This
pathfinder will provide starting points for locating information
about the Holocaust. It lists suggestions for finding books,
magazines, journals, newspapers and web pages using print resources,
databases and the Internet.
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Most
print resources on the Holocaust will be
located in 940.5318 or
940.54 (World War II)
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Some
example resources in our collection:
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The
Holocaust and World War II Almanac
REF 940.5318 HOL
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People
of the Holocaust
REF 940.5318 SCH
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Print
resources on specific topics may be found by searching the
Online
Catalog for books.
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Some
example search terms:
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Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945)
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 ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Databases:
Scroll over an image for a complete description.
~ Search for biographies on people such as
Elie Wiesel or Adolf Hitler.
~ Search for articles and images on topics such as the Holocaust,
concentration camps, and resistance.
 ~
News stories of the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. Included: Chicago Tribune Morgue clippings
file (nearly 3 million); major stories covering events
and issues clipped and indexed by the Chicago Tribune staff
at time of publication. Coverage is from the 1920's through
1984. Front pages (16,614 pages containing
over 155,000 articles) - image of entire front page as it appeared
when published from the early 1900 through 1984.
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~ Magazine and newspaper
articles
~ Search for articles on the Holocaust or
Anne Frank by clicking the Reference Tab
first.
~ Search for reference, magazine/newspaper, and
primary source articles on topics such as Holocaust
survivors or Holocaust rescuers.
~ Search for reference, magazine/newspaper, and
primary source articles in on topics such as World
War II, anti-semitism, and Kristallnacht.
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~ Search for newspaper articles from U.S.
and international sources on topics
such as Holocaust denial, genocide, refugees
and more.
~ Search for viewpoint and magazine/newspaper
articles on topics such as Holocaust denial,
Holocaust survivors, and Holocaust memorials.
~ Search for reference, magazine/newspaper, primary
source articles and images on topics
such as World War II, propaganda, Kristallnacht,
and much more.
Holocaust
Internet Resources
- The
Anne Frank House ~ "Web site of the Amsterdam museum
located in the house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis during
World War II. Contains a biography, photos, a history of the
pogroms instituted against the Jews, the reasons the Frank
family went into hiding, and information on their final days
in the concentration camps. Also includes brief excerpts of
her diary, its history, and its publication background."
--Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII)
- Anne
Frank, the Writer: an Unfinished Story ~
An exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Auschwitz:
Inside the Nazi State
~ The companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
production of the same title provides an overview of concentration
camps in general and Auschwitz in particular. Includes the
evolution of the camp, interactive maps, transcripts of interviews
with scholars, testimony of victims and perpetrators, and
a video installation. (LII)
- The
Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students
~ A detailed outline of topics related to the Holocaust including
ghettos and camps.
- Holocaust
Encyclopedia (from the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum) ~ An extensive resource of Holocaust topics.
- The
Holocaust History Project “…a
free archive of documents, photographs, recordings,
and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation
of Holocaust-denial.”
- Holocaust/Shoah
~ A collection of original documents, letters, and
photos document the Holocaust.
Scroll down and click on SURVIVORS & RESCUERS or
THE THIRD REICH.
- Holocaust
Survivors ~ Stories from Holocaust survivors;
includes a photo gallery.
- The
Kindertransport Association ~"The Kindertransport
Association (KTA) is a not-for-profit organization of child
holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents,
out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great
Britain." Click on History, Bibliographies & Memoirs,
Related Web Sites for information.
- Learning
about the Holocaust through Art
~ Essays, biographies, and extensive image collections
of visual art created during the Holocaust.
- Nazi
and East German Propaganda Archive ~ Documents,
photos, and images of Nazi propaganda.
- Remember.org
~ An extensive searchable site.
Use the IMAGES, WITNESSES, and LINKS tabs at the top
for information.
- Teacher's Guide to the
Holocaust ~ Click on the SITE MAP to see a clickable
list of topics.
- The
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ~ Type in your
topic in the SEARCH BOX in the upper right corner.
- Voices
of the Holocaust
~ Interviews conducted in 1946 in displaced persons camps
around Europe and transcribed into English by Dr. David Pablo
Boder, an Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) professor.
Click on GATEWAY to access the interview transcripts
and audio files.
- The
Warsaw Ghetto
~ Documents relating to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of April
and May 1943, in which Jews fought back against the Nazis
in World War II. Includes contemporary reports, biographies
of participants, government documents, and excerpts from newspaper
articles, books, and diaries. From the Jewish Virtual Library.
- Witness
to the Holocaust ~
"a compilation of liberator interviews,
photographs, video, audio and textual files
dealing with the Holocaust, the liberation of Nazi Concentration
Camps in 1945 and the aftermath and consequences of the Holocaust."
- Women
and the Holocaust ~
This site covers topics related to women and the Holocaust,
such as women's survival in concentration camps,
women artists in the Warsaw Ghetto, and resistance
activities of women in camps.
- Women
of Ravensbrück: Portraits of Courage
~ "This exhibit looks at the history and background of
the Ravensbrück camp, a World War II
concentration camp for women. It features
stories from several inmates, images
of the camp and of prisoner art, and essays
on topics such as children, medical experiments, spiritual
resistance, and concentration camp cookbooks." (LII)
N.
Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center,
Park Ridge, IL
Created: 6/11/06 Last update: 5/12/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org
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