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Night
This work by Elie Wiesel reveals his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust.
The Sunflower
A dying Nazi begs absolution from a young Jewish man. Does the Jew have a moral obligation to forgive him?
Teaching Children of Willesden Lane: Common Core Alignment
Access the "Teaching Children of Willesden Lane: Common Core Alignment" guide.
Holocaust and Human Behavior: A Facing History & Ourselves Elective Course
Get all of the teacher-facing content for the Facing History and Ourselves high school elective course in Google Doc or PDF format.
Teaching Holocaust and Human Behaviour: Unit Overview
This unit overview gives you a brief summary of all of the lessons in the unit and lists the materials needed alongside the main activities.
Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
Introducing the Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, students read about and discuss the Weimar Republic using primary source readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Memory and Legacy: Preparing to Learn from Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
In this classroom video, explore how framing a lesson around the importance of memory using classroom discussion and journaling can prepare students to learn from survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants.
Holocaust and Human Behavior
Get a print or PDF version of our core resource on the Holocaust, which examines the challenging history of the Holocaust while prompting reflection on our world today.
I Promised I Would Tell
Survivor Sonia Schreiber Weitz bears witness to the Holocaust through poetry and testimony in this powerful memoir.
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak
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This guide provides those viewing paintings by Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak with a framework for analyzing the art's profound symbolism about memory, justice, and identity.