Young historians examine primary sources, including diaries, poems, and photographs, to consider the conditions in the ghettos and how they fit into the escalation of the Third Reich's plot against the Jewish people. 

This annotated bibliography and list of websites are valuable resources for any study of the Holocaust and/or of Elie Wiesel's Night.

The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...

W.H. Auden’s poem “Refugee Blues” launches a study of the problems of refugees. Background information about the poem and general information about Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria are provided, as are discussion questions and...

A brief overview of the course of World War II in Europe.

See an extensive collection of photographs covering World War II compiled into twenty sections covering photos from before the war, many of the campaigns, the American homefront, the Holocaust, and after the war. Each photo has a caption...

Table broken down by country showing estimated numbers of Jewish people killed in each area during World War II.

A brief analysis of the Axis powers during World War II, and the causes they had in common.

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.

Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...

This article details the Nazi treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in World War II. Though it is not frequently discussed, there were almost as many Soviet prisoners killed by the Nazis as there were Jews.

An eye-opening article that describes the psychological consequences for Jewish children who were sent to the Netherlands to live in hiding from the Nazis, for their parents, and for the surrogate parents who hid them during the war....

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.

A collection of learning resources (videos, practice exercises, and quizzes) covering World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, with smaller additional sections on Chinese history, the Holocaust, human rights, and independence movements.

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.

The text of the German declaration of war on the United States on December 11, 1941, following the US declaration of war on Japan.

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

Article about the Nazi movement to annihilate as much of the Polish population as possible during World War II. This article focuses particularly on the non-Jewish portion of the Polish populaton.

Article about the establishment of centers for displaced persons, especially Jews who survived the Holocaust, and about the subsequent emigration of most of those people in the decade following the end of World War II.

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

An analysis of the scope of Nazi persecution during World War II, including the Jews, Poles, Roma, and any groups people who did not support the Nazi cause.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Elie Wiesel's Night and the Holocaust.

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