War of Annihilation: Targeting the Jews of Europe
Scholars Peter Hayes, Deborah Dwork, Wendy Lower, Joshua Rubenstein, Michael Berenbaum, and Jonathan Petropoulos describe the steps that Nazi Germany took in deciding to murder the Jews of Europe.
The Holocaust in Lithuania
Introduce students to the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania with this historical overview.
The Holocaust in Poland
Learn about the brutality of the German occupation and the Holocaust in Poland with this short historical overview.
Rejecting Nazism
Learn about the Edelweiss Pirates and the Swing Kids, two German youth groups that questioned Nazism.
Schooling for the National Community
Learn how the Nazis transformed German schools to advance their nationalist and racial ideologies.
Speaking in Whispers
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society.
Speaking in Whispers (en español)
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society. This resource is in Spanish.
Spying on Family and Friends
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole.
Spying on Family and Friends (en español)
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole. This resource is in Spanish.
The Impact of Nazi Propaganda: Visual Essay
Explore a curated selection of primary source propaganda images from Nazi Germany.
Lost in Translation
Rapper Ruby Ibarra reflects on her Filipino-American experience and the role of language in a spoken-word poem.