A Family Responds to Kristallnacht (en español)
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In Spanish, learn about a family who assisted their Jewish neighbors after Kristallnacht, and the consequences they faced for this decision to help.
A Report on the Murder of Jews
Learn about the memo that urged President Roosevelt to step up US efforts to rescue Jews from the Nazis, and led him to establish the War Refugee Board.
Reserve Police Battalion 101
Investigate perpetrator behavior with historian Christopher Browning’s study of the men of a police unit that killed Jews during World War II.
Reserve Police Battalion 101 (en español)
Investigate perpetrator behavior with historian Christopher Browning’s study of the men of a police unit that killed Jews during World War II. This resource is in Spanish.
Seizing Property
Learn about Nazi Germany’s system of collecting, cataloging, and redistributing the possessions of prisoners in ghettos and camps.
Speaking Out “In the Face of Murder”
Read a secretly-published 1942 pamphlet entitled “Protest" that condemned the deportation and murder of Jews.
The "Special Trains"
Consider the role of bureaucrats in the Nazi regime with this interview with a man who managed the trains to Auschwitz and Treblinka.
Survival in Hiding
Gain insight into the experiences of Jews in hiding during the Holocaust by reading entries from the diary of teenager Otto Wolf.
Take This Giant Leap
Begin your study of the Holocaust with a poem by Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz.
Take This Giant Leap (en español)
Begin your study of the Holocaust with a poem by Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz. This resource is in Spanish.
The Hangman
Explore bystander behavior and the challenges of speaking up with Maurice Ogden's poem “The Hangman.”