Resources: The Holocaust
By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO AND SHANNON DOYNEIn 2004, a survivor of the Holocaust, Leon Greenman, displayed the number that was tattooed on his arm at Auschwitz.Go to related Lede blog post »
In recognition of the Days of Remembrance, here are Learning Network lesson plans, New York Times resources and other Web sites for teaching and learning about the Holocaust.
Teachers, please join the conversation. How do you teach about the Holocaust? What advice do you have for others?
Lesson Plans on …
The Holocaust and Its Legacy
Genocidal Acts and Crimes Against Humanity
Tolerance, Hatred and Human Rights
Plus Related …
Times Topics
Selected Historical Times Articles on the Holocaust
Selected Recent Times Articles and Multimedia on the Holocaust
Articles on Elie Wiesel and "Night"
Articles on Anne Frank and "Diary of a Young Girl"
Other Resources on the Web
Selected Historical Times Articles on the Holocaust
Note: The Times archive includes hundreds of articles from the Nazi era and the Holocaust. The following are a selected few. Visit the NYTimes.com archive to find other articles. (Home subscribers get access to 100 archival articles per month for free; nonsubscribers must pay for the archival articles they want.)
- On This Day in History: Allies Open Trial of 20 Top Germans For Crimes of War
Times front page from November 20, 1945. - Verdicts Are In: Nuremberg Court Gives Findings That Point to Death for Many
Article from October 1, 1946, on the sentences of Goering and other Nazi leaders. - 'The World Must Not Forget'
Reporter's eyewitness report of the camps from May 6, 1945. - Atrocity Report Issued by Army: Buchenwald an 'Extermination Factory,' SHAEF Is Told by Official Inspectors
Article on the concentration camps from April 29, 1945. - Yuletide Spirit Hailed by Rabbis
Article from December 24, 1939, in which a rabbi is quoted speaking of "the holocaust of catastrophe which Hitler has visited upon whole nations and masses of individuals," before the term "holocaust" was widely used. - Americans Appeal for Jewish Refuge
Article from May 31, 1936, about a group petitioning Great Britain to allow Jews fleeing "the European holocaust" to take refuge in Palestine. These two articles may well be among the earliest documented use of the term "holocaust" in this context; the U.S. Holocaust Museum cites the earliest use as 1941.
Lessons on the Holocaust and Its Legacy
- Drawing on History
Analyzing the Use of Graphic Novels and Comic Books to Study History and Literature - The Politics of Memory
The Commemoration and Preservation of Germany's National Socialist Past - Current Contexts
Exploring Now through Then - Denial on Trial
Analyzing the Politics of Holocaust 'Revisionism' - Public Deception
Debating the Impact of Not Telling the Whole Truth - Truth Be Told
Writing Memoirs Based on a Shared Event - Coming to Terms with the Past
A Teach-In about Post-Holocaust History - Conversations with the Past
Exploring Holocaust Experiences through Writing and Art - Word Play
Examining the Writing Process Through Autobiography - Let the Truth Be Known
Analyzing the Relationship Between Authenticity and Historical Accounts: A Language Arts Lesson - Remembering to Never Forget
Exploring 20th Century Germany in the Social Studies Classroom - I Will Survive!
Exploring the Stories of Real-Life Survivors - War and Remembrance
Exploring the Connections Between Artifacts and History
Lessons on Other Genocidal Acts and Crimes Against Humanity
- Putting a Face to the Numbers
Revealing First-Hand Accounts of Historical Genocide - The Killing Fields
Documenting Ethnic Division and Ethnic Cleansing Throughout Modern History - Sorrow in Sudan
Understanding the Complexity of the Darfur Conflict - Digging Deeper Into Darfur
Creating Infographics to Illustrate the Conflict in Darfur - Stop the Fighting and Start Uniting
Investigating Current Peace Talks Around the World - Asking About Armenia
Learning and Teaching about the Modern History and Culture of Armenians - Sadness in Srebrenica
Learning About the War in Bosnia - Crisis in Kosovo
U.S. Intervention in Kosovo: A Global History Lesson Plan - Cambodia's Quest for Justice
Learning about the Legacy of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia - Voting in Violence
Investigating Kenya's 2008 Post-Election Unrest
Lessons on Tolerance, Hatred and Human Rights
- Responding in Kind
Writing About Personal Experiences With Kindness and Cruelty - A Rose by Any Other Name?
Defining and Confronting Stereotypes - Not So Strange
Exploring Aspects of Other Cultures and Learning How to Accept Them - Practice What You Preach
Examining the Acceptance and Rejection of Religious Beliefs Throughout History - Hate-Crimes and Punishment
The Effectiveness of Hate-Crime Legislation in the United States - Tolerating Diversity
Exploring the Shaping of Tolerance and Intolerance - Freedom of Hate Speech?
Investigating Hate Group Propaganda and Free Speech on the Internet - Developing Dialogue
Creating Conversations that Address and Alleviate Conflicts - The Home Stretch
Teaching Cross-Cultural Awareness for International Newcomers to Your Community - Walking in Other People's Shoes
Educating Young Prospective Tourists on the Developing World - The Fight for Human Rights
Understanding the Quest to Protect Human Rights in the Social Studies Classroom - In Other Words: Writing Gently Humorous Essays About Stereotypes
Times Topics
- The Holocaust and the Nazi Era
- Concentration Camps
- Adolf Hitler
- War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Nazi Hunting
- World War II
- Jews and Judaism
- Elie Wiesel
- Anne Frank
Selected Recent Times Articles and Multimedia on the Holocaust
- Lens: One Last Sitting for Holocaust Survivors
- Audio Slide Show: Auschwitz Photos
- Slide Show: Remembering the Holocaust
- Article: Using DNA to Track Holocaust Survivors
- Slide Show: The Propagandists' Tools
Related Article: Nazis' 'Terrible Weapon,' Aimed at Minds and Hearts - Slideshow: Holocaust Memorial in Postal Memorabilia
Related Article: Stamp Collector's Holocaust Memorial - Article: At a Holocaust Site, Obama Calls Denial 'Hateful'
Includes a photo slide show, a podcast and a video of President Obama at Buchenwald in June 2009. - Article: New Looks at the Fields of Death for Jews
- Palestinians Serenade Survivors in Israel and Concert for Holocaust Survivors is Condemned
Two articles on conflicts over a program in which young Palestinian musicians played for elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors in Israel. - Beliefs: The Holocaust Furor and the U.S. Bishops
Commentary on the fallout from the reinstating of an ex-communicated Catholic bishop by the pope. - Movies: Telling the Holocaust Like It Wasn't
Reflection on the depiction of the Holocaust in recent films. - The Holocaust, Viewed Not From Then but From the Here and Now
Article on a new memorial at Bergen-Belsen, with an accompanying slide show - Perplexity After Auschwitz Sign Theft
Article about the theft and recovery of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign
Articles on Elie Wiesel and "Night"
- When Evil Closed in: "Night"
Original Times review of "Night" from 1960. - Elie Wiesel: Archivist with a Mission
1973 profile of Elie Wiesel. - Elie Wiesel Gets Nobel for Peace as 'Messenger'
1986 article on Elie Wiesel winning the Nobel Peace Prize. - Man in the News: Witness to Evil: Eliezer Wiesel
Article on Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner. - Teaching Tolerance to Students: Wiesel Gives Personal Account of Holocaust's Horrors
1998 article on Elie Wiesel's responses to a high school class's questions. - The Translation of Wiesel's 'Night' Is New, but Old Questions Are Raised
Article about whether 'Night' is an autobiographical memoir or a novel. - The Story of 'Night'
Background on the publication and success of Elie Wiesel's book.
Articles on Anne Frank and "Diary of a Young Girl"
- Books of The Times
Original Times review of "Diary" from 1952. - Legacy of a Young Girl
First-person essay from 1983 about visiting the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. - The Whole Anne Frank
1995 article on the publication of the "definitive edition" of the diary, including Anne Frank's own hopes to one day publish her diary as a book. - About New York: The Woman Who Saved the Diary of a Young Girl
Article about how Miep Gies found and saved Anne Frank's diary after the Gestapo found and captured the Franks. - Miep Gies, the Last of Those Who Hid Anne Frank, Dies at 100
Gies' obituary from January 2010. - Appreciations: Miep Gies
Editorial that celebrates Gies' remarkable selflessness and courage and the legacy of Anne Frank and her diary. - For Anne Frank's Trees, 11 New Places to Bloom
2009 article about a program that will bring saplings derived from the chestnut tree Anne Frank saw from her attic hiding place to be planted in the United States. - Five Precious Pages Renew Wrangling Over Anne Frank
1998 article about previously suppressed pages from Anne Frank's diary and what they contain. - A Romance of the Secret Annex
1989 article upon the publication of the "critical edition" of the diary, with three versions. - Anne Frank 2006: War Diaries Online
Article about how technology renders modern-day war reports from young people quite different from Anne Frank's diary. - In Old Files, Fading Hopes of Anne Frank's Family
2007 article about newly discovered letters and other documents showing Otto Frank's efforts to escape the Nazis; includes PDFs of two letters.
Other Resources on the Web
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
The national museum, dedicated in 1993 as a living memorial to the Holocaust. The site includes materials for the Days of Remembrance as well as educational materials. - History Place: Holocaust Timeline
Events from Hitler's rise to power in 1933 to the liberation of the concentration camps and the opening of the Nuremberg trial in 1945. - USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
Archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. - Holocaust Survivors
Stories of many survivors. - Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust
Treasure trove of information about the Holocaust, including historical information, explanations and photographs. - Anne Frank HouseW
eb site for the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam. - The Anne Frank Center USA
Web site for the traveling exhibitions, programs, awards and New York City location of the center, a partner organization of Amsterdam's Anne Frank House. - The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
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