Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day.

Yad Vashem Videos

Daily Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

In this 7-part film, Sheryl Silver Ochayon presents the study unit for high school students: "Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto - 1941," produced by the Internationa...

Teaching the Holocaust Through Sports

Sheryl Silver Ochayon presents the story of Gretel (Margaret) Bergmann, an accomplished Jewish German athlete. Bergmann's remarkable story sheds light on the challeng...

Students Activities

Babi Yar

A poem by Russian poem Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Responding to Stories

Responding to the Stories of Holocaust Survivors

Yad Vashem Lesson Plans

Lesson plans from Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies

Hiding Place

Pupils can explore a 3D story of Anne Frank's hiding place

PBS Lesson Plans

Holocaust Remembrance Day Lesson Plans and Activities

Holocaust Day Resources

A list of Yom HaShoah/Holocaust teaching materials

Holocaust Day - Anne Frank

Excerpts from the diary of Anne Frank

Holocaust Memorial Day

Basic facts in English about the Holocaust

Videos

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

A poem by Pavel Friedman, born in 1921 who was imprisoned at Theresienstadt and later killed at Auschwitz

Paper Clip Project

THE HIDING PLACE

The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Corrie ten Boom recounting her and her family's experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust in World War II

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