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Holocaust/Nazi Germany

Anne Frank Online  
Select “Anne Frank: Her Life & Times” for history, timeline, photographs and diary excerpts provided by the Anne Frank Center USA.

The Auschwitz Album
Scroll to the bottom of the first page to enter the album of photographs taken in 1944. They show the arrival of Hungarian Jews, the selection for the work camps or the gas chambers and what happened to their belongings. “The photos…show the entire process except the killing itself.” Double click on the photos for enlargement and descriptive text. From The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority.

Children of the Holocaust
From the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California, this site features a photograph and biography of 114 children who lived (and often died) during the Holocaust.

FAQs About the Holocaust
The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority answers questions about the prewar period, the ghettos, the mechanics of murder, the world response and much more, including details not easily found elsewhere.

Genocide in the 20th Century: The Nazi Holocaust 1938-1945
The History Place provides a lengthy article about the Holocaust. Click on the photographs to see them enlarged.

Hiding From the Holocaust
A first place winning essay from the 2000 Holocaust Remembrance Project contest for students age 19 and under.

The History Place: Holocaust Timeline 
Select a year or follow the chronology with links to related information from the burning of books in Germany in 1933 to the testimony from the Nuremberg Tribunal.

The Holocaust 
About.com provides links to many topics about the Nazis and the Holocaust.

Holocaust Resources 
Links to 66 local, national and international websites concerning the Holocaust from PBS.

Holocaust Survivors
Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center in New Orleans, this site includes the personal stories of 6 survivors, many photographs, a historical introduction to the Holocaust, a Holocaust encyclopedia, audio files and links to related sites.

Holocaust Timeline
The timeline, from the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, covers the years 1933-1960s. Links to The Basics and to Topics provide more information including a lengthy article on Holocaust denial. Links to other sections are often not available in English.

Nazi Rule  
Information about Hitler’s rise to power and Nazi rule in Germany from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Resources about the Holocaust, concentration camps, resistance, refugees and the moral and ethical issues raised by genocide, inlcuding maps, timelines and online exhibitions from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Last Updated: September 9, 2008