Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Exemplary Lessons Initiative

The Holocaust

Teaching the Shoah To High School Students

Resource List

Several of the titles below are linked to lesson plans and other educational materials created with the secondary teacher of the Shoah in mind.

NOTE: All materials noted within are copyright their respective authors/publishers and are listed/cited/used here solely for educational purposes.

Print Media:

FUNDAMENTALS OF JUDAISM --

Donin, Hayam Halevy. To Be a Jew. USA: BasicBooks. 1972.

GENERAL HOLOCAUST SURVEYS --

Berenbaum, Michael. Witness To the Holocaust. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. 1997.

Landau, Ronnie S. The Nazi Holocaust. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1994.

Niewyk, Donald L. Ed. The Holocaust. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

Snell, John L., ed. The Nazi Revolution: Hitler’s Dictatorship and the German Nation. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1973.

Totten, Samuel, et al., eds. Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1997.

Wistrich, Robert S. Hitler and the Holocaust. New York: Random House, 2001 (Modern Library Paperback Edition, 2003).

LONG-TERM/SHORT-TERM/IMMEDIATE BACKGROUND --

Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Brace and Company (A Harvest Book), 1976.

Carroll, James. Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.

Kaplan, Marion A. Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany. London: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Quinn, Peter. “Race Cleansing In America.” American Heritage. February/March 2003: 34-43.

PERPETRATORS --

Browning, Christopher. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

Faber, David. Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir. San Diego: Vincent Press Publishing Company, 1997. 215 pages.

Gross, Jan T. Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland. New York: Penguin Books, 2002.

Hilberg, Raul. Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe 1933-1945. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

Klee, Ernst, et al., eds. The Good Old Days: the Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky; Reissue edition (March 1, 1996).

Rhodes, Richard. Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2002.

JEWISH VICTIMS --

Faber, David. Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir. San Diego: Vincent Press Publishing Company, 1997. 215 pages.

Glass, James M. “Life Unworthy Of Life”: Racial Phobia and Mass Murder In Hitler’s Germany. New York: BasicBooks, 1997.

Hilberg, Raul. Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe 1933-1945. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

Kaplan, Marion A. Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany. London: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Kor, Eva Mozes and Mary Wright. Echoes From Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele’s Twins – The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes. Terre Haute, IN: C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Inc., 2002.

Tec, Nechama. Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 242 pages.

Zapruder, Alexandra. Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

NON-JEWISH VICTIMS --

Author unknown. Pamphlets from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

Handicapped

Homosexuals

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Sinti & Roma

Biesold, Horst. Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People In Nazi Germany. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 1999.

Friedlander, Henry. The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1995.

Friedman, Ina R. The Other Victims: First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted By the Nazis. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990.

Lewy, Guenter. The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2000.

RESISTANCE --

Duffy, Peter. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Saved 1,200 Jews, and Built a Village In the Forest. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2003.

BYSTANDERS --

Barnett, Victoria J. Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity During the Holocaust. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2000.

Cornwell, John. Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII. New York: Viking, 1999.

Hilberg, Raul. Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe 1933-1945. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

RESCUERS --

Duffy, Peter. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Saved 1,200 Jews, and Built a Village In the Forest. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2003.

Gilbert, Martin. The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust. New York: Henry Holt and Company LLC, 2003.

Harris, Mark Jonathan and Deborah Oppenheimer. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.

Rogow, Sally M. Faces of Courage: Young Heroes of World War II. Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2003.

Tec, Nechama. Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 242 pages.

LIBERATION --

Chamberlain, Brewster and Marcia Feldman, eds. The Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps 1945: Eyewitness Accounts Of the Liberators. Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1987.

Faber, David. Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir. San Diego: Vincent Press Publishing Company, 1997. 215 pages.

Tec, Nechama. Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 242 pages.

SURVIVORS --

Chartock, Roselle K. and Jack Spencer, eds. Can It Happen Again? Chronicles of the Holocaust. New York: Black Dog and Leventhal, 2001.

Cretzmeyer, Stacy and Beate Klarsfeld. Your Name Is Renee: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story As a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Faber, David. Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir. San Diego: Vincent Press Publishing Company, 1997. 215 pages.

Finkel, Sidney. Sevek and the Holocaust: The Boy Who Refused To Die. Matteson, IL: Sidney Finkel, 2006.

Klein, Gerda Weissmann. All But My Life. New York: Hill and Wang, 1995.

Kor, Eva Mozes and Mary Wright. Echoes From Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele’s Twins – The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes. Terre Haute, IN: C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Inc., 2002.

Levi, Primo. Survival In Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault On Humanity. New York: Simon and Schuster (A Touchstone Book), 1996.

Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale; My Father Bleeds History Volume I. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.

Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale; And Here My Troubles Began Volume II. New York: Pantheon Books, 1991.

Tec, Nechama. Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 242 pages.

Zapruder, Alexandra. Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

CHILDREN --

Cretzmeyer, Stacy and Beate Klarsfeld. Your Name Is Renee: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story As a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Faber, David. Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor’s Memoir. San Diego: Vincent Press Publishing Company, 1997.

Finkel, Sidney. Sevek and the Holocaust: The Boy Who Refused To Die. Matteson, IL: Sidney Finkel, 2006.

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.

Kaplan, Marion A. Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany. London: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Kor, Eva Mozes and Mary Wright. Echoes From Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele’s Twins – The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes. Terre Haute, IN: C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Inc., 2002.

Rogow, Sally M. Faces of Courage: Young Heroes of World War II. Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2003.

Tec, Nechama. Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. 242 pages.

Zapruder, Alexandra. Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

Video Media:

Note: For the instructor desiring to create a video unit based on some of the films listed below, a summary/assessment activity is available here.

INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS--

A Good Man In Hell: General Romeo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide. Videocassette. © Committee on Conscience/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2003.

The In-Crowd and Social Cruelty with John Stossel. Videocassette. © ABC News, 2002.

FUNDAMENTALS OF JUDAISM --

Mysteries of the Bible: Messiah. Videocassette © Filmroos, Inc. for A&E Television Networks, 1997.

GENERAL HOLOCAUST SURVEYS --

Hitler’s Holocaust: Invasion

Videocassettes. © MPR Film und Fernsch Produktion GmtH for the History Channel, 2000.

LONG-TERM/SHORT-TERM/IMMEDIATE BACKGROUND --

The Century: Ultimate Power. Videocassette. © A&E Television Networks, 2000.

Hitler: Mein Kampf. Videocassette. © Kit Parker Films, 1960.

The Longest Hatred. Videocassette. © Thames Television plc 1991; © WGBH Educational Foundation 1993.

PERPETRATORS --

Biography: Adolf Eichmann. Videocassette. © ABC News Productions for A&E Television Network, 1997.

Hitler: Mein Kampf. Videocassette. © Kit Parker Films, 1960.

Hitler’s Holocaust: Invasion

Videocassettes. © MPR Film und Fernsch Produktion GmtH for the History Channel, 2000.

Horror of the Camps. Videocassette. Discovery Channel, © H.R. Coty, 1995.

In Search Of: The Angel of Death Mengele. Videocassette. © Alan Landsberg Productions, Universal Television, 1978.

One Survivor Remembers. Videocassette © Direct Cinema Limited, 1999.

Survivors of the Holocaust. Videocassette © Warner Home Video, 1996.

Uprising. Videocassette. © NBC Television, 2001.

JEWISH VICTIMS --

Hitler’s Holocaust: Invasion

Videocassettes. © MPR Film und Fernsch Produktion GmtH for the History Channel, 2000.

Horror of the Camps. Videocassette. Discovery Channel, © H.R. Coty, 1995.

In Search Of: The Angel of Death Mengele. Videocassette. © Alan Landsberg Productions, Universal Television, 1978.

One Survivor Remembers. Videocassette © Direct Cinema Limited, 1999.

Schindler's List. DVD (Widescreen). (c) Universal Studios, 1993. DVD released March 9, 2004.

Survivors of the Holocaust. Videocassette © Warner Home Video, 1996.

Uprising. Videocassette. © NBC Television, 2001.

NON-JEWISH VICTIMS --

In Search Of: The Angel of Death Mengele. Videocassette. © Alan Landsberg Productions, Universal Television, 1978.

RESISTANCE --

Hitler’s Holocaust: Resistance. Videocassette. © MPR Film und Fernsch Produktion GmtH for the History Channel, 2000.

Uprising. Videocassette. © NBC Television, 2001.

BYSTANDERS --

RESCUERS --

Schindler's List. DVD (Widescreen). (c) Universal Studios, 1993. DVD released March 9, 2004.

LIBERATION --

Schindler's List. DVD (Widescreen). (c) Universal Studios, 1993. DVD released March 9, 2004.

SURVIVORS --

Hitler’s Holocaust: Invasion

Schindler's List. DVD (Widescreen). (c) Universal Studios, 1993. DVD released March 9, 2004.

CHILDREN --

Hitler’s Holocaust: Invasion

Schindler's List. DVD (Widescreen). (c) Universal Studios, 1993. DVD released March 9, 2004.

Internet Sources:

http://ddickerson.igc.org/protocols.html. Links to many other sites with specific commentaries on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

http://libro.uca.edu/vcode/vg12-2.htm. The Visigothic Code: (Forum judicum).

Grobman, Gary. The Holocaust – A Guide For Teachers – available at http://remember.org/guide.

http://ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS37851A. Photo of a caricature of a malevolent Jew equated with the Devil and shown menacing Mother Europe, who resembles Mary.

http://www.adl.org/special_reports/protocols/protocols_intro.asp. Anti-Defamation League’s stance on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

http://www.facinghistory.org/facing/fhao2.nsf/all/Holocaust+and+Human+Behavior+PDFs/$file/HHB+Chapter+3.pdf – The German Election of 1932: Party Platforms Exercise. Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior, Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Brookline, MA, 1994 -- begins on page 38.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chrysostom-jews6.html. Excerpt from one of John Chrysostum’s sermons.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/spencer-darwin.html. Principles of Social Darwinism.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-euthanasia.htm. A short article on the T-4 program.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-knacht.htm. Short article with two photographs; overview of Kristallnacht.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-tasks.htm. Photo of an einsatzgruppen execution, and short article.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm. Catholic Encyclopedia: Inquisition.

http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/viewer/wlc/photo.php?RefId=02625. Photo of a train.

http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/viewer/wlc/photo.php?RefId=44203. Photo of Joseph Goebbels giving a speech in Berlin.

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/homosexuals_02/Comprehensive site covering all aspects of the persecution of homosexuals both in Germany and in German-held lands.

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/issues/k-night1.htm. Original document that Hitler used to address the police concerning their role in the upcoming Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9-10, 1938.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS20600. A cartoon showing a beautiful Aryan woman standing while riding a train while “ugly Jews” keep their seats and gossip.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS20599. Similar to the cartoon above, this one turns more direct toward the assault of the Aryan by the "conniving" Jew.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS20591. Again, as above.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS20596. Aryan woman being crucified by a Jew.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS40000. Cover of the antisemitic children’s primer The Poisonous Mushroom.

http://www.ushmm.org/uia-cgi/uia_doc/photos/xWS73815. Antisemitic cartoon of a "Jewish" octopus encircling the earth.

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Luther_on_Jews.html. Jewish Virtual Library article on Martin Luther’s diatribes against the Jews.

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/cc.html. Jewish Virtual Library list of links to information about the concentration camps.

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/denial.html. Jewish Virtual Library article describing the roots of Holocaust denial as a movement in North America and Europe.

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/articles_of_faith.html. Jewish Virtual Library article on the fundamentals of Jewish belief.

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM. Overview of the Enlightenment and several of its principle philosophers from throughout Europe.