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World War II Resources: Holocaust

A brief guide to finding resources on World War II at Georgia Regents University.

Holocaust Websites

Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
The Museum features artifacts related to Jewish history and modern Jewish life. The materials displayed online are highlights from a collection of nearly 25,000 objects
U.S. Holocaust Museum
Includes the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, with an archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses, is part of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Yad Vashem
Established in 1953 as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust.

Holocaust Films

A variety of Holocaust films are available through Films on Demand.

Reference Books

The Holocaust Encyclopedia by Walter Laqueur (Editor); Judith Tydor Baumel
Call Number: REF D804.25 .H66 2001

ISBN: 0300084323

Publication Date: 2001-03-29

Up-to-date & designed for easy access, this single-volume encyclopedia presents information on the major aspects of the Holocaust. Essays by scholars from eleven countries draw on a number of sources -- including recently uncovered evidence from the former Soviet bloc -- to provide in-depth studies on the political, social, religious, & moral issues of the Holocaust as well as short entries identifying events, sites, & individuals.
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust by Shmuel Spector (Editor); Geoffrey Wigoder; Elie Wiesel
Call Number: REF DS135.E8 E45 2001

ISBN: 0814793568

Publication Date: 2001-07-01

Features
-Three volumes
-1,824 pages
-81/2 x 11
-More than 6,500 communities profiled
-600 b&w photographs and illustrations
-17 pages of maps
-21-page glossary
-Complete bibliography
-Index of communities including alternate spellings and pronunciations
-Index of personalities

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