A Pathfinder for Shoah and World War II
If you would like to learn more about Shoah and World War II, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find information in your school library media center, on the Internet, and in the community about Shoah and World War II
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Print Resources-Books and Magazines
There are several excellent books about Shoah and World War II. A few of the books are listed below. These books are located on the research bookcart located at the front of the library.
CALL NUM. / TITLE / AUTHOR / MEDIUM / AVAIL
305.89 MAN / In the aftermath of genocide: Armenians and Jews in twentieth-century France [book] / Mandel, Maud, / book / In
305.892 FIN / Anti-Semitism [book] / Finzi, Roberto / book / In
306.3 THO / Lest we forget: the passage from Africa to slavery and emancipation [book] / Thomas, Velma Maia / book / In
341.6 FIR / The Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials: a headline court case [book] / Fireside, Harvey / book / In
362.87 KAL / The faces of resistance [book] / Kallen, Stuart A / book / In
363.7 NOL / Understanding Garbage and the Environment [book] / Nolan, Andrea J. / book / In
364.15 BRA / The trial of Adolf Eichmann: the Holocaust on trial [book] / Brager, Bruce L / book / In
364.15 SPA / The crime of genocide: terror against humanity [book] / Spangenburg, Ray / book / In
741.9437 I / I never saw another butterfly: children's drawings and poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944 [book] / book / In
808.81 HOL / Holocaust poetry [book] / book / In
812 GOO / The diary of Anne Frank [book] / Goodrich, Frances / book / In
812 VOI / Voices: plays for studying the Holocaust [book] / book / In
813 ELI / Elie Wiesel's Night [book] / book / In
813 REA / Readings on Night [book] / book / In
813 REA / Readings on the Diary of a young girl [book] / book / In
814.08 CAR / Responses to Elie Wiesel [book] / book / In
920 AXE / In the camps: teens who survived the Nazi concentration camps [book] / Axelrod, Toby / book / In
920 AXE / Rescuers defying the Nazis [book] / Axelrod, Toby / book / In
920 AXE / Rescuers defying the Nazis [book] / Axelrod, Toby / book / In
920 AYE / In the ghettos: teens who survived the ghettos of the Holocaust [book] / Ayer, Eleanor H / book / In
920 AYE / Parallel journeys [book] / Ayer, Eleanor H / book / In
920 BLO / Rescuers: moral courage in the Holocaust [book] / Block, Gay / book / In
920 DIV / Divided lives: the untold stories of Jewish-Christian women in Nazi Germany [book] / book / In
920 GEI / Heroes of the Holocaust [book] / Geier, Arnold / book / In
920 KOR / Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's twins : the story of Eva and Miriam Mozes [book] / Kor, Eva Mozes / book / Out
920 KUS / The hidden children of the Holocaust: teens who hid from the Nazis [book] / Kustanowitz, Esther / book / In
920 MAN / Writers of the Holocaust [book] / Mandell, Sherri Lederman / book / In
920 PET / A place to hide [book] / Pettit, Jayne / book / In
920 WE / We are witnesses: five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust [book] / book / In
920 WOM / Women in the resistance and in the Holocaust: the voices of eyewitnesses [book] / book / Out
921 APP / Alicia: my story [book] / Appleman-Jurman, Alicia / book / In
921 AUE / I am a star--child of the Holocaust [book] / Auerbacher, Inge / book / In
921 BER / The seamstress: a memoir of survival [book] / Bernstein, Sara Tuvel / book / In
921 DIC / Fireflies in the dark: the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin [book] / Rubin, Susan Goldman / book / In
921 EIC / Adolf Eichmann: engineer of death [book] / Sachs, Ruth / book / In
921 FAB / Because of Romek: a Holocaust survivor's memoir [book] / Faber, David / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank: child of the Holocaust [book] / Brown, Gene / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank: child of the Holocaust [book] / Brown, Gene / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank [book] / Epstein, Rachel S / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl [book] / Frank, Anne / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl [book] / Frank, Anne / book / In
921 FRA / The diary of a young girl: the definitive edition [book] / Frank, Anne / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank: the biography [book] / Müller, Melissa / book / In
921 FRA / The story of Anne Frank [book] / Ross, Stewart / book / In
921 FRA / Anne Frank [book] / Wukovits, John F / book / In
940.53 ALL / The business of genocide: the SS, slave labor, and the concentration camps [book] / Allen, Michael Thad / book / In
940.53 ALT / The Holocaust ghettos [book] / Altman, Linda Jacobs / book / In
940.53 AYE / A firestorm unleashed: January 1942 - June 1943 [book] / Ayer, Eleanor H / book / In
940.53 AYE / From the ashes: May 1945 and after [book] / Ayer, Eleanor H / book / In
940.53 AYE / The survivors [book] / Ayer, Eleanor H / book / In
940.53 BAC / The resistance [book] / Bachrach, Deborah / book / In
940.53 BAC / Tell them we remember: the story of the Holocaust with images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [book] / Bachrach, Susan D / book / In
940.53 BAL / The boys who saved the children [book] / Baldwin, Margaret / book / In
940.53 BAR / The Samaritans: heroes of the holocaust [book] / Bartoszewski, W±adys±aw / book / In
940.53 BAU / A history of the Holocaust [book] / Bauer, Yehuda / book / In
940.53 BAU / Kibbutz Buchenwald: survivors and pioneers [book] / Baumel, Judith Tydor / book / In
940.53 BER / The world must know: the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [book] / book / In
940.53 BIT / My bridges of hope: searching for life and love after Auschwitz [book] / Jackson, Livia Bitton / book / In
940.53 BLO / Rescuers: portraits in moral courage in the Holocaust [book] / Block, Gay / book / In
940.53 BOA / We are witnesses: five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust [book] / book / Out
940.53 BRO / The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [book] / Brooks, Philip / book / In
940.53 BYE / The Holocaust camps [book] / Byers, Ann / book / In
940.53 BYE / The Holocaust camps [book] / Byers, Ann / book / In
940.53 BYE / The Holocaust camps [book] / Byers, Ann / book / In
940.53 CHA / A nightmare in history: the Holocaust, 1933-1945 [book] / Chaikin, Miriam / book / In
940.53 COL / Selling the Holocaust: from Auschwitz to Schindler : how history is bought, packaged, and sold [book] / Cole, Tim / book / In
940.53 COM / The Complete history of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 COO / U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum [book] / Cooper, Jason / book / In
940.53 CUR / Escapes from Nazi persecution [book] / Currie, Stephen / book / In
940.53 DAB / My secret camera: life in the Lodz ghetto [book] / Grossman, Mendel / book / In
940.53 DEL / The triumphant spirit: portraits & stories of Holocaust survivors, their messages of hope & compassion [book] / Del Calzo, Nick / book / In
940.53 DON / The Holocaust kingdom: a memoir [book] / Donat, Alexander / book / In
940.53 ENC / The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 ENC / The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 EPS / Children of the Holocaust: conversations with sons and daughters of survivors [book] / Epstein, Helen / book / Out
940.53 LAC / The death camps [book] / Lace, William W / book / In
940.53 LAN / Shoah: an oral history of the Holocaust : the complete text of the film [book] / Lanzmann, Claude / book / In
940.53 LAQ / The terrible secret: suppression of the truth about Hitler's "final solution" : with a new introduction by the author [book] / Laqueur, Walter / book / In
940.53 LAW / The story of the Holocaust [book] / Lawton, Clive / book / In
940.53 LOB / No pretty pictures: a child of war [book] / Lobel, Anita / book / In
940.53 McE / Voices of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 McE / Voices of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 MEL / Never to forget: the Jews of the holocaust [book] / Meltzer, Milton / book / In
940.53 MEL / Rescue: the story of how gentiles saved Jews in the Holocaust [book] / Meltzer, Milton / book / In
940.53 MEL / Rescue: the story of how gentiles saved Jews in the Holocaust [book] / Meltzer, Milton / book / In
940.53 OPD / In my hands: memories of a Holocaust rescuer [book] / Opdyke, Irene Gut / book / In
940.53 RES / Rescue and resistance: portraits of the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 RES / Resistance: teen partisans and resisters who fought Nazi tyranny [book] / Anflick, Charles / book / In
940.53 ROG / Smoke and ashes: the story of the Holocaust [book] / Rogasky, Barbara / book / In
940.53 ROS / Hiding to survive: stories of Jewish children rescued from the Holocaust [book] / Rosenberg, Maxine B / book / In
940.53 RUB / Fireflies in the dark: the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin [book] / Rubin, Susan Goldman / book / In
940.53 SAL / Life in a Nazi concentration camp [book] / Saldinger, Anne Grenn / book / In
940.53 SPI / Maus: a survivor's tale [book] / Spiegelman, Art / book / In
940.53 STA / The holocaust: a history of courage and resistance [book] / Stadtler, Bea / book / In
940.53 STR / The Holocaust: understanding and remembering [book] / Strahinich, Helen / book / In
940.53 TIT / Liberation: teens in the concentration camps and the teen soldiers who liberated them [book] / Tito, E. Tina / book / In
940.53 US / The world must know: the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [book] / book / In
940.53 VOI / Voices and visions: a collection of primary sources [book] / book / In
940.53 WEI / The Holocaust Museum in Washington [book] / Weinberg, Jeshajahu / book / In
940.53 WOM / Women in the Holocaust [book] / book / In
940.53 WYM / The abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 [book] / Wyman, David S / book / In
940.53 ZEL / Remembering to forget: Holocaust memory through the camera's eye [book] / Zelizer, Barbie / book / In
940.5315 FEI / Accounting for genocide: national responses and Jewish victimization during the Holocaust [book] / Fein, Helen / book / In
940.54 ANA / Anatomy of the Auschwitz death camp [book] / book / In
943.08 ALT / The Holocaust, Hitler, and Nazi Germany [book] / Altman, Linda Jacobs / book / In
943.086 DVO / The Hitler Youth: marching toward madness [book] / Dvorson, Alexa / book / In
943.8 STE / Life in the Warsaw ghetto [book] / Stewart, Gail / book / In
FIC BEN / Anne Frank and me [book] / Bennett, Cherie / book / In
FIC KEN / Schindler's list [book] / Keneally, Thomas / book / In
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Online Resources--Internet Sites
The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use thesuggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet. To OPEN the website, click on either the website title or the URL (www) address.
  1. All Aboutthe Holocaust - Compilation of sites.
  2. America and the Holocaust - Examines the complex social and political factors that led the American government to ignore the Jewish victims of the Holocaust until 1944.
  3. Angels Of Death - The Nazi Doctors - Biographies, including survivor testimonies and graphic photos.
  4. Antisemitism - Its History and Causes - The writing by Bernard Lazare trying to understand a phenomenon of hatred, not the work of a self-hating Jew.
  5. Anti-Semitism and Holocaust - Extensive directory of sites on anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, the Holocaust, Holocaust denial, and related topics.
  6. The Assassins of Memory - Essays on the Denial of the Holocaust - A book consisting of five essays by Pierre Vidal-Naquet.
  7. The Beth Shalom Holocaust Web Centre - Collection of related sites, including a web-based introduction for school pupils.
  8. The Center for Holocaust Humanity Education - Part of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Dedicated to education, teacher and clergy training, advocacy, and research relating the lessons of the Holocaust to issues and challenges facing humankind today.
  9. The Children Of Izieu - The story of the Jewish children at the orphanage known as La Maison d'Izieu that includes information on the children, Nazi biographies, SS testimonies, galleries, poetry, books, and links.
  10. Children of the Holocaust - An online history project by Russell Goldstein.
  11. The Children Who Cheated the Nazis - Site of a BBC documentary about the Kindertransport, including history, images, and music lyrics.
  12. Courage And Survival - The Holocaust - Brief biographies and stories of the victims, survivors, and rescuers.
  13. DeathCamps.org: part of the Holocaust Research Project, the website guides users to the camps, and ghettos. Use the contents link to search by specific camp (Treblinka, Sobibor, etc.)
  14. Divided Lives - Untold stories of Jewish-Christian women in Nazi Germany. A commercial site providing excerpts and ordering information.
  15. The Einsatzgruppen - The history of the SS Einsatzgruppen through photos, documents, and perpetrator and victim testimonies.
  16. The German Army and Genocide - Site to accompany exhibition at Cooper Union's Houghton Gallery, New York City, December 1999 - February 2000. "The defeated Germans began to construct a myth that became a central tenet of postwar West German society. That myth promoted the idea that the regular army had fought a 'normal' war and was innocent of the genocide and mass murders carried out by the SS and the Gestapo."
  17. Guardian Unlimited Special Report - Focus: The Holocaust - Comment and analysis about the historical event and its commemoration. Includes profiles, audio clips, firsthand survivor stories and archived news reports from the 1930's and 1940's.
  18. Hermann Friedrich Graebe - Account of Holocaust Mass Shooting - An eyewitness account which suggests the well-organized procedure for mass shooting that the elite Schutzstaffel (SS) soldiers had developed by 1942.
  19. Himmler's Speech at Posen - Speech by the SS leader in which he speaks openly about the Holocaust with audio..
  20. The History of the Jews and Holocaust - Project with information on beliefs and customs, holocaust of Jews, historical time of Jews in Estonia, chronology of Jews in Europe, and references.
  21. The History Place - Holocaust Timeline - Informational events from 1933 through 1945.
  22. Holocaust - Extensive database on World War II persons and Jewish victims in the Netherlands with articles, links and polls.
  23. The Holocaust - Links to related documents.
  24. The Holocaust - Crimes, Heroes, and Villains - Stories of Auschwitz and biographies of the major names of the time.
  25. The Holocaust Chronicle - Companion site to the not-for-profit book.
  26. Holocaust Links - Directory of websites providing information, literature, lesson plans, organizations, memorabilia, resistance, and other topics related to the Nazi genocide.
  27. Holocaust Memorial at MELRC - A virtual memorial to the holocaust, with links to other holocaust sites.
  28. Holocaust Memorial Center - Documents the horror of the period and the rich culture and history that was lost.
  29. Holocaust Newspaper Archive - More than 50,000 fully searchable pages, including a timeline, history, The Store, and resource links.
  30. Holocaust Photo Project - Includes pictures and information from tour of Maidanek, Treblinka and Aushwitz.
  31. Holocaust Pictures and Stories - Focuses on non-Jewish and Polish victims of the Holocaust: photos and survivor stories.
  32. Holocaust Rescue Efforts of Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov - Describes effort to purchase the freedom of some Jews from Nazi Germany, an effort that failed because the money was not raised in time.
  33. Holocaust Studies - An introduction and related issues.
  34. Holocaust Survivors' Network - A tribute to survivors of the Nazi Holocaust.
  35. Holocaust/Shoah - Categories of links and resources.
  36. The Holocaust\Shoah Page - Links to many articles.
  37. Jewish Holocaust Links - Directory on related topics.
  38. Jewish Virtual Library - The Holocaust - An online encyclopedia covering anti-Semitism to Zionism.
  39. Justice Matters - Legacies of the Holocaust and WWII - Book review with biographical information, a dedication, pictures and excerpts, and images.
  40. Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor - A belief that the purity of German blood is essential for the further existence of the German people on September 15, 1935.
  41. Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health - An attempt to improve the German Aryan breed on July 14, 1933.
  42. Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Walpersberg - A meeting point for survivors and relatives of the former underground aircraft factory called REIMAHG (Flugzeugwerke Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring) near Kahla, including news, history, visitor information, and projects.
  43. March of Remembrance and Hope - Student's account of visiting Holocaust sites as part of this event. Includes history and photographs.
  44. A Miracle in Denmark - The rescue of the Danish Jews is an inspiring story: almost the entire Jewish population survived Hitler's death camps.
  45. Natanson Memorial - A simple but moving Holocaust memorial page.
  46. Northwest Center for Holocaust Education - Educational projects and programs.
  47. The Nuremberg Laws - Results of the Congress of the National Socialist Workers' Party (NAZI) that convened on September 10, 1935.
  48. The Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship and Race - The Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935.
  49. The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials - Supporting documents.
  50. Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust - Excerpted from the book Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.
  51. Ordinary People, Victims of the Holocaust - Online memorial to the Nachimzon, Wolowelski, Friedberg and Mirabel families, whose lines had only one survivor after the Holocaust. Including photographs and genealogical tree.
  52. Remember - Forum for survivors and their descendants, to promote remembrance.
  53. Rescuers - Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust - Interviews with and portraits of people who rescued, including maps, historic images, and essays on courage and altruism.
  54. Resistance - Overview of several areas of resistance activities to Nazism and the Holocaust, in Eastern Europe and by Jews in the concentration camps as well as in Germany.
  55. Schindler Stories - His and others's stories, and their experiences with the German rescuer.
  56. Schindler Survivors - Includes biographies and images of several individuals whom Oscar Schindler rescued from the Holocaust.
  57. The Second Generation Group from Nuremberg - Children of survivors from the Jewish Holocaust provide archives, photos and history resources.
  58. Shoah - Twentieth Century Genocide - A look at Hitler's rise to power and at the holocaust he created.
  59. Simon Wiesenthal Center - Museum focusing on racism in America and the history of the Holocaust.
  60. Sisters of the Shoah - Three survivor tales, three golden fates, and three iron wills.
  61. Storojinet Jews Memorial Web Page - The story of the old Jewish village and the Riegler family during the war with pictures from the modern city.
  62. Terezin Initiative Institute - Information on the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Bohemia and Moravia. Includes documents, studies, publications, library, and database of prisoners. Also in Czech and Dutch.
  63. The Trial of Adolf Eichmann - Trial documents, biographies, photos, resources, and a study guide to accompany the television program.
  64. The Wannsee Conference - A meeting in Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution (Endlösung) in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe.
  65. When You Were in Auschwitz - An article By Liliana Sharett.
  66. The Nizkor Project:
  67. The Holocaust History Project: essays, documents, reproductions etc.:
  68. HolocaustMemorialCenter:
  69. The Anne Frank House,Amsterdam:
  70. The Holocaust Centre, Beth Shalom:

E-Books (from ABC-CLIO E-Reference collection)
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Nicholls, David. Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Levy, Richard S. ANTISEMITISM. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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ChaCharny, Israel W. Encyclopedia of Genocide. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Tucker, Dr. Spencer C.; Roberts, Dr. Priscilla Mary. Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Gibney, Matthew J.; Hansen, Randall. Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to the Present. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Aron, Paul D. Mysteries in History. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Dowling, Timothy C. Personal Perspectives: World War II. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Cook A., Bernard. Women and War. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Blamires P., Cyprian; Jackson, Paul. World Fascism. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009
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Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla Mary. World War II: A Student Encyclopedia. SantaBarbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. ABC-CLIO. 15Jan. 2009