Curated OER
Political Asylum Talk Show
Learners view videos, visit websites, and read about the nature and changes made to the idea of political asylum. Beginning with Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, they will explore policy change throughout the years. The lesson...
Curated OER
Passage to Freedom
Lead students through the process of reading with a critical eye. It focuses primarily on vocabulary and reviewing reading comprehension strategies. This PowerPoint includes multiple web resources to reference.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Emigration and the Evian Conference
Article about the weak response that countries made to the need to open up immigration to more Jewish refugees prior to World War II. The arguments sound very familiar today.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Voyage of the St. Louis
An article about Jews fleeing the Third Reich on the transatlantic liner the St. Louis in 1939.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Voyage of the St. Louis
A very informative article about the voyage of the SS St. Louis. Find out about the refugees on the ship, what happened to them, and how their treatment reflected world concern about those fleeing from Nazi persecution.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Emigration, Nazi Policies
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Refugee Crisis and Establishment of Israel
The story of how the plight of postwar Holocaust survivors brought about the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Tragedy of the s.s. St. Louis
The tragic tale of the Jewish refugees from Germany who boarded the SS St. Louis, hoping to find asylum in the United States is told here. It's a story of the umwillingness of many countries to help those persecuted by the Nazis. There...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Despite It All, I Am Alive
Liberation was met with excitement, but also sadness and anxiety. Many people had no home or loved ones to return to. This easily navigable slideshow chronicles life after liberation, loneliness, DP camps, and new homes using photographs...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Bericha
Bericha, meaning escape, became the main goal of survivors after the Holocaust. Many had no home or community to return to. Underground networks helped these displaced people find homes in other countries, many in Israel. Read background...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center New Beginnings
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World and Holocaust Survivors
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
San Diego State University
World History for Us All: World Politics and Global Economy After Ww Ii [Pdf]
It is imperative that young scholars understand what happened in Europe after WWII, so they may gain a deep knowledge of our contemporary world, including its key economic, social, and political developments. This in-depth unit covers...
University of Calgary
Post World War Two and Displaced Persons
Resource for learning about Canadian Immigration post WWII. It includes sections on Ideal Immigrants, The Canadian Citizenship Act and Displaced Persons. Although it is in essay form, it is easy to read and includes a few photos.
Other
Esri: The Uprooted
This resource provides a useful interactive map, charts, and other information connected to the global refugee crisis. The crisis areas featured include Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan.
Other
National Foundation for Jewish Continuity: The Ss St. Louis Project
Here's a piece of American history you problably know little about. In 1939 a ship filled with Jewish refugees sat off the coast of Miami waiting for permission to land. That permission was denied. Find out what happened to the...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Jewish Emigration From Germany 1933 1939 Map
This map shows the places to which Jews emigrated between 1933 and 1939, and the numbers of emigrants to each place. Thousands were able to escape Germany, but millions more were not able to.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust Memorial Museum: Wartime Fate of the Passengers of the St. Louis
An article about what happened to the Jewish refugees who tried to escape from Germany aboard the St. Louis early in World War II.
Smart History
Smarthistory: Jewish History in the Post War Period
Overview of the aftermath of the war in Eastern Europe and the transformation of Jewish identity in the late 20th century. With links to additional resources.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Immigration Policies
A country-by-country accounting of the treatment of Jewish refugees during the early years of World War II in Europe. The citizens of some countries were heroic in protecting their Jewish population and refugees in their countries....
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Well Founded Fear (Lesson Plans About Asylum Seekers)
Two lesson plans about asylum seekers, one of which is based on the case of the SS St. Louis, an ocean liner of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in 1939. The lessons let learners discuss how U.S. immigration and...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Evian Conference
Read about the Evian Conference, a meeting of thirty-two countries which gathered in 1938 to address the question of Jewish refugees from Germany. The result of the meeting was very disappointing.