US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Remember Me? Displaced Children of the Holocaust
The Remember Me project seeks to document the wartime experiences of children who were separated from their families or orphaned at the end of World War II by identifying now-adult survivors from photographs taken by relief workers after...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: The Einsatzgruppen
A history of the Einsatzgruppen, the paramilitary Nazi death squads during World War II.
PBS
Pbs: The War: The Holocaust
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," read an in-depth article about the Holocaust.
Other
Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources
Site offers extensive research resources regarding the Holocaust of World War II. This site has won awards from the History Channel and Encyclopedia Britannica.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in Wwii by Us Holocaust
World War II (WWII), a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 involved more than 100 million people and over 30 countries. The Allied powers - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union - worked together...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Population of Europe in 1945
Article describing in statistical form the devastating effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish population and the flight of Jewish refugees during and after World War II in post-war Europe.
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War Ii History: The Holocaust for Kids
Kids learn about the history of the Holocaust during World War II. Jewish people were killed by the German Nazi Party.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Holocaust's Legacy
With this lesson plan, teachers can foster students' understanding of the devastating impact of the Holocaust. Highlights the racism of Nazi Germany and discusses the fact that many people still hold these types of beliefs today.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: They Were Children
Online exhibition tells the story of the deportation and rescue of Jewish children in Paris during World War II.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Anne Frank
Anne Frank's writing in her diary became one of the most recognized accounts of life for a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 7: Facing Challenges at Home and Abroad
This extensive learning module examines the role of economic fluctuations in creating new demands on the government to design reforms and how the United States became a dominant military, political, cultural, and economic force in the...
University of South Florida
Holocaust: People: Sinti and Roma
This page discusses in detail what happened to the persecuted Romani people during the Holocaust. It also provides links to further content about lives of Roma and Sinti people during this period.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: America and the Holocaust
PBS provides an accompanying website to their documentary on America and the Holocaust. Find special features, a timeline, an interactive map that depicts events from 1939 to 1945, primary documents and People and Events.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust
Online museum encyclopedia introduction of the Holocaust. Includes photographs, references for further reading, and links to related materials.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Children During the Holocaust
Read about the plight of children, especially Jewish and Roma children, during the Holocaust
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: The Holocaust
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around the Holocaust. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: War Crime Trials
Informative encyclopedia article describing the trials of major war criminals of World War Two. Most of these trials took place before representatives of the Allied powers known as the International Military Tribunal although some of the...
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...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: The United States and the Holocaust
Article about the coverage and response that news of the Holocaust received at various times throughout World War II.
The History Place
The History Place: Statistics of the Holocaust
This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: World Response
Could actions of the Allies have prevented the Holocaust or limited the destruction of six million Jews and five million other innocent civilians?
University of South Florida
Handicapped Victims of the Holocaust
This page describes what life was like for handicapped people during the Holocaust and how they were persecuted.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Ghettos
Ghettos of the Holocaust are described on the linked pages. Photographs of many of the ghettos are included.