Deschutes Public Library

The Jewish Holocaust

Mr. Burton, High Desert Middle School

You'll be doing some research on the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. Below is a collection of good websites you can use, and also a list of books you can place on hold and check out using your Library Linx card.

Websites || Books

Websites

36 Questions about the Holocaust

http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394663

The Shoah Project
http://www.shoaheducation.com/

Holocaust Cy-brary
http://www.remember.org

Holocaust Cy-brary: Witnesses

http://remember.org/witness/index.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org

The Holocaust History Project
http://www.holocaust-history.org

The Jewish Virtual Library: the Holocaust
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html

Stories of Survival: Children of the Holocaust
http://www.adl.org/children_holocaust/children_main1.asp

The Holocaust Timeline: The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

Learning about the Holocaust through Art
http://art.holocaust-education.net/explore.asp?langid=1&submenu=201

The Anne Frank House and Museum
http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2

The University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Multimedia page
http://www.chgs.umn.edu/educational/video.html

Adolf Hitler

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm

Elie Weisel
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1

What else was happening? A 1930's timeline.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/TCR/1576901009_201.pdf

Books
(click on the title to go to the catalog and place a hold)

A Friend Called Anne: one girl's story of war, peace, and a unique friendship with Anne Frank by Jacqueline van Maarsen

Angel Girl: based on a true story by Laurie Friedman

Anne Frank by Josephine Poole

Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust by Carol Ann Lee

Brave Deeds: how one family saved many from the Nazis by Ann Alma

Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Holocaust: the events and their impact on real people by Angela Gluck

Memories of Survival by Esther Nisenthal Krietz and Bernice Steinhardt

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: a Holocaust survival story by Peter Lane Taylor

There are a lot more books available at the public library on the Holocaust and WWII history. Ask your teacher or school librarian how to search for books in the Juvenile Nonfiction collection. Click here or look for the call number 940.5318 if you visit the library.
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Last modified on Wednesday, December 16, 2009