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Resources
Cultural and Heritage Organizations
Bielsko-Biala Jewish Community, Poland (Polish and English)
This site provides information regarding the Bielsko-Biala Jewish
Community, as well as its Department of Documentation and History. The
departments main purpose is to establish and run a Judaic library and
archive, open to all those interested in the history and culture of Jews
in this area. The community hosts many religious and social activities
for its modest community throughout the year.
The Canadian Foundation of Polish-Jewish Heritage
http://www.Polish-Jewish-Heritage.org
Jewish Community Center in Krakow
http://www.Polish-Jewish-Heritage.org
Jewish Community Center in Krakow
http://www.jewishfestival.pl/index_en.php
Jewish Community of Poland
Learn more about todays active Jewish community in Poland, including
links to many organizations, foundations and associations associated
with the community. Polish and English language available.
Lauder Foundation in Poland
http://www.lauder.pl/index_en.htm
Learn about the activities and projects of the Ronald S. Lauder
Foundation in Poland.
United States Commission for the Preservation of Americas Heritage
Abroad
http://www.interment.net/column/records/compaha
The Commission is a Federal agency charged with assisting Central and
Eastern European countries with preserving cultural heritage related to
the foreign past of American citizens.
Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League probes the roots of hatred against Jews and
serves as a public resource for government, media, law enforcement
agencies and the public at large. In addition, the Braun Holocaust
Institute has been teaching about the Holocaust era and its impact on
contemporary society and culture.
Beth Hatefutsoth/ Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
Beth Hatefutsoth conveys the story of the Jewish people from the time of
their expulsion from the Land of Israel to the present. In the Jewish
Genealogy Center, visitors can search a computerized database containing
thousands of genealogies of Jewish families from all over the world and
can also register their own family trees.
The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History
http://www.jewishhistory.huji.ac.il
Episodes from Auschwitz
http://www.episodesfromauschwitz.pl
The first historical comic book about Auschwitz, in which history is
candidly shown using a striking graphic form. Each comic is based on a
certain moment in the history of Auschwitz shown from the perspective of
those who took part in these events, as well as those who witnessed
them.
Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves is a national educational and professional
development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse
backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in
order to promote the development of a more humane and informed
citizenry.
Fortunoff Archives (Yale University)
http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies
The Fortunoff Archives houses a collection of over 3,800 videotaped
interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust.
Holy Cross Francis and Jacob Hiatt Collection of Holocaust Materials
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/library/website/hiatt
The College of the Holy Cross maintains a substantial collection of
Holocaust materials.
Jewish Virtual Library
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
A source for information about Jewish history, Israel, U.S.-Israel
relations, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and Judaism.
The Holocaust Chronicle
http://www.holocaustchronicle.org
Holocaust/Genocide Project
The Holocaust-Genocide Project is a decade old, Internet based,
educational meeting place for global educators and students interested
in learning and discussing the Holocaust. Curriculum based, the project
offers an extensive knowledge base, a broad discussion forum and teacher
and student support. The project participators publish an annual
magazine An End to Intolerance. The HGP is an
independent project of i*EARN (the International, Education and Resource
Network).
Holocaust Teachers Resource Center
The Holocaust Teachers Resource Center strives to combat prejudice and
bigotry by transforming the horrors of the Holocaust into positive
lessons to help make this a better and safer world for everybody.
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR)
provides monthly financial assistance to more than 1,700 Righteous
Gentiles. Also committed to education, the JFR
education department seeks to educate teachers and students about the
history of the Holocaust.
Leo Baeck Institute
The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study and lecture center whose
library and archives offer the most comprehensive documentation for the
study of the history of German-speaking Jewry.
Multicultural Pavilion
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural
Resources and Dialogues for Equity in Education.
Routes to Roots Foundation
The purpose of this organization is to survey, study, research,
inventory and document Jewish material, archives and Judaica in Eastern
European archives.
Silent Voices Speak
http://www.silentvoicesspeak.com
The mission of Silent Voices Speak is to provide an extraordinary
educational experience that enhances public understanding of the
Holocaust and its relation to present day social injustice.
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
The Shoah Foundation is promoting mutual understanding and respect among
all races, by enabling people worldwide to see history through the
accounts of tens of thousands of individuals who endured and survived
the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem Holocaust Education Homepage
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/index.asp
Lesson plans, online courses and Resource Center of the leading
Holocaust education institution in Israel.
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
http://www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl
Learn more about the history and present state of the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps.
Center for Holocaust Studies at the Jagiellonian University
http://www.holocaust.uj.edu.pl
Florida Holocaust Museum
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The fourth largest Holocaust Museum in the country, the Florida Holocaust Museum houses the premier permanent exhibit, History, Heritage and Hope, a compelling history of individuals of strength, courage and spirit, who confronted the extremes of hatred and persecution in their homes and communities.
Galicia Jewish Museum
http://www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
Global Directory of Holocaust Museums
http://www.science.co.il/Holocaust-Museums.asp
International Survey of Jewish Monuments
http://www.isjm.orgISJM was founded in 1977 by an international group of distinguished scholars concerned with the lack of reliable information available about Jewish art and sites.
Museum of Jewish Heritage
http://www.mjhnyc.org
The
AJC functions under the auspices of the
Museum. Visit the Museum to gain a better understanding of the 20th
century Jewish experience.
Simon Wiesenthal Center/ Museum of Tolerance
http://www.wiesenthal.com
Together with the Museum of Tolerance, the Wiesenthal Center carries on the continuing fight against bigotry and anti-Semitism and pursues an active agenda of related contemporary issues.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org
Americas national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. It serves as this countrys memorial to the
millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. In addition, the International List of Current Activities Regarding Holocaust -Era Assets (www.ushmm.org/assets) is a project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in conjunction with the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets.
World Monuments Fund
http://www.worldmonuments.org
The World Monuments Fund promotes onsite conservation of cultural landmarks and art as well as supports educational and interpretive activities. In 1988, the World Monuments Fund began its Jewish Heritage Program in response to the widespread destruction of the rich architectural heritage of Jewish communities around the world
Yad Vashem
http://www.yadvashem.org
Yad Vashem is the pioneer of Holocaust commemoration in the world. It houses the collective memory of the Jewish people. Yad Vashem commemorates the six million Jews and their communities wiped out in the Holocaust.
Children of the Holocaust Association in Poland
http://www.dzieciholocaustu.org.pl
Conference on Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference)
The Claims Conference was created to secure funds for the relief, rehabilitation and resettlement of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust; to rebuild the Jewish communities and institutions devastated by the Third Reich; and to document and commemorate the Holocaust and the Jewish cultural life that was annihilated.
Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
http://www.wfjcsh.org
This organizations objectives are to represent the interest of the child survivor community and to support each other, to keep alive the memory
of the six million Jews including the 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust, and to pass on our legacy to future generations.
Jacob Hennenberg
http://members.aol.com/jpearl3/
Jacob Hennenberg was born in 1924 in the Polish city of Oswiecim (Auschwitz). He spent his childhood in the town and survived the Holocaust in concentration camps around Poland. Now age 75, Jacob is dedicated to remembrance of the Shoah (Holocaust).
Holocaust Survivors
www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/index.html
Since 1939, the American Red Cross has been providing tracing services to
help thousands of people seeking the fate of their loved ones missing during the Holocaust and WWII.
Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group
www.crarg.org/search-holocaust-records.php
The Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group finds, translates, and types Holocaust survivor lists and death lists from around Poland. This database, with over 1/4 million records so far, covering hundreds of towns, consisting of more than 100 separate projects, is one of the largest on the web.
JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org
JewishGen, Inc. is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide.
Sefer Oshpitsin: Oswiecim-Auschwitz Memorial Book
www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Oswiecim1/Oswiecim.html
The Oshpitzin Yizkor Database. Compiled by Rabbi Joseph Schachter
Visit the official website of Oswiecim, Poland. The site includes links to the Town Hall, the Auschwitz State Museum, and Town activities.
