Britannica's Holocaust Resources
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Britannica’s Holocaust Resources Britannica has opened up a large portion of its database on the Holocaust: more than 100 articles, essays, and lesson / classroom prompts, some of which also contains photographs and videos. Many of the articles have been written by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, an internationally known scholar with a stellar reputation in Holocaust studies and the former director of the Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. In essence, Britannica is offering a free encyclopedia of the Holocaust as part of a new partnership with a number of eductional institutions. More about this project can be found HERE . These Britannica articles provide an unmatched resource, and not just for teachers and students. It will certainly be of interest to anyone who would like a convenient, reliable resource for Holocaust-related information. Part 1: Hitler and the Origins of the Holocaust • ADOLF HITLER • ANTI - SEMITISM • KLAUS BARBIE • BEER HALL PUTSCH • E V A B R A U N • ADOLF EICHMANN • GENOCIDE • GESTAPO • H A N S F R A N K • HERMANN GÖRING • JULIUS STREICHER • REINHARD HEYDRICH • RUDOLF HESS • HEINRICH HIMMLER • KRISTALLNACHT • M E I N K A M P • N A Z I P A R T Y • NÜRNBERG LAWS • FRANZ VON PAPEN • ALFRED ROSENBERG • SA • SS • SWASTIKA • T HYSSEN FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Part 2: The Holocaust • THE HOLOCAUST • NON - JEWISH VICTIMS OF TH E HOLOCAUST • A N N E F R A N K • THE DIARY OF ANNE FR ANK • MORDECAI ANIELEWICZ • ALFRIED KRUPP VON BO HLEN UND HALBACH • AUSCHWITZ • B A B Y Y A R • BELZEC • BERGEN - BELSEN • BUCHENWALD • CARL VON OSSIETZKY • CHELMNO • CONCENTRATION CAMP • DACHAU • DINKO LJUBOMIR SAKIC • EINSATZGRUPPEN • EXTERMINATION CAMP • FLOSSENBÜRG • GROSS - ROSEN • GURS • GAS CHAMBER • I G F A R B E N • I L S A K O C H • JEAN CAYROL • JOHN DEMJANJUK • JOSEF KRAMER • JOSEF MENGELE • JUDENRÄTE • LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL • MAJDANEK • MARTIN BUBER • MAUTHAUSEN • MENACHEM BEGIN • MICHEL THOMAS • MORDECAI ANIELEWICZ • NEUENGAMME - RING • NIGHT AND FOG DECREE • NÜRNBERG TRIALS • OSKAR SCHINDLER • SCHINDLER’S LIST • PLASZOW • RAOUL WALLENBERG • RAVENSBRÜCK • RUDOLF FRANZ HOESS • SACHSENHAUSEN • S I E M E N S A G • SOBIBOR • STUTTHOF • T 4 P R O G R A M • THERESIENSTADT • TREBLINKA • VUGHT • WANNSEE CONFERENCE • W A R REFUGEE BOARD • WARSAW GHETTO UPRISI NG • WESTERBORK • YITZHAK ZUCKERMAN DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Part 3: The Allied Response: Should the Allies Have Bombed the Camps? • MICHAEL BERENBAUM: “ WHY WASN’T AUSCHWITZ BOMBED?” DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Part 4: The Christian Response: The Actions of the Church • P I U S XII • GERMAN CHRISTIANS • CONFESSING CHURCH • EDITH STEIN • MARTIN NIEMÖLLER • REINHOLD NIEBUHR • DIETRICH BONHOEFFER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Part 5: Art, Meaning, and Memory • HOLOCAUST AFTERMATH • HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANC E D A Y S • HOLOCAUST MUSEUMS • HOLOCAUST AND ART • ARNOŠT LUSTIG • ART SPIEGELMAN • BEATE AND SERGE KLAR SFELD • BRUNO BETTELHEIM • IMRE KERTÉSZ • JEAN - JACQUES BERNARD • TADEUSZ BOROWSKI • VIKTOR FRANKL • YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO • P R I M O L E V I • ELIE WIESEL DIS CUSSION QUESTIONS .