and the Netherlands. Read background information on these occupied...

Hitler not only targeted Jews, but he also persecuted Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled. These groups were considered socio-racial problems that needed to be exterminated. Read a summary of each of these groups and view primary...

An online exhibition about Anne Frank that focuses on her writing. Plenty of pictures, and translations of her writing, as well as transcripts of interviews with video clips.

Click on a survivor's name to read eye-witness testimony of Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

This resource provides a timeline chronology starting on January 30, 1933 and ending November 1, 1946.