Govs Library: Junior History Paper Topics: Holocaust

Online Resources: The Holocaust

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Material evidence, art and artifacts related to the Holocaust, research and publication, education materials, and teacher resources among others; selected primary sources available online
Yad Vashem--The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Facing History--The Holocaust
JFCS Holocaust Center

From Our Library: Books on the Holocaust

Below are just some examples of the library's materials on the Holocaust.

NB. You might also find the resources on the WW II tab useful.

A Nightmare in History by Mirian Chaikin
Call Number: 940.5315 CHA
ISBN: 0899194613
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
Traces the history of anti-Semitism from biblical times through the twelve years of the Nazi era, 1933-1945, and describes Hitler's plans to annihilate European Jews by focusing on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Also discusses the continuing effort to remember the horrors of the Holocaust.
Can It Happen Again? by Roselle K. Chartock (Editor); Jack Spencer (Editor)
Call Number: 940.5318 CAN
ISBN: 1884822266
Publication Date: 1995-01-04
A collection of over 100 eyewitness accounts, memoirs, documentary materials, and selections from eminent writers about the Holocaust and genocide.
Children of the Holocaust by Helen Epstein
Call Number: 940.5315 EPS
ISBN: 0140112847
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Relates the stories of several people whose parents were survivors of Nazi concentration camps and the effect this has had on their lives.
Daily Life During the Holocaust by Carol D. Schulz; Eve Nussbaum Soumerai
Call Number: 940.5318 SOU
ISBN: 0313302022
Publication Date: 1998-11-30
Draws from journals, diaries, photographs, poetry, and personal testimonies of Holocaust victims, as well as documents of the Nazi regime, to provide information about the day-to-day lives of Jews and others who were persecuted by the Nazis.
Denying the Holocaust by Deborah E. Lipstadt
Call Number: 940.5318 LIP
ISBN: 0452272742
Publication Date: 1994-07-01
Examines how Holocaust denial thrives in the current atmosphere of value relativism and argues that this attack on the factual record undermines objective scholarship.
Different Voices by Carol Rittner (Editor); John K. Roth (Editor)
Call Number: 940.5318 DIF
ISBN: 1557785031
Publication Date: 1993-09-01
Examines women's experiences of the Holocaust with reflections of writers, theologians, and philosophers.
The Pictorial Atlas of the Holocaust by Yitzak Arad
Call Number: REF 940.53 PIC
ISBN: 002897011X
Publication Date: 1990-07-07
A compilation of photos, maps, and explanatory text on the Holocaust.
The World Must Know by Michael Berenbaum
Call Number: 940.5318 BER
ISBN: 0316091359
Publication Date: 1993-04-01
Coinciding with the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April, this volume commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, using photographs of the museum's artifacts to document the human stories.

From Our Library: Articles on the Holocaust

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Articles from magazines, newspapers, newswires, TV and radio transcripts
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Publications and research materials for the study of world history; from ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance
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full-text journal and reference articles covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present

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