Holocaust Resources
This page was created to collect and organize resources for Mrs. Malone's German 3/4 students in January 2022.
RECOMMENDED READING BOOK LISTS
DIARIES & JOURNALS
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
"Diaries bear witness to some of the most heart-breaking experiences of the Holocaust. They are a "real time" record of an individual's life. They also document the fear, loss, trauma, and sometimes even the hope felt by human beings facing extreme peril. The Museum’s collection of diaries written during the war gives voice to some of the victims and survivors of Nazism. The writers of these diaries documented a range of experiences, from daily life in Nazi-established ghettos and concentration camps to the search for refuge in America. "
"Recovered Nazi diary gives rare view into Third Reich"
(2013) Athena Jones, CNN
"...It was a mystery for nearly 70 years: What happened to Nazi Party leader Alfred Rosenberg’s diary, a valuable document with insights into the Third Reich?...
The influential Nazi intellectual was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal and hanged in October 1946. Parts of his diary – a loose-leaf collection of notes he kept from 1934-1944 were used by the tribunal, but the bulk of the diary, dating from 1936-1944, went missing after the trial."
Unlocking the Secrets of German
(2020) by Taru Spiegel
This is a Library of Congress Blog Post detailing the “By the People” project at the Library of Congress to make thousands of images of handwritten documents from the Library’s vast manuscript collections available online. Using a crowdsourcing platform, participants can transcribe the texts directly on the site and create a digital version of the document that can then be tagged, searched, and shared...With German manuscripts the challenges of transcription are...different because German-speaking Europe did not adopt the Latin style until well into the twentieth century... "
MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTERS
INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTARIES & PRIMARY RESOURCES
Playlists from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch YouTube video playlists of survivor stories, documentaries about modern genocides, historical artifacts from the holocaust, animated maps, primary source films from the period, and more. A valuable compendium of a wide variety of resources relating to the Holocaust and genocide.
Teaching the Holocaust with Primary Sources
from Eastern Illinois University
This Primary Source set is merely an sample of resources from the digitized collections at the Library of Congress.
Holocaust Studies: Manuscript Resources at the Library of Congress
Primary sources for research can be found in personal papers, official documents, and written accounts. This guide focuses on the study of the Holocaust in Europe using manuscript collections, as well as related digital and print materials.
from the Smithsonian Learning Lab. The Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology (OET) created the Smithsonian Learning Lab to inspire the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials—millions of images, recordings, and texts.
For digitized materials related specifically to Illinois (search World War II, Holocaust, or Camp Ellis)
German Captured Documents Collection
From the Library of Congress
German documents captured by American military forces after World War II consisting largely of Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei) materials, German government and military records, files of several German officials
RESOURCES RELATING TO GENOCIDE & REFUGEES
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum teaches that the Holocaust was preventable and that by heeding warning signs and taking early action, individuals and governments can save lives.
A global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
"RI PBS: RI Holocaust and Genocide Education"
(VIDEO) RI PBS aired a story on RI Holocaust and Genocide education. The program included Barbara Wahlberg, Channavy Chhay, Len Newman, Representative Kathrine Kazarian, and featured a Holocaust survivor."
Genocide Resources from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Resources linked here will connect you to organizations that educate about and combat genocide, and resources related to specific genocides.
"Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch developed the 10 stages of genocide which explains the different stages which lead to genocide. At each of the earlier stages there is an opportunity for members of the community or the International Community to halt the stages and stop genocide before it happens." Poster and text from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website
