Holocaust Education

Here is a list of resources to help school leaders and educators teach students about the Holocaust. 

Educational Resources

• Key Facts about International Holocaust Rememberance Day 

• UN exhibits on Holocaust Education and Remeberance

• The BBC has short, animated videos in which survivors recount their stories of survival, which are meant for the classroom. 

• The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous has produced documentaries and educational materials about non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Shoah.

• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has put together a series of videos on topics related to the Holocaust.

• The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation offers online classes, films and other resources about Jews who resisted the Nazis.

• United States Holocaust Museum online resources

• PBS Holocaust lesson plans and activities

• Names, Not Numbers

• Yad Vashem has massive online digital collections, including photo and document archives.

• Facing History and Ourselves offers extensive educational resources online regarding the Shoah and other historical matters.

• The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism devotes a section of its website to information about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, including contemporary issues.

• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, which contains numerous articles by leading scholars, includes discussions of the Shoah in the histories of Jews of different countries; the entry under “Holocaust” focuses on the diaries, art, and music produced by Jews during this time.

Holocaust related articles from Prizmah blogs and HaYidion

• Understanding the Holocaust as Jews by Ann Nachbar

• The Power of Holocaust Memory to Influence our Reality by Sharon Buenos

• Spiritual Healing of Memories Through Art: Holocaust Imagery and Theology by Karen Dressler

• To March or Not to March? Reflections on March of the Living by Chaye Kohl