Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Deportation to Killing Centers

Teaching tools designed to support student-centered literature study. Geared toward homeschoolers reading Harper Lee's book To Kill a Mockingbird, I would use these in my classroom. The materials are applicable to any text: graphic...

Map of routes to move Jews to killing centers in Poland during its German occupation. Includes short description.

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

Article about the coverage and response that news of the Holocaust received at various times throughout 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.

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.

Entry describes the Nazi persecution of gays. Includes information on the criminal code Paragraph 175 and the pink triangle symbol used to mark gay men in concentration camps.

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

An explanation of the term "antisemitism" and its particular reference to the Holocaust.

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