The Holocaust

Please follow the links below for our selection of online educational resources about the Holocaust and modern genocide available.

The Holocaust

The Holocaust Education Development Programme - a unique programme of enquiry and network building which aims to strengthen hte learning environment and dispel myths for secondary school students across the country.

Teaching about the Holocaust - resources for educators produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holocausthistory.net - online history resource suitable for use by students KS3 and above (with guidance). Produced by the Beth Shalom Holocaust Web Centre

The Shoah Foundation - Surviving Auschwitz online exhibition - a brilliant online educational resource telling the extraordinary testimonies of five Holocaust survivors who now live around the world. Other online exhibitions from the Shoah Foundation include:

Voices of the Holocaust: Children Speak

Survivors: Testimonies of the Holocaust

Yad Vashem - extensive online educational resources, exhibitions and archives available from the Yad Vashem website

Holocaust Education Trust - details of resources, teacher training opportunities and the Lessons from Auschwitz project. Also information on how to order the BAFTA award winning educational DVD Recollections.  

Hackney Music Development Trust - a dynamic charity, which creates a variety of music projects encompassing a broad range of cultural traditions and talents, to sustain a legacy of music education for people of all ages and abilities in Hackney and beyond. They have created an arts programme called Hear our Voice - a new music theatre piece set to a liberato compiled from children’s Holocaust writings.

Genocide in the 21st Century

Ripples of Genocide - an online exhibition examining the horror of genocide in modern day Congo

Darfur - Waiting for Justice - a disturbing film released by the Aegis Trust in June 2008 to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis in Darfur

Please note that this section of our website is under construction. Check back soon for a more extensive resource list.