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Holocaust
Article from Britannica School. Requires an STS log-in.
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students (at USHMM)
Holocaust Encylopedia (at USHMM)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vad Yashem - World Holocaust Remberance Center
A People's History of the Holocaust
Remember.org shares art, discussion, photos, poems, and facts to preserve powerful memories of the Holocaust.
History of the Holocaust (Youtube)
This video is part of the Holocaust Education Video Toolbox created by Vad Yashem - World Remembrance Center
Visual History Archive (at USC Shoah Foundation)
The Visual History Archive® is USC Shoah Foundation’s online portal that allows users to search through and view more than 55,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide.
The Nizkor Project

European History Primary Sources
This site is a portal to other websites containing primary source documents or collections for the history of Europe. This site has been reviewed and recommended by the American Library Association (ALA).

German Propaganda from WII
German Propaganda from WWII compiled by Calvin College
German National Socialism and WWII
Primary Documents. Brigham Young University. EuroDocs is a wiki of European History primary sources. EuroDocs is similar to Humbul. Resources are arranged by area or country. Once in a particular country, the resources are then broken down by era.
Hitler Youth (Video Clips)
The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend, often abbreviated to 'HJ') was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung (or the SA). It was made up of the Hitlerjugend proper, for male youth ages 14–18, the younger boys' section Deutsches Jungvolk for ages 10–14, and the girls' section Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM, the League of German Girls).
German History Institute
German Historical Institute. GHDI is a collection of German primary sources from 1500 to the present. The resources are arranged in ten sections. To enter the sections click on the images.

The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson; Marilyn J. Harran (As told to); Elisabeth B. Leyson (As told to)
Call Number: MS 940.5 Ley
ISBN: 9781442497818
Publication Date: 2013
Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to ghetto to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler.
Night by Elie Wiesel (Preface by); Marion Wiesel (Translator)
Call Number: MS 940.5 Wie
ISBN: 9780374500016
Publication Date: 2006
Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl; Marion Blumenthal Lazan
Call Number: MS 940.5 Per
ISBN: 9780688142940
Publication Date: 1996
Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren
Call Number: MS 940.5 War
ISBN: 0060007672
Publication Date: 2002
A biography of Jack Mandelbaum, who survived Nazi concentration camps when he was a teenager.
Parallel Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer; Helen Waterford; Alfons Heck
Call Number: MS 943 Aye
ISBN: 0689318308
Publication Date: 1995
An account of World War II in Germany as told from the viewpoints of a former Nazi soldier and a Jewish holocaust survivor.

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
Call Number: MS [F] Sha
ISBN: 9780061579707
Publication Date: 2012
In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Call Number: MS [F] Zus
ISBN: 0375831002
Publication Date: 2006
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Internet History Archives
The Internet History Sourcebooks are wonderful collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use by Paul Halsall. The Sourcebooks include an Ancient History Sourcebook, a Medieval Sourcebook, and a Modern History Sourcebook, as well as assorted other Sourcebooks on topics such as Women's history, Islamic history, and East Asian history.” From Fordham University