Lit. Studies Holocaust Project

Lit. Studies Holocaust Project
An Internet Hotlist on Holocaust Project

created by Mrs. Lipowski
Heritage Middle School

Introduction
Using the links below, research your assigned topic. Find important facts, dates, names, information, and photographs. Then, create a powerpoint presentation to teach your classmates about your topic. Powerpoint presentations should include the following number of slides (three of which can be just photographs with captions). A = 9-10 slides, B = 7-8 slides, C = 5-6 slides. You will present your powerpoint to the class.

The Internet Resources

Holocaust Overview

36 Questions about the Holocaust - This site presents thirty-six questions and answers about the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Children of the Holocaust -
Gallery of Holocaust Images -
Glossary of Holocaust Terms - Very helpful to begin your search.
Holocaust Cybrary - This website is full of photographs from concentration camps and other information.
Holocaust Research Project - Information about ghettos, camps, survivor stories, images, and much more.
Holocaust Timeline - Another timeline.
Holocaust: The Untold Story - What role did the press play as the events of the Holocaust unfolded? The answer can be found in this interactive exhibit. Select the Slow Modem option for ease of use. Use the scroll bar in the middle of the screen to move around the timeline, which begins with Kristallnacht and ends with the aftermath of World War II.
Jewish Virtual Library - The Jewish Virtual Library, a project of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, has put together a vast collection of Holocaust information at this site. Also examined in detail are the phenomenon of Holocaust denial, medical experiments conducted in the Nazi concentration camps, and Jewish reisitance to the Nazi genocide.
Mapping the Holocaust - Maps and information.
Never Too Young to Remember - Children of the Holocaust
People - Includes information about people in the Holocaust such as victims, perpetrators, children, bystanders, rescuers, liberators, etc. You can find information here for any topic of your project.
Rescuers from the Holocaust - To save a life: Stories from a Holocaust rescue.
Simon Wieshthal Center Multimedia Learning - A comprehensive resource on the Holocaust and World War II, with over 3,000 text files, and tens of thousands of photos.
The Holocaust Memorial Center - The Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was the first such institution of its kind in the United States. The center's Web site provides a wealth of resources about the Holocaust, amont the most poignant of which can be found within the large collection of oral history interview.
The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy - Includes a summary of the Holocaust, interactive timeline, background information, survivors stories, and a virtual look at an extermination camp.
Timeline - Timeline of the Holocaust. Includes information and images.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - This website provides information about all aspects of the Holocaust including photographs, videos, and online exhibits.
Voices of the Holocaust - Voices of the Holocaust consists of oral history testimonies gathered from Jewish men and women who came to live in Britain during or after WWII. These testimonies are personal, individual, true stories, which describe the hardships of life during Hitler's reign.' (THE BRITISH LIBRARY)
Voices of the Holocaust (2) -
Women of the Holocaust - Includes survivor stories, poetry, resistance fighters and more.

Hitler Youth

Anti-Semitism and Kristallnacht

Anti-Semitism - Definition and information.
Kristallnacht - Map.
Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass
Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship and Race - The 'Nuremberg Laws' established the legal basis for racial discrimination. There was almost no opposition to the introduction of these laws. Only a person of 'German blood' (four white circles, top row left, on the chart) could be a German citizen.

Ghettos

Ghettos - Information about Holocaust ghettos, especially the Warsaw ghetto.
Jewish Ghettos - Information and listings of all ghettos.
Photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto -
The Ghetto Fights - Warsaw ghetto uprising.
The Ghettos - Information and images.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising -

Concentration Camps

A Virtual Tour of Auschwitz -
Auschwitz -
Auschwitz Album -
Auschwitz/Birkenau Camps - Photographs and information.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial -
Concentration Camps - Links to all concentration camp sites. Also has information about death marches.
Dachau Concentration Camp -
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site -
Dachau Memorial Site - A new Dachau museum exhibit in the former concentration camp administration building was opened to the public during the annual Dachau Memorial Service, held on May 4, 2003. The new exhibits replaced photos and artifacts which were set up in the same building at Dachau on May 9, 1965.
Forgotten Camps - Listings and information on all camps.
The Camps - Includes information, images, and maps.
The First Concentration Camps -
Voices from Ravensbruck - Poems from a women's camp.

Death Marches and Liberation

Death Marches -
Liberation of Auschwitz -
Liberation of Nazi Camps -
Liberation of the Camps -
Open Hearts, Closed Doors - Liberation -
Rescue and Liberation - Information and images.
The Death March -

Content by Mrs. Lipowski, klipowski@bsd100.org
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Last revised Mon Mar 23 20:52:03 US/Pacific 2009