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Educational Resources

There are a number resources on the Web that provide a great deal of information about the Holocaust, genocide and ethnocide-related studies, and we have listed many of them here. They are listed by category, although a number of the sites fall into more than one category. The links that we have listed here are only a few of many, so if you have a website that you think should be added to our list, please let us know. This page is an on-going project and therefore will always be 'under construction' as we add or change information.

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Educational Resources and Programs for Teachers

  • The DNA Shoah Project This unit plan, from the DNA Shoah Project, uses modern forensic science to engage young learners in a science-based activity that also teaches the Holocaust.  Website includes a downloadable module, activity, video, and an exercise for science teachers to use for their unit plans.

  • Confronting Genocide: Never Again? This unit plan, created by the Choices Program at Brown University, includes five lesson plans that trace the evolution of the international community's response to genocide and examine how the United States has responded to five cases of genocide. The evaluation of multiple perspectives, informed debate, and problem solving strategies that comprise this unit enable students to develop their own policy suggestions concerning America's response to future genocide. The Choices for the 21st Century Education Program is a national education initiative based at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.

  •   Studying the Holocaust: Resistance, Rescue, and Survival.  A series of 14 articles and an accompanying teacher guide created and published by the Seattle Times Newspapers in Education (NIE) and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.  The articles explore the Holocaust and issues relevant to today: moral courage, civil liberties, and social responsibility. Integrated into these themes are stories of local survivors. The teacher guide offers additional background information, quotes from local survivors, activities, and suggested resources.  For grades 7-12.

  •   Exemplary Lessons.  Five exemplary lessons from the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Exemplary Lessons Initiative. 

  • TeachGenocide.org.  A new web site focusing on teaching about the Armenian Genocide.  Read press release. 

  • Fighting Hate, Across Cultures and Generations.  January, 2004 New York Times article.  A Rwandan genocide survivor and a Holocaust survivor speak together about shared memories.

  • Women and the Holocaust  - The site contains personal reflections, poetry and scholarly essays that shed light on the atrocities suffered specifically by women during the Holocaust.

  • Edwin Black  - Edwin Black is the son of Polish holocaust survivors.  This site contains information on his new book War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race.

  • Yad Vashem  - excellent site for educators planning to include art into Holocaust education with inclusion of on-line exhibitions of Holocaust art.  Also includes a comprehensive biographical database of relevant books and articles, schedule of national teacher training programs, as well as additional educational resources and links.

  • Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center  - an excellent site for educators that includes curricula, teacher resources, and Holocaust related events.

  • Oregon Holocaust Resource Center - an excellent site for educators that includes teacher workshops, educational materials and resources, lesson plans, commemorative events, and speakers.

  • Rudy Brueggemann Photography - Rudy Brueggemann is a photographer who has done extensive work on Rwanda and the Holocaust.  The site is a gallery of his photos.

  • Holocaust Teacher Resources - includes reviews of new Holocaust literature, on-line text, and related lesson plans.  Site map contains an abundance of helpful links geared toward educators.

  • The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota - excellent site for educators planning to include art into Holocaust education with inclusion of on-line exhibitions of Holocaust art.  Also includes a comprehensive biographical database of relevant books and articles, schedule of national teacher training programs, as well as additional educational resources and links.

  • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) - guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust that is recommended reading for all educators planning to teach Holocaust studies and related subjects. USHMM also has an annotated list of recommended videos.

  • The USHMM Shop - (coming soon): a comprehensive source of Holocaust and genocide-related products including books, videos, and other publications for sale through the museum shop. Items are organized by category - introductory books, museum publications and exhibitions, advanced studies, media (audio and video), and by topic (e.g. Family and Heritage; Cultural Expressions; Destruction, Response and Survival). 

  • A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - An extensive and well-organized site produced and maintained by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. Includes activities for the classroom and annotated lists of literature, videos, and instructional software. Also has documents, abstracts of articles from the ERIC database, photographs, glossary terms, plays, maps, and more. A unique section containing samples of art and music of the Holocaust is included. Historical information is organized both on a timeline and by category of people - victims, perpetrators, resisters, rescuers, bystanders, liberators, and survivors.

  • Simon Wiesenthal Multimedia Learning Center - contains guidelines and suggestions for teaching Holocaust-related topics, an extensive bibliography covering many Holocaust/genocide topics, articles, a timeline and a glossary of terms.

  • The Hopesite Homepage of the Centre for Holocaust Education - A great site for teachers (and everyone else) that includes information and resources for teaching about the Holocaust and Anne Frank. Also has information about fighting racism and promoting ethnic diversity and multiculturalism in your school.

  • The Social Studies School Service - an on-line catalog offering a variety of teaching tools. Has several hundred teaching aids in Holocaust studies including posters, books, CD-ROMs, lesson plans, and videos. Sample lesson plans are also available to view at this website.

  • Cybrary of the Holocaust - One of the largest Holocaust-related sites on the web, this site is dedicated to promoting Holocaust awareness and preserving memories. Maintains a large collection of artwork, poetry and essays written by students, survivors, liberators and scholars. Educators will find a guide for teaching the Holocaust and ideas and literature suggestions for lessons. Also includes numerous photographs, transcripts of Nazi speeches and official documents, transcripts of survivor and liberator testimony, and other historical information. http://remember.org/educate/frank.html

  • I*EARN: Holocaust/Genocide Project - I*EARN is a non-profit organization that enables students and teachers from all over the world to conduct collaborative projects via the Web and other forms of telecommunication. The Holocaust/Genocide Project is an on-going collaboration, involving students ages 12 to 17.

  • Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945 Teacher's Guide - An on-line guide providing teachers with lesson ideas and information on available resources to aid in teaching about Anne Frank and Holocaust-related subjects. This guide contains activities for both elementary and secondary students dealing with subjects such as prejudice, discrimination, civic responsibility, and cultural pride.

  • The Truth About Anne Frank - an on-line guide for teaching the about Holocaust through Anne Frank, available through the Cybrary of the Holocaust. This lesson is intended for high school students.

  • Voice/Visions - an online database containing seventeen oral histories of Holocaust survivors collected by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The site could be a valuable resource for educators who wish to incorporate survivor interviews into their lesson plans. In addition to transcripts, the site also includes RealPlayer files which allow users to listen to the interviews.

  • One Thousand Children - One Thousand Children Inc., (OTC) is a nonprofit educational and research organization whose mission it is to document the history of the rescue and resettlement of only unaccompanied children rescued form the Holocaust by America, to celebrate their lives and contributions to America, honor the individuals, families and organizations which made their rescue possible, and make this virtually unknown story of tragedy and triumph part of the American historical record. 

  • Podcasts - An audio podcast service that includes weekly interviews with issues related to Genocide.  This program is free and is hosted by the Committee on Conscience staff director, Jerry Fowler. 

  • Holocaust Task Force - A task force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education with the purpose of placing political and social leaders' support behind the need of Holocaust education.  This particular website includes resources and guidelines that can assist educators in teaching the Holocaust.  

  • The Institute for the Study of Genocide - An independent nonprofit organization chartered by the University of the State of New York, located at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York.  The ISG exists to promote and disseminate scholarship and policy analyses on the causes, consequences and prevention of genocide.  This site provides current information on genocide along with references of sources. 

  • State of Florida Resource Manual on Holocaust Education - Florida's statewide manuals on Holocaust education that have been distributed to all private and public schools in the state.  Contains resources and lessons for K-12 classrooms. 

  • International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience - Seeks to teach how historic sites and museums can inspire social consciousness and action.  Focuses on issues including: children as victims of war, displacement, genocide, human trafficking and slavery, poverty and welfare, racism, state terrorism, sweatshops, totalitarianism. 

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Research

  • The Stephen Feinberg Research Page.  A list of websites for Holocaust research and education created by Stephen Feinberg, Director of National Outreach for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.   

  • Reflections on the Holocaust.  This is a subscription-free online resource from Encyclopedia Britannica. The content of the resource is credited to Dr. Michael Berenbaum, the former director of the Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.  The site is organized into five sections: Hitler and the Origins of the Holocaust; The Holocaust; The Allied Response; The Christian Response; and Art, Meaning and Memory. Each section is further broken down into sub-sections, allowing for easy navigation. Discussion questions and writing prompts are also included for most sections. Some photos and an extended bibliography are provided.  The site is easily accessed, free of commercial content, and offers good background information for beginning a research project.

  • The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives.  World War II photographs taken from the air, often at low altitude, are now available on the Internet. Five million pictures are being posted, covering every facet of the war.

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Located in Washington DC, the USHMM is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. This site includes information about the museum and its programs, teaching materials, a searchable database of photographs from the Museum's Photo Archives, a searchable database of Archive and Library catalogues, and on-line exhibitions and transcriptions of events and presentations at the Museum. Includes 'the Learning Site' - a reference section specifically for students.

  • Yad Vashem - Located in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem was established in 1953. This website includes information about the memorial and museum, an on-line version of their magazine, descriptions of teaching materials that can be ordered, brief summaries of historical events, excerpts from publications written by Yad Vashem scholars, and on-line exhibitions.

  • Simon Weisenthal Center - Founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, the SWC is an international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights. This excellent site includes an extensive multimedia learning center with thousands of text files and photos, teacher resources (a timeline, glossary, and list of bibliographies), a virtual tour of the Museum of Tolerance, and 'The Making of a Skinhead' - a fascinating discussion with a former racist.

  • The Holocaust History Project - This is an excellent site for research, especially for those seeking evidence that refutes the claims of Holocaust deniers. It contains an extensive archive of documents, photographs, recordings and essays. Includes retyped or scanned copies of original Nazi documents, manuscripts from the Trial of the Major War Criminals, documentary evidence on the beginnings of the gassing program, and information on David Irving and his failed libel suit.

  • The Nizkor Project - Headquartered in Vancouver BC, the Nizkor Project is dedicated to responding to falsehoods and misinformation about the Holocaust. Information about concentration camps and the Nuremberg trials can be read here, as well as transcripts of the Adolf Eichmann trial, and an essay describing techniques of Holocaust denial.

  • Ben Austin's Holocaust/Shoah - An extensive amount of Holocaust information at this site. Well organized and easy to use.

  • IDEA, A Journal of Social Issues - an electronic journal created for the exchange of ideas related to cults, mass movements, autocratic power, war, genocide, democide, holocaust, and murder. Includes articles, book reviews, links, and a discussion forum.

  • The Anne Frank Center USA - includes historical information and photographs about Anne Frank and her diary.

  • SS St. Louis - This is an excellent site for those seeking information on the voyage of the SS St. Louis. Told from the perspective of the Blechner family, this site is remarkable for the details and photos.

  • Fortune of Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies - a collection of videotaped survivor testimonies from the Yale University Memorial Library. The Archive has made a series of video programs available for loan to schools and community groups.

  • The History Place: World War Two in Europe - includes information on the rise of Hitler, Hitler youth, (featuring audio clips) timelines, and biographies of Nazi Leaders.

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Museums and Memorials

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Literature and Film

  • The Cybrary of the Holocaust - this link takes you to the Cybrary's page of literature on the Holocaust, which has a connection to Amazon.com.

  • The Cybrary also has a web page of books written by Holocaust survivors. Includes excerpts and photographs from the books and the means to contact many of the authors.

  • A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - has an extensive list of literature on the Holocaust from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. Also includes brief descriptions and recommended age levels of readers.

  • Broder's Rare and Used Books - an online catalog of rare and used books on various subjects, including a special Holocaust supplement.

  • Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive - is a collection of over one hundred films that can be viewed online, including many related to the Holocaust. Many new films will be added annually. A high speed internet connection is recommended for viewing the films.

  • Segments for the Classroom: - This is a series of seven videos that can be used in the classroom that covers a variety of topics. Six are in English (one in Spanish):

    • The Holocaust through the Eyes of Child Survivors

    • Facing Persecution as Jehovah's Witness

    • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    • Surviving Auschwitz II-Birkenau

    • The AuschwitzII-Birkenau Sonderkomando

    • The Sobibor Uprising

    • The Immigration Experience (En Espańol)

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Local Resources in Washington State and Vancouver, B.C.

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Recursos en Espańol (Resources in Spanish)

  • Segmentos para la clase: La experiencia migratoria Este vídeo describe las historias de siete sobrevivientes de Holocaust y de los emigración de Europa a sus nuevas vidas en América latina. (Segments for the Classroom:The Immigration Experience) - This video describes the stories of seven Holocaust survivors and their emigration from Europe to their new lives in Latin America.)

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