While captive in the Warsaw ghetto, Jewish historian and social worker Emanuel Ringelblum led a brave group—including writers ...

This video demonstrates how to choose films for the classroom and lessons that provide historical context for films and support students’ critical thinking. View all videos in the Building a Holocaust ...

The 2024 Rubin Lecture: Bold Voices against Extremism is being postponed to a later date.

Video length: 11 minutes Antisemitism is the prejudice against or hatred of Jews. By incorporating the long history of antisemitism into your study of the Holocaust, students learn the Holocaust ...

Video length: 10 minutes The Museum has a vast offering of resources to help you customize a curriculum sequence for your students. Start with your students: think about their needs and interests.

Holocaust historian Dr. Doris Bergen discusses how to introduce students to the history of the Holocaust, including how the Nazis came to power, what ideas guided their actions, and the role of WWII ...

Placing acts of resistance in a historical context helps students reexamine the common question: Why didn’t people fight back?

Video length: 12 minutes During the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees tried to escape Europe and immigrate to the United States, but not everyone was successful. As the German government ...

Studying Nazi propaganda helps students understand the role of antisemitism in the Holocaust, and incorporating media literacy skills into this study encourages students to think critically about ...

Video length: 11 minutes This video presents two timeline extension lessons that place classic Holocaust literature in historical context: Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, and Anne Frank’s diary.The ...

This video provides strategies to help students and teachers move beyond describing people as bystanders, perpetrators, and rescuers and toward understanding the complexity of human choices and the ...