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Pathfinder for The Holocaust

This pathfinder is intended to serve as a starting point for research on the Holocaust.

Web Sites

Title

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

URL

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust

Description

This site provides an excellent overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources for Holocaust education are included.

Title

The United States Holocaust Museum

URL

http://www.ushmm.org

Description

Visitors can experience online versions of several of the museum's exhibits. Visitors also can search a database of historic photographs and the holdings of the museum's archives and library. Teachers should review the museum's "Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust" page.

Title

Cybrary of the Holocaust

URL

http://remember.org

Description

This moving site has images, interviews, children's essays and artwork , and discussion forums. Also included are online books by survivors, education resources and much more. This site is maintained by Michael Dunn.

Title

Holocaust Chronicle

URL

http://www.holocaustchronicle.org

Description

This site primarily offers a visual history of the Holocaust year by year, with an overview prologue and an epilogue with insight into recent European and Middle Eastern history.

Title

Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art

URL

http://www.jewishmuseum.net

Description

The museum houses and exhibits one of the three largest collections of Judaica in the American Southwest. NCJW Holocaust Education Center is a memorial to victims of the holocaust containing artifacts of victims and educational programs. (Formerly Gershon and Rebecca Fenster Museum of Jewish Art.) This museum is located here in Tulsa, telephone 294-1366.

Title

The Holocaust History Project

URL

http://www.holocaust-history.org

Description

The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.

Title

The Tulsa Jewish Community Center

URL

http://www.jewishtulsa.org

Description

The center is located at 2021 E. 71st St., (495-1111). This organization offers classes, programs, speakers and services, and is open to the community.

Title

The Holocaust Shoah Page

URL

http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html

Description

This is a well-organized Site and includes sections on organizations, archives and references, personal responses, educational projects and tools. The listing of archives and references is especially useful. The Site is maintained by David Dickerson.

Title

H-Holocaust Home Page

URL

http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~holoweb

Description

This Site allows scholars of the Holocaust to communicate with each other using innovative and exciting new technology, and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids. Includes archives of all past discussions, review projects, academic announcements, resources and Internet links.

Books

Title

Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps

Author

Arad, Yitzhak

Call Number

940.547243094384 A11b 1987

Description

Arad, historian and principal prosecution witness at the Israeli trial of John Demjanjuk, uses primary materials to reveal the complete story of these Nazi death camps.

Title

Hitler and the Final Solution

Author

Gerald Fleming

Call Number

940.53150392 4 F629h 1984

Description

The author gives a considerable amount of attention to detail and uses documents and interviews to prove his thesis: Hitler not only knew of but initiated the attempt to annihilate European Jewry.

Title

The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945

Author

Lucy S. Dawidowicz

Call Number

940.5315039 24 D322w 1986

Description

This book is probably the best general introductory work on the Holocaust currently available . The central theme of Mazism was its anti-Semitism. the author poses the question: "How was it possible for a modern state to carry out the systematic murder of a whole population?"

Title

A History of the Holocaust

Author

Yehuda Bauer

Call Number

940.5318 B326h 2001

Description

This work examines the origins of anti-Semitism and Nazism as well as the history of Jewish-German relationships. This is one of the most readable general histories for high-school students.

Title

The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution

Author

Henry Friedlander

Call Number

943.086 F913o 1995

Description

This book examines how the Nazi program of secretly eliminating the mentally and physically disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of the Romany and the Jews.

Title

From the Ashes: May 1945 and After

Author

Eleanor H. Ayer

Call Number

Y 940.5318 A976f 1998

Description

This book discusses the fate of Jews who survived annihilation by the Nazis, their further persecution, search for a homeland in Palestine, and hunt for war criminals. It also examines other cases of genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere. This is a young adult non-fiction title.

Title

Justice at Nuremberg

Author

Robert E. Conot

Call Number

341.69026843 21 C763j 1983

Description

This books details the preparation for the Nuremberg war-crimes trials of 1945-46.

Title

The Holocaust Encyclopedia

Author

Walter Laqueur, editor

Call Number

940.5318; H7415 2001

Description

This item is said to be the only comprehensive, single-volume work of reference providing both a reflective overview of the subject and abundant detail concerning major events, policy decisions, cities and individuals.

Multimedia

Title

The Complete Maus

Call Number

CD-ROM 940.5318; M448 1994

Description

The Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust is enriched with conversations with Art Spiegelman, audio interviews of his father and other original documents from which this work evolved. This is a CD-ROM Computer File and it is available for checkout. It is available in the Media Center department of Central Library.

Title

Lest We Forget: a History of the Holocaust

Call Number

CD-ROM 940.5318; L567 1996

Description

This powerful testimony is to an event in history that cannot be comprehended but must be retold. This CD-ROM Computer File contains rare archival film footage, historical speeches, original music and documentary photographs eliciting powerful emotions. This item is available for checkout in the Media Center department of Central Library.

Title

Image Before My Eyes

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

This video presentation portrays life in Poland prior to the Holocaust. It combines the resources of photographs, interviews and home movies. Everyday experiences such as school, markets, entertainment and religion are shown. Length: 90 min.

Title

Memories of Anne Frank

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

Filmed in the building that housed the Opecta offices and the Frank family's secret refuge, Mipe Gies recounts her experiences working for Otto Frank and brining food to the fugitives. Length:, 52 min.

Title

Memory of the Camps

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

This video features documentary footage filmed by Allied Forces cameramen when they entered the Nazi death camps and only recently discovered in the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London. Scenes in the video are from Bergen Belson, Dachau, Buchenwald and other death camps. Length: 60 min.

Title

Schindler's List

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

Directed by Steven Spielberg, this film is used to tell the story of Oskar Schindler. Schindler owned a factory where concentration camp inmates were sent to work. While associating with the Nazis, he secretly hid and saved more than 1,000 Jews. Length: 3 hours.

Title

The Bielski Brothers: The Unknown Partisans

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

The two surviving Bielski brothers explain how they commanded the largest Jewish partisan group in occupied Europe during World War II. Length: 53 min.

Title

Europa, Europa

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

This video chronicles the story of Solomon Perel, a courageous German-Jewish teenager who survived World War I by concealing his true identity and living as a Nazi. In German and Russian with subtitles. Brief nudity. Length: 115 min.

Title

Facing Hate with Elie Weisel and Bill Moyers

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

Elie Wiesel helps probe the logic of hatred as expressed in books, religion, history and personal experience. When he was 15, his family perished in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. As he has struggled to understand hatred and its role in contemporary world affairs, he has become a prolific writer, a leader in the worldwide cause of human rights and the winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. Length: 58 min.

Title

America and the Holocaust : deceit and indifference

Call Number

Videorecording

Description

Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government.

	Title	A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
	URL	http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust
	Description	This site provides an excellent overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources for Holocaust education are included.

	Title	The United States Holocaust Museum
	URL	http://www.ushmm.org
	Description	Visitors can experience online versions of several of the museum's exhibits. Visitors also can search a database of historic photographs and the holdings of the museum's archives and library. Teachers should review the museum's "Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust" page.

	Title	Cybrary of the Holocaust
	URL	http://remember.org
	Description	This moving site has images, interviews, children's essays and artwork , and discussion forums. Also included are online books by survivors, education resources and much more. This site is maintained by Michael Dunn.

	Title	Holocaust Chronicle
	URL	http://www.holocaustchronicle.org
	Description	This site primarily offers a visual history of the Holocaust year by year, with an overview prologue and an epilogue with insight into recent European and Middle Eastern history.

	Title	Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
	URL	http://www.jewishmuseum.net
	Description	The museum houses and exhibits one of the three largest collections of Judaica in the American Southwest. NCJW Holocaust Education Center is a memorial to victims of the holocaust containing artifacts of victims and educational programs. (Formerly Gershon and Rebecca Fenster Museum of Jewish Art.) This museum is located here in Tulsa, telephone 294-1366.

	Title	The Holocaust History Project
	URL	http://www.holocaust-history.org
	Description	The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.

	Title	The Tulsa Jewish Community Center
	URL	http://www.jewishtulsa.org
	Description	The center is located at 2021 E. 71st St., (495-1111). This organization offers classes, programs, speakers and services, and is open to the community.

	Title	The Holocaust Shoah Page
	URL	http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html
	Description	This is a well-organized Site and includes sections on organizations, archives and references, personal responses, educational projects and tools. The listing of archives and references is especially useful. The Site is maintained by David Dickerson.

	Title	H-Holocaust Home Page
	URL	http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~holoweb
	Description	This Site allows scholars of the Holocaust to communicate with each other using innovative and exciting new technology, and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids. Includes archives of all past discussions, review projects, academic announcements, resources and Internet links.

	Title	Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps
	Author	Arad, Yitzhak
	Call Number	940.547243094384 A11b 1987
	Description	Arad, historian and principal prosecution witness at the Israeli trial of John Demjanjuk, uses primary materials to reveal the complete story of these Nazi death camps.

	Title	Hitler and the Final Solution
	Author	Gerald Fleming
	Call Number	940.53150392 4 F629h 1984
	Description	The author gives a considerable amount of attention to detail and uses documents and interviews to prove his thesis: Hitler not only knew of but initiated the attempt to annihilate European Jewry.

	Title	The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945
	Author	Lucy S. Dawidowicz
	Call Number	940.5315039 24 D322w 1986
	Description	This book is probably the best general introductory work on the Holocaust currently available . The central theme of Mazism was its anti-Semitism. the author poses the question: "How was it possible for a modern state to carry out the systematic murder of a whole population?"

	Title	A History of the Holocaust
	Author	Yehuda Bauer
	Call Number	940.5318 B326h 2001
	Description	This work examines the origins of anti-Semitism and Nazism as well as the history of Jewish-German relationships. This is one of the most readable general histories for high-school students.

	Title	The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution
	Author	Henry Friedlander
	Call Number	943.086 F913o 1995
	Description	This book examines how the Nazi program of secretly eliminating the mentally and physically disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of the Romany and the Jews.

	Title	From the Ashes: May 1945 and After
	Author	Eleanor H. Ayer
	Call Number	Y 940.5318 A976f 1998
	Description	This book discusses the fate of Jews who survived annihilation by the Nazis, their further persecution, search for a homeland in Palestine, and hunt for war criminals. It also examines other cases of genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere. This is a young adult non-fiction title.

	Title	Justice at Nuremberg
	Author	Robert E. Conot
	Call Number	341.69026843 21 C763j 1983
	Description	This books details the preparation for the Nuremberg war-crimes trials of 1945-46.

	Title	The Holocaust Encyclopedia
	Author	Walter Laqueur, editor
	Call Number	940.5318; H7415 2001
	Description	This item is said to be the only comprehensive, single-volume work of reference providing both a reflective overview of the subject and abundant detail concerning major events, policy decisions, cities and individuals.

	Title	The Complete Maus
	Call Number	CD-ROM 940.5318; M448 1994
	Description	The Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust is enriched with conversations with Art Spiegelman, audio interviews of his father and other original documents from which this work evolved. This is a CD-ROM Computer File and it is available for checkout. It is available in the Media Center department of Central Library.

	Title	Lest We Forget: a History of the Holocaust
	Call Number	CD-ROM 940.5318; L567 1996
	Description	This powerful testimony is to an event in history that cannot be comprehended but must be retold. This CD-ROM Computer File contains rare archival film footage, historical speeches, original music and documentary photographs eliciting powerful emotions. This item is available for checkout in the Media Center department of Central Library.

	Title	Image Before My Eyes
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	This video presentation portrays life in Poland prior to the Holocaust. It combines the resources of photographs, interviews and home movies. Everyday experiences such as school, markets, entertainment and religion are shown. Length: 90 min.

	Title	Memories of Anne Frank
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	Filmed in the building that housed the Opecta offices and the Frank family's secret refuge, Mipe Gies recounts her experiences working for Otto Frank and brining food to the fugitives. Length:, 52 min.

	Title	Memory of the Camps
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	This video features documentary footage filmed by Allied Forces cameramen when they entered the Nazi death camps and only recently discovered in the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London. Scenes in the video are from Bergen Belson, Dachau, Buchenwald and other death camps. Length: 60 min.

	Title	Schindler's List
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	Directed by Steven Spielberg, this film is used to tell the story of Oskar Schindler. Schindler owned a factory where concentration camp inmates were sent to work. While associating with the Nazis, he secretly hid and saved more than 1,000 Jews. Length: 3 hours.

	Title	The Bielski Brothers: The Unknown Partisans
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	The two surviving Bielski brothers explain how they commanded the largest Jewish partisan group in occupied Europe during World War II. Length: 53 min.

	Title	Europa, Europa
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	This video chronicles the story of Solomon Perel, a courageous German-Jewish teenager who survived World War I by concealing his true identity and living as a Nazi. In German and Russian with subtitles. Brief nudity. Length: 115 min.

	Title	Facing Hate with Elie Weisel and Bill Moyers
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	Elie Wiesel helps probe the logic of hatred as expressed in books, religion, history and personal experience. When he was 15, his family perished in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. As he has struggled to understand hatred and its role in contemporary world affairs, he has become a prolific writer, a leader in the worldwide cause of human rights and the winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. Length: 58 min.

	Title	America and the Holocaust : deceit and indifference
	Call Number	Videorecording
	Description	Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government.