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CONTENT WARNING! Some of the images below contain graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised. This topic looks at those who were persecuted, murdered, or survived the Nazi regime’s genocidal policy of the ‘Final Solution.’ SCIS no. 1865228

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Dame Susan Devoy speaks about hate speech at Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Lost Children of the Holocaust found again in memorial

In 2008, Justine Hitchcock, principal of the Wellington primary school, and her pupils began collecting the buttons in an attempt to comprehend and illustrate the sheer vastness of the number of ch...

Frequently asked questions for students about the Holocaust from New Zealand’s Holocaust centre.

Welcome to refugees

Welcome to refugees

New Zealand’s welcome to refugees, yesterday and today.

Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal

The man who brought 1100 Nazi fugitives to trial.

Holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivors

Set of images, stories, articles etc on survivors of the Holocaust

Warsaw Ghetto

The former Warsaw Ghetto is to be preserved.

Research papers

French women in concentration camps

The experiences of French women deported to Nazi concentration camps.

Memories of service

Memories of service

James McQueen describes life as a prisoner of war and interrogation by the Gestapo.

Anne Frank’s story in song

Anne Frank’s story in song

A composer discusses the choral piece Annelies.

Research papers

The Nuremberg Justice Trial

Analysis and evaluation of the Nuremberg Trials.

Auschwitz guard jailed

Reinhold Hanning was an Auschwitz SS guard.

Research papers

Hitler’s death squads

Historiographical and bibliographical analysis of the Einsatzgruppen (death squads).

Annual Nazi congress

Annual Nazi congress

German troops at the annual Nazi Congress at Nuremberg.

New land of Israel

Baron Hirsch’s scheme for Jewish colony in South America.

The immigration of Jews to New Zealand.

Revolting crimes

Revolting crimes

German concentration camps crime witnessed by General Eisenhower.

A Belsen concentration camp prisoner

A Belsen concentration camp prisoner

A prisoner in Belsen concentration camp holding a rusty tin.

Letter

Edward Mroczek wrote this letter while imprisoned at Flossenbürg concentration camp.

Auschwitz liberation service

Auschwitz liberation service

On January 271945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. This day is now celebrated internationally as the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

London Jews protest

London Jews protest

A general view of the enormous crowd totalling over 50,000 Jews, in Hyde Park, London to protest against the persecution of the Jewish race by the Nazis in Germany.

In the shadow of death

In the shadow of death

Treated prisoners at Buchenwald.

A thematic and chronological history of the Holocaust.

Hitler’s political manifesto that formed the basis for Germany’s Third Reich.

New Zealand holocaust survivor Lotte Weiss tells her story.

Nuremberg trials

Contents of the Nuremberg Trials collection.

A summary of the life of Anne Frank.

I was 9. I wanted togo on a train trip.

The stories of Bob and Freda Narev, and Fred Silberstein, child survivors of the Holocaust.

Extermination of European Jews

Primary source collection of images, reports, cables, letters etc. on the Holocaust.

Voices of the Holocaust

Oral history testimonies from Jews who came to live in Britain during or after WWII.

The man who refused to give a Nazi salute.

Refugees in New Zealand

Jewish refugees interned on Somes Island during World War II with Germans.

Richard Evans: The historian who took on a Holocaust-denier.

United States Holocaust memorial museum

A website dedicated to remembering the Holocaust and genocide.

Art Spiegelman’s Maus

A graphic novel that reveals the horrors of the Holocaust on a personal level.

Artists and the Holocaust

How artists responded to the Holocaust.

The Final Solution

The decisions and actions leading up to the 'Final Solution'.

Teaching through art

Use of art to teach about the Holocaust.

Remembering the Holocaust

Why remembering the Holocaust matters more than ever.

Roman Totenberg Papers

Documents, letters, telegrams, drawings and photo albums of the Totenberg family before and during the Holocaust.

Holocaust poetry

Poems that mirror the pain of the Holocaust.

Symphony 3, Op. 36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

Third Symphony, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by Górecki commemorates the Holocaust and became a worldwide success.

Educator video toolbox

Twenty eight educational videos on related topics about the Holocaust.

Open hearts, closed doors

This virtual exhibit tells the stories of Jewish orphans who immigrated to Canada.

The liberation of Dachau

American doctor's account of Dachau's SS guards being shot dead because they 'so had it coming'.

Guide for teachers

Remember.org helps teachers and students find Holocaust resources on the internet.

Wannsee conference

The aim of the conference was the 'Final Solution of the Jewish question.'

The 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

The Holocaust wing

Resources on the Holocaust from the American-Israeli cooperative enterprise.

Daring to resist

Portrait of 3 women who dared to resist the Nazis.

Holocaust lessons

Universal lessons of the Holocaust in today's world.

Nuremberg trials project

Examine thousands of historical documents on the Nuremberg trials.

Warsaw Ghetto uprising

A chapter from the book Holocaust and Human Behaviouron the uprising in Warsaw.

The Holocaust’s forgotten victims

The 5 million non-Jewish people killed by the Nazis.

Nazi death squad's shocking secrets.

Nazi death squad's shocking secrets revealed in buried note.

In the shadow of death

Treated prisoners at Buchenwald.

Holocaust denial on trial

Resources about the David Irving v. Penguin Books Ltd. and Deborah Lipstadt trial.

Resources on the Holocaust for students and teachers.

Directory of Holocaust museums

Links to Holocaust museums around the world.

Holocaust testimonies

An archive of videos of Holocaust testimonies.

The Holocaust; picture galleries.

Teacher’s guide to the Holocaust

Photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature about the Holocaust.

Heinrich Himmler

Hitler’s henchman - Heinrich Himmler was known as 'The Executioner.

Driving to Treblinka

Diana Wichtel recounts travelling to Poland, where her father, Benjamin Wichtel, lived through the Holocaust.

Holocaust survivors and refugees

10 Holocaust survivors tell their stories.

The meaning of pogrom; when it started and how it affected the Jews.

One button, one child

Sydney’s Moriah College is collecting 1.5 million buttons in memory of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust.

The liberation of Bergen-Belsen

British forces liberated Bergen-Belsen in April 1945.

The history and meaning of the word, Holocaust.

Haunting pictures

Haunting pictures of Holocaust victim brought to life with colour.

Holocaust denier

Holocaust denier

Holocaust denial or revisionism is a form of antisemitism designed to distort or minimise the facts of the Nazi genocide. Deniers do not believe the Holocaust happened and that the Jews invented or...

Jewish refugees

Jewish refugees

This article is from 1914, during World War I.

The Jewish badge

Nazi officials implemented the Jewish badge (an identifying badge to mark Jews) between 1939 and 1945.

Holocaust Centre of New Zealand

Provides a range of Holocaust resources for teachers and students. Also features the Children’s Holocaust Memorial and its relevance to the New Zealand Curriculum.

Holocaust (World War Two)

Holocaust is the name given to the systematic persecution and extermination of over six million Jews and others in Europe during the World War Two.

Faces of Auschwitz

By bringing color to the original black and white registration photos and telling prisoners’ stories, “Faces of Auschwitz” commemorates the memory of those who were murdered in the name of bigotry ...

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