Holocaust Research
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
Background information:
Death Camp Websites
eBooks
Background information:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: -Website for the museum that helps you learn about the holocuast, remember survivors and victims, and confront anti-semitsm and genocide.
- A Cybrary of the Holocaust -Remember.org helps teachers and students find the best resources on the Internet,
- Aftermath of the Holocaust - From US Holocaust Memorial Museum - describes what happened to the Jews after they were freed from the death camps.
- American Experience: the Nuremberg Trials -
- Five stages of grief - from expert Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- Genocide Today - From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's website - WHO is at risk today??
- Genocide Watch - An organization devoted to end Genocide. NOTE: under ALERT tab - click on the 'Countries at Risk, 2012' Scroll all the way down to the MAP - click on any country for detailed info on the genocide/politicide going on in that country.
- Genocide: conflict areas - From the group End Genocide - a list of potential countries where genocide is or may be taking place.
- Groups targeted by Nazis - From A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - groups that ended up in the concentration camps.
- Holocaust Encylopedia - From the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Use the search box to search for information on your topic.
- Holocaust Timeline : Aftermath of the Holocaust - From 'A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust'
- Holocaust survivors - psychology - An article describing the theory that many who survived the Holocaust suffered from PTSD
- Life After the Holocaust - From US Holocaust Memorial Museum - an online exhibit.
- Life after the Holocaust - From the British Holocaust Memorial Day website.
- Nazi Propaganda - From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum - information about how propaganda played a crucial role in allowing the Holocaust to occur.
- New York Times Holocaust Page - Links to historic articles and documents as well as to online Holocaust resources.
- Nova: Holocaust on Trial -
- Nuremberg Trial - The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, in 1945–46, at the Palace of Justice.
- Personal Histories - US Holocaust Museum - Short personal narratives from people who survived the Holocaust on a variety of topics including the camps, survival, and how they felt after the camps were liberated.
- Propaganda - from the BBC website - The story of the Nazi rise to power in the Germany of the 1930s is often seen as a classic example of how to achieve political ends through propaganda. This website explores how propaganda helped elect Hitler and began to ignite anti-Jewish sentiment.
- Psychological Reverberations of the Holocaust - A paper in .pdf form about child survivors of the holocaust and their psychological adjustments.
- Regimes murdering over 10 million people - Tables and estimates of various government sanctioned killings, including Nazi Germany's Holocaust.
- Survivors and Victims - Those groups who were targeted by the Nazis during Holocaust.
- The Final Solution - US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Key dates in the 'Final Solution'
- The Final Solution from the Jewish Virtual Library - An extensive list of websites listing information on all the events and details of the 'Final Solution' or the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews.
- The Holocaust - Crimes, Heroes & Villains - Use the links to the left to find the information or photos that you need.
Death Camp Websites
- Auschwitz - The Death Camp - From Holocaust-History.org, this website contains books, articles, diaries that discuss conditions at Auschwitz.
- Buchenwald - Holocaust Research Project -
- Buchenwald : Jewish Virtual Library - From the Jewish Virtual Library - Info about Buchenwald, the concentration camp that held Elie Wiesel, the author of Night.
- Buchenwald : USHMM - From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- History of Auschwitz - From PBS.org
- Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau - This site provides a thorough history of the development of the camps, as well as a gritty look at the atrocities that occurred inside of them. You can read a complete history, learn more about the museum now located on the site of the camps, and find out how to visit the memorial there at this site.
- Nazi genocide - Use the links on the left to find information about the victims and the officers who committed the crimes. NOTE: LOTS OF POPUPS - click to close them.
- PBS - Auschwitz - Contains background and biographical information, narratives, timelines, and more.
eBooks
- eBook - Learning About the Holocaust: A Student's Guide - A 4 volume reference book in eBook format. Navigate by choosing the volume (right side), then choosing the subject (left side) in alphabetic order.
- eBook: Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity -