History Links & Resources: The Holocaust
History Links & Resources: The Holocaust
An Annotated Guide to Online Resources
- Documents
- Photographs & Film
- Survivor Testimony
- Histories, FAQs
- Righteous among the Nations
- Timelines
- Online Exhibitions
- Museums
- Universities
- Other Organisations
- Other Memorial & Remembrance Sites
- Links
- Teacher's Guides/ Study Resources
- Other
- Non-Jewish Victims of Nazism
Documents
- Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. This site has photographs, FAQs, Timeline, Histories, lesson plans and more.
- Documents Relating to the Holocaust, War Crimes and Genocide
- Historical Newspaper Archives - Scanned primary documents of newspaper articles from the years 1938-39. "There are about 150 articles from 130 editions of the "Daily Colonist" newspaper, located far from Europe in Victoria. BC. Canada."
- A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Many Documents, including excerpts from speeches and books.
- The Einsatzgruppen - Documents and transcripts of interviews with perpetrators regarding the actions of the Einsatzgruppen.
- Documentary Resources on the Nazi Genocide (most of the documents and essays on this site are in French. Use Altavista's Translate service to read in English)
- EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe (entry
on Germany, scroll down to Primary Source Documents on the Holocaust.
Maintained by Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer, Brigham
Young University)
This site contains many documents in other languages, including Latin, German and French, along with English translations, relating not only to The Holocaust but other types of important documents from Germany dating back to the Middle Ages.
Photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Shoah - The Holocaust Photographic documentation
- Holocaust Remembrance Day Animation, Sound, movies and images
- Holocaust Study Resources The Dinur Center For Research In Jewish History. Links, photographs.
- Undeniable Holocaust Pictorial (warning: contains very graphic images) - photographs and scanned documents including maps.
- A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Galleries of Holocaust Images
- Holocaust Photographs Jewish Student Online Research Center (66 photos)
Survivor Testimony
- Aish HaTorah: Holocaust, Shoah, Genocide text accounts of 3 survivors, 3 rescuers. Audio accounts of 4 survivors.
- Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources list of sources for survivor and rescuer accounts,
- My Three Lives - Gizel Berman - A Story of Love, War and Survival. - One woman's tale of life before, during and after the war, of her imprisonment, Auschwitz and the death march from Stutthof.
- A Belgian Family's Story
- NBCi:Arts & Humanities:History:20th Century:Holocaust:Holocaust Resource Center: The Survivors
- Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
- Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Aspects of the True Self a series of interviews with Holocaust survivors about their pasts, their families, their experiences and their hopes for the future.
- The Avalon Project (Yale Law School) Survivor testimony from the Nuremberg Trials>
- Fortunoff Video Archive - 9 excerpts from survivor testimony in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies is part of Manuscripts and Archives, at Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.
- Shoah Survivors, Children of Survivors, Grandchildren of Survivors - Links to a variety of sources with 13 survivor interviews/testimonies.
- Women and the Holocaust - The personal survival testimonies of 7 women victims of the Holocaust
- NBCi:Arts & Humanities:History:20th Century:Holocaust:Holocaust Resource Center: The Survivors
- The Holocaust History Project (a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial.)
Histories and FAQs
- Documentary Resources on the Nazi Genocide (most of the documents and essays on this site are in French. Use Altavista's Translate service to read in English)
- Frequently Asked Questions from the Yad Vashem site.
Righteous Among the Nations
- Yad Vashem. An explanation of the "Righteous Among The Nations" program
- Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center - Non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honored by Yad Vashem as the "Righteous Among The Nations". By saving Jews, these people proved that rescue was possible and by so doing they enhanced the dignity of humanity. More than 8,000 such people have been honored.
- Museum of Tolerance Photo Album of rescuers and Righteous among the Gentiles.
- The Hiatt Collection: Eight Jesuit Priests
- The "Righteous among the Nations" of Swiss nationality
- "The Significance of the "Righteous Among the Nations"
- Courage to Care ?Courage to Care? aims to promote understanding and harmony among all races and cultures, refutes myths about the Jewish people, bring home the reality of the Holocaust and draw attention to the heroism of ?Righteous?.
Timelines
- Holocaust Timeline: Rescue & Liberation
- Chronology of the Holocaust 1933 - 1945
- Timeline of the Ghettos
- Timeline of America's Reaction to the Holocaust
- Holocaust Timeline with photographs.
- Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center Timeline of the Holocaust: 1933-1945
- About.com's Holocaust Timeline Hitler's Rise to power
- NAAF Project Timeline"Never Again, Always and Forever"
- A Time to Remember A Timeline of Events and Actions of the Holocaust
Online Exhibitions
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 13 Online Exhibitions of photographs and text, including The Voyage of the St Louis, Images of Internment - Josef Nassy, Kristallnacht and more.
- Holocaust - Shoa - Kunst - Art Select [English Version]. An online exhibition of paintings by an Auschwitz survivor.
- Holocaust Remembrance Day Animation, Sound, movies and images
- The Virtual Anne Frank House
- Holocaust Heroes - is a recently launched site devoted to honoring the brave men and women who risked their lives to rescue and shelter Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi reign of terror.
- National Museum of American Jewish History - 10 online exhibitions of photgraphs and text relating to American Jewry.
- In The Spirit Of Christianity - over 60 images form a visual experience of the Holocaust, with particular emphasis on the experience of the Slovakian Jews.
Museums
- Yad Vashem (The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.
- Museum of Tolerance ( The Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, an international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defence of human rights and the Jewish people.
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters' House - Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Israel) - The Ghetto Fighters? House Museum is the organic creation of a memorial community, the creation of a population that personally experienced the Holocaust and built itself a museum/educational center in order to tell its story and pass on its messages.
- Anne
Frank House, Netherlands. This site has information about
Anne Frank, her diaries, and how they came to be written and published.
"Visiting the Anne Frank House has been a moving experience for millions of people from all over the world. These pages will provide you with just a glimpse of what you can expect from such a visit."
Universities
- Literature of the Holocaust: Al Filreis's Home Page a well-organised page with search facility with documents, survivor testimony, current and recent articles and information from a variety of sources.
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (Yale Law School). - The Avalon project contains transcripts from the actual War Crimes Trials, including Witness Testimonies, Key Documents used in all parts of the trial, transcripts from speeches, etc all fully searchable with a powerful on-site search engine.
Other Organisations
- Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources
- The Nizkor Project"Dedicated to the millions of Holocaust victims who suffered and died "
- Cybrary
of the HolocaustA cyberspace library, with:
- images and photographs
- then and now photographs of Birkenau and Mauthausen concentration camps,
- recent photographs of Auschwitz
- books by survivors that can be read online
- Lesson plans, timelines and teachers guide for teaching about the Holocaust.
- a comprehensivequestion and answer section that acts as a site guide, as well as having links to other Holocaust sites
- an in-depth forum for education, with many excellent resources for students and researchers
- Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (Jewish Life Since the Enlightenment, entries on Modern Anti-Semitism; The Shoah. Maintained by Paul Halsall) Contains a comprehensive listing of websites and publications with links.
- Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium: Holocaust Home Page gateway to Jewish resources on the net with a large collection of links to such diverse things as Jewish celebrities, Steven Spielberg's Shoah Testimony project
- Virtual Jerusalem's Holocaust Pages citations and documents, glossary, resources, link to a teacher's guide
- NAAF Project "Never Again, Always and Forever"
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research this site has online exhibitions of photographs and documents from their archives.
- Holocaust Era Issues - documents and pdf files pertaining to the "German Foundation", responsible for compensation to victims and their heirs.
Other Memorial & Remembrance Sites
- Remembering the Holocaust
- CNN - Nazi Holocaust victims remembered - May 5, 1997
- Yom HaShoah- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Holocaust - Shoa - Kunst - Art Select [English Version]. An online exhibition of paintings
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- The Forgotten Camps
- We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah
- Holocaust Heroes
- C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Holocaust Museum
- Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Holocaust Awareness - A Time to Bear Witness
- Catholic Martyrs of the Holocaust
- N.A.A.F Project "Never Again, Always and Forever" Memorial project
- March of the Living Homepage The March of the Living is a yearly journey where thousands of primarily Jewish teens from around the world gather in Poland and Israel to mark two of the most significant dates on the modern calendar: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israel Independence Day. The purpose of this trip is to give students a first hand look at history and the evils of mankind.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Holocaust Remembrance Day
Links
- Meyer's Holocaust Links an organised set of links to other sites on the Internet dealing with Holocaust Issues
- Groups and projects (Site is in German. Use Altavista's Translate service to read in English)
- Crimes against Humanity - Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit
- Academic Info: Holocaust Studies
- Resources on Human Experimentation by Nazi Doctors
- Maven - The Portal Directory to the Jewish World Holocaust & Antisemitism Links
- Holocaust Links
- Shamash: Holocaust Home Page
- Holocaust Outreach Center
- NBCi:Arts & Humanities:History:20th Century:Holocaust:Holocaust Resource Center: The Survivors
- Holocaust Study Resources The Dinur Center For Research In Jewish History. Links, photographs
- Holocaust and Genocide Links and resources.
- Narrative Psychology: Shoah (the Holocaust) & Genocide Studies, Crimes Against Humanity
- Holocaust Internet Sites
- Catholic Martyrs of the Holocaust
- Webster University's Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
- International Directory of Organizations in Holocaust Education, - Remembrance, and Research(Searchable database. A Project of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance,and Research)
Other
- The Holocaust large well organised site with many links, glossary, information.
- Law-Related Resources on Nazi Gold and Other Holocaust Assets, Swiss Banks during World War II, and Dormant Accounts
- Margate Public Library Electronic Holocaust Resource Guide
- Holocaust--Bjorn Krondorfer Jews, Germans, And The Holocaust. On this page you will find descriptions of and resources about programs on encounters between Jews and Germans
- Background: From Stereotype to
- The Holocaust(Jewish Student Online Research Center - AICE) Well organised set of links to information about many aspects of the Holocaust, including US Policy During World War 2, Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, Photographs and other valuable research material. German Propaganda Archive contains examples, pages and translations of propaganda used by the Nazi regime. The History Place - Holocaust Timeline An in-depth timeline of the Holocaust, complete with pictures, articles,
Teacher's Guides/ Study Resources
- A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - a comprehensive site which includes downloadable video footage of survivor testimony, (translations of) primary source documents, galleries of photographs grouped thematically and including over 1l00 photos, virtual reality movies, quizzes, maps, plays, lesson plans.
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies - outlines of current courses being taught at college level. Links to other Holocaust related pages. Photographs.
- Holocaust, Shoah, Genocide - This site has survivor testimonies, resources, headlines and timelines, and a series of interviews of people relating their wartime experiences, both Jews and Germans.
- I*EARN's Holocaust/Genocide Project (HGP) - The Holocaust/Genocide Project (HGP) is an international, nonprofit, telecommunications project focusing on study of the Holocaust and other genocides. The purpose of the HGP is to promote education and awareness, and to encourage the application of this knowledge in a way which makes a positive difference in the world.
- Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources contains a well-organised annotated list of Educational projects and resources.
- Documentary Resources on the Nazi Genocide (most of the documents and essays on this site are in French. Use Altavista's Translate service to read in English)
- Holocaust Education Resources for Teachers - contains some essays which may be of interest, also excerpts from student workbooks and lesson plans.
- The Trial of Adolf Eichmann: Classroom Activities - with lesson plans, background material, and teacher's guide. Material deals with the role of Adolf Eichmann in "The Final Solution", as presented at his trial in Israel in 1961. Includes photographs, timeline, and background information.
- Social Studies School Service Holocaust this site has lesson plans and suggestions, as well as sources for purchasing related materials, and a list of websites that may be useful to educators. (this link may not always work)
- Holocaust Study Resources The Dinur Center For Research In Jewish History. Links, photographs
- Holocaust and Genocide Links and resources.
- K-12 TLC Guide to The Holocaust - Resources, teacher lesson plans, links to information, other sites, real player audio files, photographs
- C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Holocaust Museum - Lesson plans, background information, links.
- Truman and the Holocaust - Lesson plan/activities dealing with the way in which US President Truman handled the situation following the liberation of the concentration camps and subsequent events.
- Unit 1: People like us: Understanding the Holocaust - presenting the facts of the holocaust from the perspective of four survivors. With lesson plans, background information and realaudio presentations.
- The Anti-Bias Teacher Education Project
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher's Guidelines downloadable, printable guide to teaching the Holocaust
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Resources for Educators and Students
- Anne Frank Education Trust The Anne Frank Educational Trust UK (AFETUK) exists to promote and use Anne Frank's diary as a force for good by helping to educate young people against prejudice, bigotry, antisemitism and racism.
- Beth Shalom Britain's "House of Peace"
- Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' And Heroes' Remembrance Authority
- Beit Hatefutsoth Museum of the Jewish People
- Vidal Sassoon International Centre for the Study of Antisemitism
- Facing History and Ourselves - this site contains many different ideas for teaching students about racial tolerance, the Holocaust and genocide.
- Simon Wiesanthal Centre Museum of Tolerance Online Multimedia Learning Centre
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Teaching History - a journal of methods Teaching History's World Wide Web Links for History Teachers
- A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust photographs, virtual reality movie clips, survivor testimony movie clips, quizzes, comprehensive sitemap
- Educational Projects and Resources comprehensive annotated list of online resources
- Narrative Psychology: Shoah (the Holocaust) & Genocide Studies, Crimes Against Humanity
- History of the Jewish People
Non-Jewish Victims
- Holocaust - Non-Jewish Victims
- The Patrin Web Journal - Roma (Gypsies) in the Holocaust
- Sinti and Roma: Victims of the Nazi Era
- Museum of Tolerance Learning Center - Gypsies
- The Romani Holocaust Exhibit
- The IB Holocaust Project-Unlebenswurdig - "Jews were not the only target of Nazi euthanasia. Nazis extended their hatred to include Gypsies, the physically and mentally ill, and homosexuals."
- Freedom & Democracy; Democide & Genocide; War And Peace