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Essays and publications relating to Holocaust study are posted here. They are focused at elementary through college students. Other essays are designed for a generic population. Whenever possible entire essays and publications are included and may be downloaded and used directly in the classroom. In other instances a sample from a book of essays is presented. Complete essay and publication information can be obtained directly from the "owner's" listed address. 

If you have one or more essays or publications to submit for possible inclusion here, please send them to: 

Dr. Mark Nataupsky, President
Holocaust Education Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 6153 Newport News, VA 23606-6153
by E-mail at: info@Holocaust-trc.org

A list of the essays and publications is presented below. Please click on either the title or the icon to obtain some detailed information from each document.

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Education about the Holocaust:
How Does It Help Build a Better World?

Address to Annual Conference of the Association of Holocaust Organizations
June 8, 2004

by Jerry Fowler
Staff Director, Committee on Conscience
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Jerry Fowler, Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum addressed an annual meeting of the Association of Holocaust Organizations on June 8, 2004.  His inspiration for Holocaust education is that “What I believe, with all my heart and soul, is that in that space between what can happen and what will happen is where we stand. And what we do, what we choose, quite simply, whether we stand by or stand up, can make all the difference in the world. And learning about the Holocaust makes crystal clear the consequences of standing in that space, the consequences of choices that are made.”

In Sudan, Staring Genocide in the Face
Sunday, June 6, 2004; Page B02
by Jerry Fowler

On June 6, 2004 the Washington post published an article by Jerry Fowler, Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum .  He stated that “I was seeing with my own eyes what I had been hearing about for several months: Children are dying almost every day in refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite a vigorous international effort to get food, water and other essentials to the more than 100,000 who have fled in fear from the Darfur region of neighboring Sudan.

Remarks by Konrad Scharinger

Economic Counselor at the German Embassy, Washington,
Presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Association of Holocaust Organizations,
Baltimore, Maryland June 11, 2002

Konrad Scharinger spoke about the "moral and historical background of the German compensation efforts" in the aftermath of the Holocaust to the Association of Holocaust Organizations. He also discussed the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future." At the time of his presentation, Scharinger was the Economic Counselor at the German Embassy in Washington, DC. The full text of his comments are posted with his permission.

Faith in God and Man After Auschwitz: Theological Implications
Yad Vashem — April 2002
by Emil L. Fackenheim
Philosopher Emil L. Fackenheim wrestles with the concepts of God and Auschwitz. His essay "Faith in God and Man After Auschwitz: Theological Implications" was presented at Yad Vashem in April 2002. It is posted here with permission from Emil L. Fackenheim.
UNMASKING 'MARTYRDOM'
A HOLOCAUST LEGACY 1939-2002

published with permission by Dr.George Halasz

Dr. George Halasz, a psychiatrist in Australia, takes a clinical look at the question: Has there been a process of cultural abuse perpetrated on the Palestinian children the same way that the Nazi propaganda machine abused the youth of Germany in the 30's? For more than 20 years he has dealt with suicidal teens in a clinical setting. Dr. Halasz is the child of a Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz. The entire document is posted on the Holocaust Teacher Resource Center web site.

Humor in the Holocaust:
Its Critical, Cohesive, and Coping Functions

by John Morreall, Ph.D.
published with permission by Dr.Marcia Sachs Littell

This paper was presented at the 1997 Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Hearing The Voices: Teaching the Holocaust to future Generations. It is available on a CD-ROM of all Scholars' Conference papers 1990-2000 published by Vista-Intermedia and edited by Marcia Sachs Littell.

'We are all targets'
published with permission of the Jerusalem Post

(September 24) - What is at stake is nothing less than the survival of our civilization, former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the US House of Representatives' Government Reform Committee last Thursday. His address to the committee in the wake of the terror attacks on New York and Washington is published here in full.

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Dr. Shimon SamuelsPresentation to the Association of Holocaust Organizations
16th Annual Conference, June 2001
by Dr. Shimon Samuels

Dr. Shimon Samuels is the Director for International Liaison at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Paris. The text of his presentation is reproduced in its entirety. A short video clip from his presentation also is included.

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Select for text and video clipPresentation to The Amsterdam Conference on Remembrance
May 2001

by Professor Yehuda Bauer

Professor Bauer is the Academic Advisor to the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research. His presentation was made in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during the Task Force's meeting in May 2001.

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David and MaryAnne Katz, 1993
David Katz - A Holocaust Survivor

David Katz provides a personal account of the Holocaust through his autobiography. MayAnne, his wife, conveys the Holocaust through her paintings. Click the title link above to view these exhibits.

David responds to questions about his personal experiences of the Holocaust in the video clips included with this essay.


David and MaryAnne Katz 1993


Handicapped cover

Handicapped: Victims of the Nazi Era, 1933-1945



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Homosexuals:Victims of the Nazi Era , 1933-1945



Jehovah's Witness coverJehovah's Witnesses: Victims of the Nazi Era
1933-1945


Poles: Victims of the Nazi Era
1933-1945



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SINTI & ROMA: Victims of the Nazi Era
1933-1945



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The Holocaust Education Program Resource Guide
Hampton Roads Section National council of
Jewish Women
in conjunction with Virginia War Museum


Cover pageTo Save One Life
The Story of Righteous Gentiles

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Please write to Dr. Shulman for a free paper copy of this brochure.
Teachers may request a class set at no cost.
Mail your request to:

Dr. William L. Shulman,
Director Holocaust Resource Center and Archives
Queensborough Community College
The City University of New York
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, New York 11364-1497


Global Perspective.. cover page A Global Perspective
on Working
with Holocaust Survivors
and the Second Generation

Editor: John Lemberger

Intervision cover INTERVISION
Volume No.1
Child Survivors: Forms of Intervention


Select for DetailsTHE UNIQUENESS OF THE HOLOCAUST
by Alex Grobman, Ph.D.

Dr. Alex Grobman wrote an insightful paper that investigates whether or not the Holocaust was a unique event. He compares the Holocaust to other horrific mass killings and assesses elements that are common or different in each of them. This paper can be an essential tool in studying and understanding the Holocaust.



Select for detailsWhat Did They Know? American Jews and the Shoah
by Alex Grobman, Ph.D.

Dr. Grobman presents the data showing when information about the Holocaust was printed in various newspapers (e.g., the New York Times). He also addresses the issue of why many people did not believe those reports.



Select for DetailsTHE PROCESS OF COMMEMORATING DEEDS OF HEROISM 
by Alex Grobman Ph.D. 



Rescuer's coverKEEPING THE RESCUERS
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

by Alex Grobman P
h.D.