New York Times
New York Times: On This Day: London Celebrates Ve Day, 1945
The New York Times celebrates the end of war in Europe. Read the article from the May 7, 1945, paper, reported by AP correspondent, Edward Kennedy.
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Lebensraum: Living Space for the German Race
Resource provides a discussion of the concept of "Lebensraum," or "living space" for the German people. This was one of Hitler's main justifications for his military conquests.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The New Right
Read about the backlash against the freewheeling '60s and '70s with the growth of the New Right, a coalition of big business leaders, Christian Right, and even radical hatred groups.
BBC
Bbc: History: The Rise of Adolf Hitler
Archived article explores Adolf Hitler's early years as a drifter and failed artist to his remarkable transformation as a brutal German dictator.
Other
Shoah Memorial: Sarah's Attic
Examine the history of the Shoah indirectly through the stories told by five little children, in Sarah's attic. Designed specifically for young learners, this interactive site also explores Yiddish culture, Judaism, and Jewish life.
Read Works
Read Works: Another Missing Person
[Free Registration/Login Required] Historical fiction about a boy named Ulrich living in Amsterdam in 1940 and his Jewish friends who stop coming to school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Read Works
Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Other
On This Day: Ethnic Problems in the Soviet Union
A good article on how the ethnic problems in the Soviet Union developed, and the individual republics' demand for independence.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Comprehension Strategies With Elie Wiesel's Night
Working in small groups, young scholars read and discuss Elie Wiesel's memoir Night and then take turns assuming the "teacher" role, as the class works with four different comprehension strategies.RI.11-12.4 Word meaning, RI.11-12.10b...
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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...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: German Invasion of 1941
This site from the Fordham University provides an address by Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, containing the Soviet reaction to Germany's invasion.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Chosen People
This Jewish Virtual Library site discusses why the Jews are the chosen people and how Jews and non-Jews feel about the status.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Overview of Major Holocaust Asset Issues
Provides a good, brief description of the international commission headed by Paul Volker to examine Holocaust-era claims against Swiss banks.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Forced Labor
This Jewish Virtual Library site describes what forced labor was during the Holocaust and how the German government is making reparations to these people now.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Holocaust Denial
A reference to those who have denied the Holocaust.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Death Marches in the Holocaust
A learning module that begins with "Death Marches in the Holocaust" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Elie Wiesel" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Anti Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany
A learning module that begins with "Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Introduction to the Holocaust by the United States Holocaust Memorial
A learning module that begins with "Introduction to the Holocaust" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "It's for You to Know That You Forgive", Says Holocaust Survivor
This is the story of Eva Mozes Kor, a Jewish American survivor of the Holocaust. Eva and her family were forcibly transported to Auschwitz, where she and her twin sister Miriam were subjected to the conditions of the concentration camps...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: German Soviet Pact
Read about the agreement between the Germans and Soviets that contained a secret section that provided for the partition of Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between the two countries. Includes photographs, a map, and archival...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Heinrich Himmler
This page has a biography of Heinrich Himmler. Includes speech delivered in 1943 to SS members. Links to related topics.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Oskar Schindler (1908 1974)
Excellent account of Schindler's attempts to save Jewish lives during World War II.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the autobiography "Night" by Elie Wiesel. In this autobiographical account, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel recounts his horrifying experiences at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald...
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