Web Links:  Additional Resources for Teaching the Holocaust

Select one of the following topics for a list of associated web links:

•  Literature of the Holocaust, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Holocaust Diaries: General Information

         - Holocaust Diaries: A General Discussion, Yad Vashem

         - Excerpts from Holocaust Diaries, Listed by Topic, Yad Vashem

         - "You're Probably Tired, Dear Diary" - Children's Diaries During the Holocaust,
                 A Lesson Plan from Yad Vashem, Grades 11-12       

•  Light from the Yellow Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust by Robert O. Fisch

         - Light from the Yellow Star, Full text and artwork.  Links to lesson plans.

         - Teaching the Holocaust: Light from the Yellow Star, Holocaust Teacher Resource Center

         - Light from the Yellow Star, University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust &
                 Genocide Studies

•  The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

         - The Anne Frank Center, USA

         - Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

         - The Secret Annex Online, a 3-D tour, Anne Frank House

         - The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, a complete text from Scribd

         - Anne Frank the Writer, a USHMM online exhibition, USHMM

         - Anne Frank Guide, Anne Frank House

         - Anne Frank Interactive Timeline

         - The Anne Frank Internet Guide

         - Anne Frank Tree: An Interactive Monument

         - Miep Gies, An Unsung Heroine

         - Anne Frank House, includes video tour of Annex (1:25), You Tube

         - Video: Anne Frank the Writer (7:56), USHMM/TeacherTube

         - Video:  Face Your Demons (Parts 2-5), A&E Features Gene Simmons of KISS in
               Amsterdam exploring his mother's history as a Holocaust survivor.
               (Teacher Note: Part 1 may be inappropriate for students.)

•  The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek

         - A Teacher's Resource to The Children of Willesden Lane, Milken Family Foundation

         - The Children of Willesden Lane Study Guide, Facing History and Ourselves

         - Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane, Resources to Help You Teach the Book
            Annenberg Foundation

         - Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane, Multimedia Materials for Educators & Students,
            Hold On To Your Music Foundation

•  An Unbroken Chain by Henry Oertelt

         - A live podcast of the author reading his book

         - Study Guide, University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies

•  Holocaust, an End to Innocence by Seymour Rossel

         - Full Text by Seymour Rossel

•  The Wave by Todd Strasser

        - The Wave

        - "Acquiescence and Conformity" by Scott L. Fields

•  Night by Elie Wiesel

        - Night: A Study in Compassion and Courage, Museum Fellowship Lesson Plan, USHMM

        - Night Study Guide (downloadable), Facing History and Ourselves

        - A Teacher's Resource for Night, Facing History and Ourselves

        - "Never Shall I Forget That Night," survivors talk about the events in Night, Yad Vashem

        - Your Guide to Night, Oprah's Book Club Collection, includes a teacher's guide, interviews
                 with Elie Wiesel, etc.

•  Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust by Alexandra Zapruder

         - Alexandra Zapruder Home Page, includes teaching tools for the book

         - Alexandra Zapruder, A USHMM Podcast Series

         - Study Guide to the MTV Film, "I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who
                  Lived During the Holocaust (based on Alexandra Zapruder's book, Salvaged
                  Page: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust), Facing History and Ourselves

•  All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein (video: One Survivor Remembers)

         - Teachers Guide by Hill and Wang

         - The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation

         - Online Instructional Materials

        

•  The Value of Holocaust Poetry in Education, Yad Vashem

•  Holocaust Poetry, USHMM

•  Teaching the Holocaust Through Poetry, A Lesson Plan for Grades 9-12, Yad Vashem

•  Seven Poems, Seven Paintings, A Teacher's Guide to Selected Holocaust Poetry, Grade 12,
        Yad Vashem

•  Five Poems by Dan Pagis, Teacher's Guide, Grades 11-12, Yad Vashem

•  To the Little Polish Boy Standing with his Arms Up by Peter L. Fischl, a poem written
       about a photograph of the Warsaw Ghetto round-up

•  We, The Six Million Murdered People Speak by Rabbi Davin Schoenberger

•  Learning About the Holocaust Through Art, World ORT and Beit Lohamei Haghetaot

•  The Inclusion of Art in a Study of the Holocaust, Birmingham Holocaust Education Center

•  Art and the Holocaust, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

•  Unspeakable: The Artist as Witness to the Holocaust, Imperial War Museum London

•  Art, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Art and Architecture, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Artistic Responses to the Holocaust, University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust &
         Genocide Studies

•  The Buchenwald Series, University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies

•  "A Childhood Ensnared in Tears:" Creative Use of Holocaust Imagery in the Classroom,
          Lesson Plan for Grades 6-9, Yad Vashem

•  Boris Kobe's Tarot Cards from Allach Concentration Camp, University of Minnesota Center for
          Holocaust & Genocide Studies

•  Works of Art, Yad Vashem

•  A Holocaust Art Exhibit, Modern American Poetry, Dept. of English, University of Illinois
          at Urbana-Champaign

•  The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz, Northwestern University

•  David Olère Drawings & Paintings, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Jan Komski, His Story and Art, remember.org

•  Samuel Bak, University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies

•  An Arduous Road: Samuel Bak, 60 Years of Creativity, Yad Vashem

•  Itzchak Belfer, Artist & Sculptor (Pupil of Janusz Korczak), ibelfer.com

•  Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art

•  Creative Responses to Conflict, classroom learning activities, Art Not Hate

•  Teaching the Holocaust Through Music by Ludmilla Leibman

•  Music and the Holocaust, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

•  Music of the Holocaust: Highlights from the Collection, USHMM

•  Music of the Holocaust, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Music Files from the Holocaust, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  The Music of the Holocaust, remember.org

•  Music in Auschwitz, an Essay by Guido Fackler, The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz,
        Northwestern University

•  Video: Wu Tang Clan Performs "Never Again" (4:25), YouTube

•  Holocaust Plays, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Holocaust Theater Archive, National Jewish Theater Foundation / National Jewish Theater

•  Angel in the Night, a dramatic play based on the true story of Marysia Pawlina Szul, a
         Polish Catholic teen who saved the lives of four Jewish people during World War II

•  A Video Listing by Title, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at USHMM, searchable by topic

•  U.S. Holocaust Museum Videos on YouTube

•  "One Survivor Remembers: The Story of Gerda Weissmann Klein"
         Based on the book All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein.

•  "America and the Holocaust"

•  "America and the Holocaust" Study Guide, Facing History and Ourselves

•  "Defiance," the official site

•  "Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport," includes background
          and study guide

•  "Schindler's List"

•  "Schindler's List" Study Guide, Facing History and Ourselves

 

 

•  PowerPoint: The Progression of World War II (with audio)

•  Video: History of Central Europe in Maps (7:48), Centropa

•  Holocaust History: Animated Maps, USHMM

•  Maps, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Maps, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

•  Maps & Blueprints, The Holocaust Project

•  Holocaust and World War II, The Jewish History Resource Center

•  Political maps of Romania and other European Countries

•  Europe, 1919 to 1938, Frank Smith

•  Animated Map: History of Europe between the Two World Wars, 1918-1942,
         The Map as History

•  Blank map of Europe 1939

•  Current map of Germany

•  Maps of Poland, SUNY Buffalo

•  Archival Ghetto and Camp Photographs, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Other Archival Photographs, A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

•  Images, Audio & Video, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

 

 

Pedagogy

•  Why Teach About the Holocaust?, USHMM

•  Methodological Considerations When Teaching the Holocaust, USHMM

•  Common Student Questions About the Holocaust, USHMM

•  Holocaust Misconceptions, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

•  Teaching About the Holocaust: Why Simulation Activities Should Not Be Used, ADL

•  "Considerations and Guidelines for the Use of Visual History Testimony in Education,"
         USC Shoah Foundation Institute, 2009

•  "Using Testimonies for Researching and Teaching About the Holocaust,"
         Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies, Spring 2003

•  Teaching About the Holocaust - Through Cartoons, The David S. Wyman Institute
         for Holocaust Studies

•  Video: "Teaching about the Holocaust: Bringing the Lessons to Closure" (3:48),
          USHMM/YouTube

•  Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion, The Holocaust and the United Nations
           Outreach Programme

•  PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, Azrieli Graduate School of
          Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University