The Holocaust
What is The Holocaust?
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. They believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. The Nazis also killed Romani people, homosexuals, and people with disabilities.
Many Holocaust survivors have graciously dedicated their time to teaching about their experiences during the Holocaust. In telling their stories, they provide invaluable first-hand accounts of one of history’s most terrible events.
Holocaust survivors have a unique perspective on the events of the Holocaust, and their stories can help to humanize history for students. Learning from a Holocaust survivor can help students to understand the true horror of the Holocaust and the lasting impact that it has had on survivors and their families.
The Holocaust Resources
The Holocaust
This amazing resource provides in depth information on the Holocaust. If you cannot visit the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, take a lot at all of the content they have made available on the web. There are videos, lesson plans, focused topics and much...
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry is an adaptation of an on-campus course that has been co-taught by Murray Baumgarten, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Literature Department), and Peter Kenez, Professor E...
The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution
The Holocaust was an inconceivable historical event, which forever robbed Western culture of its innocence. As civilized human beings, we fail to understand how events of such horror could have taken place, and how an idea so inhumanly warped could h...