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Holocaust
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America and the Holocaust 
 Companion to a PBS American Experience documentary about what "social and political factors shaped America's response to the Holocaust," including the temporary "'paper wall,' a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a few Jewish refugees from entering the country." Includes details about one man's struggle against the bureaucracy, a guide to people and events of the Holocaust (such as Raoul Wallenberg, the Bermuda Conference, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), interview transcripts, and primary sources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Jul 25, 2007 Anne Frank Center, USA
Site of a nonprofit organization that promotes tolerance "by developing and disseminating a variety of educational programs, including exhibitions, workshops, and special events." Contains a biographical timeline of Anne Frank, including photographs and diary excerpts. Also features resources for students and teachers. http://www.annefrank.com/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 22, 2005 Anne Frank House
Web site of the Amsterdam museum located in the house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis during World War II. Contains a biography, photos, a history of the pogroms instituted against the Jews, the reasons the Frank family went into hiding, and information on their final days in the concentration camps. Also includes brief excerpts of her diary, its history, and its publication background. Available in several languages, including English and Spanish. http://www.annefrank.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, Museums by Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 15, 2004 Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story
"Between the ages of 13 and 15, Anne Frank wrote short stories, fairy tales, essays, and the beginnings of a novel. Five notebooks and more than 300 loose pages, meticulously handwritten during her two years in hiding, survived the war." This exhibition reveals "the original writings -- through sound and images -- of a young woman who had great ambition to be a writer." Includes interviews and links. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/ Topics: Authors by Region, Judaism, Literature: Fiction Last updated Sep 16, 2003 Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: Photos of Nazi Leadership at the Camp
This presentation looks at photographs from an album donated to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007; the album "almost certainly belonged to and was created by [a German SS officer] ... stationed at Auschwitz from May 1944 until the evacuation of the [World War II Nazi concentration] camp in January 1945." Provides photos from the album, background about the officer, essays, archivist interview, and related material. From the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/highlights/auschwitz/ Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Dec 3, 2007 The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
This database is "an international undertaking led by Yad Vashem, from Jerusalem. It is the attempt to reconstruct the names and life stories of all the Jews who perished in the Shoah [Holocaust]." Contains about three million records, based on pages of testimony, historical documentation, and local commemoration projects. Data for the items vary, but may include date and place of birth and death, spouse's name, profession, and other details. http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Oct 30, 2007 Combating Holocaust Denial: Holocaust Deniers and Public Misinformation
This essay discusses Holocaust denial--the belief that the Holocaust never happened--with a focus on refuting the reasons for these beliefs. Includes links to related essays on Holocaust denial, annotated website links, and a press release about the December 2006 Holocaust conference in Iran, stating that it "will serve as nothing more than an international platform for Holocaust denial." From the Holocaust Encyclopedia, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007272 Topics: History, Judaism, World War II Last updated Jun 12, 2007 Fred R. Crawford Witness to the Holocaust Project Files
The project's "aim was to collect eye witness accounts ... in order to refute claims that the Holocaust never occurred." The collection includes oral histories with liberators, survivors, and others; photographs, slides, and films donated by liberators; and television programs produced by the Project. The late Dr. Crawford founded the project and was a witness to the liberation of Dachau. The collection is housed in the Woodruff Library at Emory University. http://sage.library.emory.edu/collection-0608.html Topics: History, Judaism, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 14, 2007 Fritz Hirschberger: Sur-Rational Paintings
Fritz Hirschberger's paintings of Germans and Jews during the Nazi era play on the tensions between religious tenets and political gamesmanship. The paintings in this virtual exhibit are accompanied by explanations of their historical bases and verses from contemporaries. Also includes detailed teaching materials, a biography of Hirschberger, and images from his life. From the University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. http://chgs.umn.edu/museum/exhibitions/surRational/ Topics: Artists, History, Judaism Last updated Aug 7, 2007 Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center
This is a "national clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath. ... [They] assist U.S. residents searching for proof of internment, forced/slave labor, or evacuation from former Soviet territories on themselves or family members. This documentation may be required for reparations." The site describes the tracing process, reunion stories, restitution information, and more. These services, from the American Red Cross, are confidential and free of charge. http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/ Topics: History, Judaism, World War II Last updated Jun 20, 2009 Holocaust Center of Northern California
Website for this organization "dedicated to the education, documentation, research, and remembrance of the Holocaust." Online material includes Yizkor book resources, Holocaust-related event listings for the San Francisco Bay area, selections from the center's photo archives and pamphlet collection, finding aids, and links to related websites. http://www.hcnc.org/ Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Apr 18, 2007 Holocaust Denial
Questions and answers from a Jewish perspective about Holocaust denial. "One of the most notable anti-Semitic propaganda movements to develop over the past two decades has been the organized effort to deny or minimize the established history of Nazi genocide against the Jews." Topics include origins of the movement (including the Institute for Historical Review), related American legal precedents, academic interest, and denial themes. Part of the Jewish Virtual Library from the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/denial.html Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Feb 19, 2009 Holocaust Denial on Trial: David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt
Devoted to the "London trial that made headlines around the world" in 2000, when "David Irving, an English Holocaust denier, sued Dr. Deborah Lipstadt and her British publisher, Penguin Books, for libel." Includes a FAQ and background information on the trial, court transcripts, expert witness reports, holocaust and holocaust denial timelines, and related links. Searchable. A "project of Emory University's Witness to the Holocaust Program and the Institute for Jewish Studies." http://www.hdot.org/ Topics: Crime, History, Judaism, Judicial Process Last updated Aug 1, 2004 Holocaust Encyclopedia: Warsaw
Historical overview of the Holocaust in this city in Poland where the Warsaw Ghetto was established in 1940 with the decree that "required all Jewish residents of Warsaw to move into a designated area, which German authorities sealed off from the rest of the city." Includes images and links to several related articles about the Warsaw Ghetto and the Warsaw Uprising. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005069 Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism Last updated Jul 23, 2007 The Holocaust History Project
This site presents "a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and [original] essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial." Features a question-and-answer email service as well as an archive of questions and answers. http://www.holocaust-history.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 25, 2007 Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation (Swiss Banks) CV-96-4849
"This is the official information website for the Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation against Swiss Banks and other Swiss Entities. You may have important rights under a proposed $1.25 billion (U.S.) Settlement of a class action lawsuit against private Swiss Banks and other Swiss Entities for their alleged conduct related to World War II and the Holocaust." Includes updates and proposals from dozens of people and organizations about distributing the funds. Much of the information is provided in 20 languages. http://www.swissbankclaims.com/ Topics: Crime, Finance, History, Judaism, Money Last updated Mar 28, 2004 The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students
"Organized by theme, this site uses text, historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust. It is the first step in a growing resource for middle and secondary level students and teachers." The site features information about Nazi rule, Jews in Germany, the "Final Solution," Nazi camps, and rescue and resistance. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/ Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated May 19, 2004 Holocaust: The Untold Story
"Dispels the myth that the Holocaust was a secret and explores the reasons why America's newspapers downplayed the horrifying reports from Europe." Online companion to the film of same title; also includes the script of the documentary. From the Newseum . http://www.newseum.org/holocaust/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Jul 17, 2002 Hunting Nazi Criminals; Operation: Last Chance
Transcript of a 2005 interview with Efraim Zuroff ("widely known as the last Nazi hunter") about a program launched in 2002 by the Simon Wiesenthal Center Israel and the Targum Shlishi Foundation "to help facilitate the prosecution of Nazi war criminals, primarily in post-Communist Europe." Topics include local complicity, rehabilitation, local government reactions, and legal challenges. From the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-37.htm Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Dec 6, 2007 International Shoah Art Museum & Holocaust/Genocide Education Through Art
Presents "Under the Wings of G-D," a series of drawings about the Holocaust by Seattle artist Akiva Kenneth Segan. His ink drawings, inspired by Warsaw Ghetto photographs, include winged figures. The online gallery features the drawings, some of the historic photographs that inspired them, and the artist's detailed explanations of the works. The site includes other work by Segan, information about his classes, and links. http://www.holocaust-art.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 23, 2009 International Tracing Service (ITS)
Website for this program serving "victims of Nazi persecutions and their families by documenting their fate through the archives it manages." In November 2007, the archives (located in Bad Arolsen, Germany) opened to the general public. Although the archives are not available online, this site includes an online research request form and brochure, and background about the service. ITS is operated by 11 member states and administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross. http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/ Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated May 22, 2008 Ira Nowinski: The Photographer as Witness
Ira Nowinski, a San Francisco photographer, has been documenting the world's Jewish communities for more than 30 years. This online exhibit offers a selection of his work, featuring photographs of Holocaust sites, Soviet Jews in San Francisco, and Karaite communities (followers of "a variant of post-biblical Judaism that follows a literal application of principles laid down in the Hebrew Scriptures, or the Old Testament"). From Stanford University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/exhibits/nowinonline.html Topics: Judaism, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Apr 14, 2005 Jasenovac: Holocaust Era in Croatia, 1941-1945
"This Web site chronicles crimes committed during the Holocaust in Croatia and highlights artifacts from the Jasenovac Memorial Area Collection," including "documents, photographs, maps, film, textiles, transcripts, testimony, and personal objects." Produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/jasenovac/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 11, 2003 Jewish - Holocaust
Collection of over 150 links (not annotated) to websites with information about the Jewish Holocaust. Covers history, teaching, stamps, survivor organizations, museums, and more. Includes links to material in English and several other languages. http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htm Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Apr 19, 2007 The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
This organization "provides monthly financial support to nearly 1,500 aged and needy non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and educates future generations about their extraordinary acts of courage." The "Stories of Moral Courage" section provides an interactive map of Europe with associated rescue stories for each country. Also includes details about programs. http://www.jfr.org Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Dec 9, 2006 The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
This site reveals a little-known aspect of Holocaust history by telling the story of Jews who escaped from the ghettos, became partisans, and fought the Nazis. The foundation is collecting archival material and oral histories from former partisans and has produced a documentary film about them. http://www.jewishpartisans.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, World War II Last updated May 1, 2002 The Kindertransport Association (KTA)
"The Kindertransport Association (KTA) is a not-for-profit organization of child holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain." Contact information is given for regional chapters and affiliated organizations; there are also memoirs and links to related sites. http://www.kindertransport.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Apr 9, 2002 Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms
"On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. This event came to be called Kristallnacht ('Night of Broken Glass') for the shattered store windowpanes." This site features an exhibition with a historical overview and details about what was destroyed. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/ Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Last Expression: Art From Auschwitz
An exploration of the art created by the prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. It includes a lengthy introduction about how the art was created, biographies of the artists, interviews with survivors, and lectures on the art to emerge from Poland during this time. Also has an extensive bibliography, virtual tours of Auschwitz,and a glossary. From the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Northwestern University. http://lastexpression.northwestern.edu/ Topics: Artists, History, Judaism, World War II Last updated Jul 26, 2006 Learning about the Holocaust through Art
A "resource about the art of the Holocaust for researchers, educators, students and the wider public." Explore , containing the art works, is the heart of the site. It is browsable by artist and location and searchable by keyword, title, artist, or place. There are brief biographies of the artists and histories of the camps and ghettos. Learn provides a teacher's guide, student activities, and resources. Interact allows users to set up their own individual collection after free registration. Also available in Hebrew. From the World ORT and Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (The Ghetto Fighters' House Museum and Study Center). http://art.holocaust-education.net/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Sep 12, 2001 Life After the Holocaust: Stories of Holocaust Survivors After the War
"Between 1945 and 1952 more than 80,000 Holocaust survivors immigrated to the United States. This Web site documents the experiences of six Holocaust survivors whose journeys brought them to the United States, and reveals the complexity of starting over." Features audio and transcripts of full oral history interviews, and an online exhibit with photos and audio about aspects such as arriving in New York and speaking out. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/life_after_holocaust/ Topics: History, Judaism, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 23, 2006 The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin
"Next to the planned reconstruction of the Stadtschloss (City Palace), it is probably the most controversial and most hotly debated building project in Berlin, if not in all Germany: the central memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe designed by Peter Eisenman in the heart of the capital city." This page provides background information about the project and links to related articles. Also available in German. From the Goethe-Institut. http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/zdk/en3581894.htm Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Aug 22, 2008 Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe
"On June 25, 1995, after a long debate, the German Bundestag passed a resolution establishing a 'Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe' at the very centre of Berlin." This site features an overview of the project (which was completed in 2005) and its design by New York architect Peter Eisenman Provides a video showing images of the memorial. In English and German. From the Senate Department of Urban Development, Berlin. http://www.berlin.de/stadt/en/denkmal.html Topics: History, Judaism, Military, World War II Last updated Nov 29, 2006 Museum of Jewish Heritage
Website for this New York museum that is "a living memorial to the Holocaust," honoring the civilization built by those who died at the hands of the Nazis. Resources available on the website include an online exhibition, selected curricula from the museum on the Holocaust and World War II, and links to Jewish genealogical information and Holocaust resources. http://www.mjhnyc.org Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Jun 17, 2007 Museum of Tolerance
Part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this Los Angeles museum is "a high tech, hands-on experiential museum that focuses on two central themes through unique interactive exhibits: the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America and the history of the Holocaust." In addition to information on the museum, the site features thousands of Holocaust-related documents and photographs, resources for teachers, virtual exhibits, "Children of the Holocaust," and more. http://www.museumoftolerance.com/ Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Apr 16, 2006 Otto Frank File Found at YIVO
This February 2007 press release describes the discovery of documents written by Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank. "The bulk of the file, which consists of personal correspondence and official records, spans dates from April 30, 1941 ... to December 11, 1941" and covers how Otto "tried to get his family out of the Nazi-occupied Netherlands." Also includes an Otto Frank timeline and two associated essays. From the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. http://www.yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=154&aid=400 Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Feb 21, 2007 Photographs From the Warsaw Ghetto
Exhibition of amateur and professional photographs taken by Germans and others, depicting life and events in the Warsaw Ghetto, which was liquidated by the Nazis in World War II after resistance by the Jewish residents. Divided into four sections: self-help organization, album of a German soldier, workshops in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the SS General Jurgen Stroop Collection. From Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/exhibitions/warsaw_ghetto/home_warsaw.html Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Raoul Wallenberg
Brief biography of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman who volunteered to travel to Budapest during World War II to save the lives of Jews threatened by the Nazis. He was arrested by Soviet troops in 1945 and disappeared. Wallenberg was made an Honorary Citizen of the United States in 1981. From the Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Jul 25, 2007 Remember the Women Institute
This nonprofit group "conducts and encourages research and cultural activities that contribute to including women in history. Special emphasis is on women in the context of the Holocaust and its aftermath, including post-World War II immigration." The library section of the site features several bibliographies on women and Holocaust, and some book and film reviews, art, and Web links. http://www.rememberwomen.org Topics: History, Judaism, Women, World War II Last updated Mar 9, 2005 Remember.org
A collection of text, images, and audio files about the Holocaust where survivors, historians, students, and all interested may share in the teaching and learning of the Holocaust. Educators will find lesson plans, online resources, and bibliographies. Includes a section on the concentration camps, Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Mauthausen, and discussion boards. http://remember.org/ Topics: Judaism, Lesson Plans Last updated Jan 17, 2007 Research on Collections Provenance, 1933-1945 (Getty Museum)
An attempt to clarify ownership of 250 works of art in the Getty's collection that may have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. COntains works by Rubens, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Cezanne. Listed by artist, with images, are the works that have gaps in their ownership records, or provenance, in the years between 1933-1945 and those that are restituted. Searchable through the "Getty Provenance Index." Includes related links. From the J. Paul Getty Museum. http://www.getty.edu/museum/research/provenance/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Oct 14, 2007 Silent Witness: The Story of Lola Rein & Her Dress
A Holocaust survivor tells the story of the seven months she spent hiding in a hole in a ground in Poland (while wearing a dress sewn and embroidered by her mother) and of the events immediately before and after. Includes an image of the dress, video clips, and audio of the story. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/silentwitness/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated May 11, 2005 Simon Wiesenthal Center
"The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust." The site features information on the Center, including a biography of the late Simon Wiesenthal, a concentration camp survivor who became a renowned Nazi hunter. See also "Explore & Learn" for online exhibits, resources for teachers, thousands of photographs, a glossary, a timeline, bibliographies, and more. http://www.wiesenthal.com/ Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Apr 5, 2006 Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at USHMM
Catalog for the archive of historical films about the Holocaust and related aspects of World War II, at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Video clips of the footage are available for selected collection holdings; more will be added in the future. Footage covers Nazi Germany, internment camps, Jewish life, and more. Searchable by title, subject, source, keyword, location, and other factors. http://resources.ushmm.org/film/ Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Nov 16, 2006 A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
"An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature." Ample resources for teachers, including K-12 lesson plans. Produced by the College of Education, University of South Florida. http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/ Topics: History, Judaism, Lesson Plans, Musical Genres, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Sep 13, 2005 Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
High school students from the Urban School of San Francisco conducted and transcribed interviews and created audio and video files about Holocaust survivors, U.S. soldiers who helped liberate concentration camp prisoners, and Japanese Americans held in internment camps in World War II. Includes links to related sites. http://www.tellingstories.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 To Save A Life: Stories of Jewish Rescue
"True stories narrated by six rescuers accompanied by the narratives of thirteen people whom they rescued [from the World War II Holocaust]....Contemporary photographic portraits of the rescuers and people whom they helped were made by the author, while vintage photographs and other documents relating to the individual rescue stories were collected from the subjects' personal albums and historical archives." http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 21, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Exhibits, photographs, history, about the museum, located in Washington D.C. http://www.ushmm.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Dec 21, 2000 Voices of the Holocaust
"First-hand accounts of incredible tales of horror, survival, and liberation of 70 victims of Nazi atrocities and oppression during World War II. The interviewees included farmers, lawyers, artists, carpenters and others from all economic levels, and covering many religions, nationalities, and languages from across Europe." The interviews were conducted in 1946 in displaced persons camps around Europe and transcribed into English by Dr. David Pablo Boder, an Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) psychology professor. Forgotten until 1998, the recordings and typescripts were discovered and made public by IIT's librarians. http://voices.iit.edu/ Topics: History, Judaism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Dec 23, 2005 The Warsaw Ghetto
Dozens of documents relating to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of April and May 1943, in which Jews fought back against the Nazis in World War II. Includes contemporary reports, biographies of participants, government documents, and excerpts from newspaper articles, books, and diaries. From the Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/warsawtoc.html Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Nov 9, 2004 The Warsaw Ghetto Today
A virtual exhibition marking Britain's first Holocaust Memorial Day in 2001. A brief history includes sections on Jewish Warsaw prior to September 1939, war and occupation, the Warsaw Ghetto, deportation, the Jewish Fighting Organization, the uprising, and after the uprising. Also features an interactive map of Warsaw with current photographs of relevant sites, a bibliography, and links. From the Grange Museum of Community History. http://warsawghetto.epixtech.co.uk/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 19, 2004 The Warsaw Rising Museum
Website for this Warsaw, Poland, museum that conducts "research and teaching activities directly related to the Warsaw 1944 Rising and to the legacy of the Polish Underground State." Features history of the events surrounding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II and the Holocaust, and details about the museum's exhibitions and activities. In English and Polish. http://www.1944.pl/index.php?lang=en&lang_time=1 Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism Last updated Jul 23, 2007 Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center (WSHERC)
This Seattle-based organization's "mission is to inspire teaching and learning for humanity in the schools and communities of this region through study of the Holocaust." The site features lesson plans, information about speakers and displays, newsletters, and other resources for educators. Includes bibliographies, filmographies, and links to Web sites in approximately 20 subject areas. http://www.wsherc.org Topics: History, Judaism, Lesson Plans Last updated Oct 19, 2004 Women and the Holocaust: A Cyberspace of Their Own
A collection of articles, essays, poetry, book reviews, and interviews. The table of contents makes it easy to browse the site. Subjects range from "Personal Reflections" to "Women of Valor" and reflect the unique and terrifying elements that women faced. Edited by Judy Weissenberg Cohen, a Holocaust witness and survivor. http://www3.sympatico.ca/mighty1/ Topics: History, Judaism, Poetry Last updated Sep 29, 2004 Women of Ravensbrück: Portraits of Courage
This exhibit looks at the history and background of the Ravensbrück camp, a World War II concentration camp for women. It features stories from several inmates, images of the camp and of prisoner art, and essays on topics such as children, medical experiments, spiritual resistance, and concentration camp cookbooks. Based on an exhibit at the Florida Holocaust Museum, this is part of virtual museum of the University of Minnesota Center of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. http://chgs.umn.edu/museum/exhibitions/ravensbruck/ Topics: History, Judaism, Musical Genres, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 27, 2007 Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
The world's "largest and most comprehensive repository of information on the Holocaust," Yad Vashem was established in 1953 to impart "the legacy of the Holocaust for generations to come through its archives, library, school, museums" and recognition of those who risked their lives to save the lives of Jews. Also find information about Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day (observed in April), photo archives, museum exhibits, a chronology, a bibliography, and much more. Searchable. http://www.yadvashem.org.il/ Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Nov 9, 2004 Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Books
Yizkor books list Jews who died for their beliefs. This is a digitized collection of Yizkor books from the Dorot Jewish Division of New York Public Library (NYPL), listing those from Eastern European communities who were killed during the Holocaust. Users may download an optional plug-in that enlarges the text. The site also provides introductory material about the history of the Yizkor book and links to other major collections. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks_intro.cfm Topics: History, Judaism, Regions of the World Last updated Feb 15, 2005 Yizkor Book Project
This site, sponsored by the JewishGen genealogy group, features translations of more than 580 Yizkor books originally written in Yiddish. "Yizkor books were written after the Holocaust as memorials to Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. They were usually put together by survivors from those communities and contain descriptions and histories of the shtetl, biographies of prominent people, lists of people who perished, etc." Also includes information about libraries with Yizkor book collections. http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ Topics: History, Judaism, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 6, 2004 Yom Hashoah
Background about this day in April or May that has been designated to memorialize the Holocaust victims of World War II. Includes a discussion of how the day was selected, how Yom Hashoah is observed, and dates for 2005-2010. Includes links to related material. An About.com site. http://history1900s.about.com/cs/holocaust/a/yomhashoah.htm Topics: Judaism, World War II Last updated Apr 3, 2007 |
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