Yad Vashem: The Great Deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto Abraham Lewin's Diary

What was life in the Jewish ghetto like? What happened to Polish Jews forced to live behind the wall? View a series of images taken during WWII of the Warsaw Ghetto and discuss the implications of what you see. Everyday life, economy,...

Listen to the words of Jewish people living in the Warsaw Ghetto. These six videos show a different aspect of life in the Ghetto under Nazi rule.

Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. In addition to primary sources, they...

This resource presents photos taken in the Warsaw Ghetto that depict different perspectives of the lives of Jews living in this ghetto.

Peretz Oboczynki was a mailman in the Warsaw ghetto. This job gave him a unique vantage point to record the day to day happenings in the ghetto. Watch this video to hear a first-hand account of life as a Jew in Warsaw during World War...

The Warsaw ghetto was the largest ghetto in Europe. The Jewish people who inhabited the ghetto were cut off from outside world and lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. 80,000 Jewish people died in the Warsaw ghetto. Study a...

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...

This video features the words of Rachel Auerbach who lived in Warsaw and documented her life before, during and after WWII. From the public kitchen she helped to organize, she had a front-row seat to the suffering and hunger of those...

In terrible times, the human spirit has a way of enduring and even strengthening. The Jewish people risked their lives in order to continue to practice their faith, educate their children, and document their experiences for future...

Romania had a long history of anti-Semitism and was an ally of the Nazis. Around 400,000 Jews were killed in Romanian-controlled areas during the war. Read a summary on Romania during WWII and view primary sources such as photos,...