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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Samuel Bak’s Illuminations Audio Tour
This audio tour features commentary by Holocaust scholar Lawrence Langer on the 28 paintings in Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak’s Illuminations collection.
Elsbeth Lewin Remembers Kristallnacht
Holocaust survivor Elsbeth Lewin describes her and her family's experience of Kristallnacht in Mainz, Germany.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: Kristallnacht
Dr. Paul Bookbinder describes Kristallnacht and explains what it meant for German Jews.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Holocaust
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder gives a short overview of the Holocaust.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Nazi Rise to Power
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder describes how the Nazis assumed power in 1930s Germany.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Nuremberg Trials
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder gives an overview of the Nuremberg trials.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Weimar Republic
Professor Paul Bookbinder describes the “noble experiment” of democracy in the Weimar Republic.
Eyewitness to Buchenwald
Leon Bass, an African-American soldier, describes his experiences entering the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945.
Facing History Scholar Reflections: Bystanders and Resisters
Dr. Paul Bookbinder discusses the roles of bystanders and resisters during the Holocaust.
Marched to the Ghetto
Holocaust survivor Barbara Fischman Traub describes the reactions of her neighbors as she and her family were marched through their hometown of Sighet, Hungary, to the ghetto during the Holocaust.
Night of the Long Knives: Jonathan Petropoulos
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the importance of the 1934 violent purge in the Nazi party.