Yad Vashem
| About Yad Vashem | Quick
link/background: archives, library, Hall of Names, Museums, International
School for Holocaust studies, International Institute for Holocaust
Research, Righteous Among Nations, Yad Vashem Studies/Publications |
| About the Holocaust | Hyperlinks
to SHOAH Resource Center, Chronology, Bibliography, Documents of the
Holocaust, Yad Vashem Studies, Lost Jewish Worlds, Lexicon of Righteous
Among Nations, Holocaust & Christian World & links to other
websites |
| Remembrance | Commemorating
Names, Commemorative Sites at Yad Vashem, Eleventh Hour Project, and
Remembrance Day |
| From Our History Museum | Explanation
of origin, expansion plans for the Historical Museum—read “I
Too Had a Face” and “Facts and Feelings” for more
information on the new Museum; 5 photos represent the chronological
nature of the Museum’s collection |
| From Our Collection | Photos
of artifacts from the Museum’s collection. Clicking on each one
will bring up the story of the artifact and its journey to the Museum.
“A Duffle Bag from Oskar Schindler ,” “Valuables Taken
from Italian Jews Prior To Deportation to Auschwitz,” and “Dolly”
are just a few of the artifacts with stories. |
| From
Our Art Museum |
Excellent
for the inclusion of art in a study of the Holocaust—examples
of “Aftermath Art” are included by survivors such as Elsa
Pollak, Isaac Celniker, Yehuda Bacon, Zoran Music as well as “Clandestine
Art” such as the drawing by Pavel Fantl; “Aftermath Art”
can also be by “second-hand witnesses” such as Aharon Gluska |
| Photographs from the Warsaw Ghetto | First
read the Introduction & then left-hand links will navigate the exhibition:
Self-Help Organization, (21 photos reflecting the ZSS, funded by the
AJJDC—1940 photos taken by professional photographer, intended
to illustrate efficiency & activity in ghetto) Album of a German
Soldier, (11 photos taken by German “Soldier Tourist” documented
harsh conditions, adaptability of people to survive circa 1942) Workshops
in the Warsaw Ghetto, (12 photos of the GMBH designed to show creative
work being done in the ghetto—depict activity not suffering, catalog
products) The Stroop Collection (11 photos depicting the liquidation
of the ghetto under SS General Stroop’s command—photos documented
destruction of ghetto; Stroop’s photos used in Nuremberg Trials—extraordinary
testimony to end of ghetto |
| Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell | About
the Artist --read biography of Zinovii Tolkatchev (member of Communist
party, Red Army, professor in Kiev, went back to Red Army towards end
of WW II, was official artist at liberation of Majdanek & Auschwitz;
denounced in 1950’s for his “Zionist religious works”
retuned to theme of death camps in 1960s; died in 1977) About the Exhibition;
In Exhibit: 10 drawings (pencil, charcoal, crayon, watercolor, oil)
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| Felix Nussbaum Online Exhibit | An
exhibition of 9 paintings by Felix Nussbaum who was sent to a camp in
France, escaped, hid in Brussels, was captured and sent to Auschwitz
in 1944, where he was murdered. (See from Our Art Museum—“The
Refugee”) Many of artworks painted while in hiding. |
| Online
Resources for Kristallnacht |
Explanation
of Kristallnacht (hyperlink to Lexicon to learn more) plus links to
“Pages of testimony” to learn more about individuals’
experiences during Kristallnacht; to photo archives for photographic
testimony of Kristallnacht; to Baden-Baden, Germany for written and
photo evidence of Kristallnacht in one community; and “But the
Story Didn’t End That Way” is a teaching unit on Kristallnacht,
download 18 posters and related teaching materials; two related links
are provided |
| Auschwitz Album | “Only
surviving visual evidence of the process of mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau”;
photos taken by two SS men; photos in the album show the entire process
except for the killing itself; additionally, view aerial photos, taken
by Army Air Force, and read the accompanying passage |
| The Valley of Communities | Explanation
of the memorial. Read intro, view photographs, “over 5000 names
of communities are engraved on the stone walls…each name recalls
a community which existed for hundreds of years…today, in most
cases, nothing remains but the name.” |
| Visas for Life | An
exhibition devoted to the 11 of the 18 diplomats who saved Jews &
are recognized as Righteous Among Nations. Three are profiled on the
website. |
| No Child’s Play | An
online presentation devoted to “opening a window into the world
of children during the Shoah,” and focuses on toys, artwork, games,
diaries & poems; divided into sections: Before the War, In the Shadow
of War, Ghettos, In Hiding, & Towards a New Life |
| Under this Blazing Light | Exhibition
tracing the birth and first steps of Israel including search bureau
for missing relatives |
| From Our Photo Archive | Aerial
Evidence for Schindler’s List (has PDF of list), Another View
of the Warsaw Ghetto (photos taken by Wehrmacht officer while on private
visit) Jewish New Years Cards (before, during, after war) Photos from
Kutno Ghetto in Poland (Lodz district—at the bottom are several
links for more reading about Kutno) Purim: Before, During, After the
Holocaust (Purim--joyous Jewish celebration commemorating the saving
of Persian Jews) Chanukah –Before, During, After the Holocaust
(Chanukah-- marks the miraculous victory of the Jews, led by the Maccabees,
against Greek persecution and religious oppression more than 2,000 years
ago) Kristallnacht in Baden- Baden, Germany (this segment has already
been described in Kristallnacht above) & Jewish New Year’s
Card Sent from the Lodz Ghetto in 1940 |
| Bogen
—“The Pen & the Sword” |
Jewish
artist and partisan –Alexander Bogen; information about the artist
(“The artist reacts in an artistic way. This is his weapon. This
is what shows that the Germans could not break his spirit.”) 12
artistic renderings. |
Provided on 3/27/04 by Your Cyber Web Guide, Sheila Hansen, USHMM Mandel Fellow, 2000-2001, Spearfish, South Dakota