BBC
Bbc: World Wars: Genocide Under the Nazis: A View of the Holocaust
A nice survey of the major events of the Holocaust from its origins in Nazi Germany during the 1930s to the death camps and what happened afterward.
Other
Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team: Chelmno Death Camp
An article on the death camp Chemnlo, which was located in Poland and established in order to exterminate the Jewish population of the Warthegau territory annexed to Nazi Germany. Highlights important dates in the camp's history and...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Nuremberg Trials and Their Legacy
How do you bring justice to the millions of people killed in German concentration camps? The Nuremberg Trials attempted this challenge. Study how SS officers were put on trial and punished using the following primary sources. Included...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Museum Site for Yad Vashem
The main site for the World Holocaust Center known as "Yad Vashem." Contains many links to all aspects of the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art
The liberation of concentration camps after WWII was another struggle to overcome for the Jewish people. Many were starting over and were lost and frightened. Art helped give them a sense of control and freedom that they had not...
Other
Ben Austin's Sociology Corner: Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930 1945
Factual chronology of the Holocaust from 1930-1945. Detailed accounts beginning with the National Socialist Party to the liberation of concentration camps.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: 70 Stories of Auschwitz
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, 70 Holocaust survivors provide oral accounts of their experiences in the Nazi extermination camp.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Fighting the Good Fight in Wwii 1941 1945: Victory in European Theater
Examines the diplomatic negotiations among the Big Three leaders - Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin - during World War II. Discusses the invasion of North Africa, the invasion of Europe, the shock of seeing the impact of the Holocaust...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Eastern European Study Seminar: Chelmno
A large colletion of photos of the current state of the Chelmno death camp in Poland and the memorials built there to remember the people who were exterminated there during World War II.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Holocaust Timeline
Important dates and details of events of the Holocaust leading up to the establishment of the death camps and the Final Solution told in a factual timeline sequence.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Report on the Holocaust in Romania
This resource offers a very detailed report on the activities of the Germans and Romanians during World War 2 related to the deportation and killing of Jewish people.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz
On this comprehensive website is the history of Auschwitz. You can click on maps, photographs, personal histories, and film footage.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vilna
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kovno
This article chronicles both the plight and the resistance of the Jews in the Lithuanian city of Kovno during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Ghettos
A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Music of the Holocaust
Numerous sound bites from concentration camp songs, protest music, partisan songs, ghetto songs and more. Each one has images and a short description of what was going on when the song was written.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Expressions
After the Holocaust, the writings, poetry, songs, and artistic expressions of Jews who experienced it firsthand were collected. These expressions were in some cases ordered by the Nazis, or done secretly in concentration camps,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The World's Reaction
How much did they know and when did they know it? Examine the response of the Allied powers to intelligence showing the mass extermination of Jews. Read background information and view primary sources showing that the Allies knew the...
PBS
Pbs: Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Companion website to the documentary about Auschwitz, the infamous World War II concentration camp. Includes biographies, glossary, timelines and historically significant photos.
The History Place
The History Place: Auschwitz Today
The History Place provides a virtual slide show of photos taken from a walking tour of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
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...
Other
Master of Death: Reinhard Heydrich
This site provides information about the Nazi leader, Reinhard Heydrich, including a number of pictures of Heydrich and victims of the Holocaust.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elie Wiesel Lesson Plans: Night
Use this site to access numerous materials to support the study of Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel, Night. Resources range from study guides to background information on the Holocaust.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Death Marches
This Jewish Virtual Library site describes the death marches that Nazi-held prisoners like the Jews, the Russians, and other minorities were forced to take from one concentration camp to another. On these marches the prisoners died...