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History: Studies in Hitler/Holocaust
Liaison Librarian: Karen Gilles
Atlases   |  Bibliographies   |  Biographies   |  Book - Stacks   |  Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)   |  Databases   |  Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedia   |  Documents   |  Electronic Books   |  Electronic Journals   |  Internet Sites   |  LC Subject Headings   |  Organizations   |  Other Things   |  Primary Sources   |  SU Department Homepage   |  Universities   |  Videos  


Atlases
 
Historical atlas of the Holocaust
Europe before the war -- The Holocaust in Eastern Europe -- Nazi extermination camps -- The Holocaust in Western Europe -- The Holocaust in Central Europe -- The Holocaust in Southern Europe and Hungary -- Rescue and Jewish armed resistance -- Death marches and liberation -- Postwar Europe 1945-1950
REF G1797.21 .E29 H5 1996
 
The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust
by Martin Gilbert
Ref G 1797.21 E29 G583 2002
 

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Bibliographies
 
The Nazi persecution of homosexuals : an annotated bibliography of non-fiction sources in English
by Gerard Kososvich.
 

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Biographies
 
Maus : a survivor's tale Spiegelman, Art.
DS135 P63 S68 1997
 
Maus I: a survivor's tale : my father bleeds history Spiegelman, Art.
D810 J4 S643 1986
 

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Book - Stacks
 
The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 Wyman, David S.
D810 .J4 W95 1984
 
Auschwitz and the Allies Gilbert, Martin, 1936-
D810 .J4 G5
 
The destruction of the European Jews Hilberg, Raul, 1926-
3 vols.
D810 J4 H5 1985
 
The Holocaust : a history of the Jews of Europe during the Second World War Gilbert, Martin, 1936-
D810 .J4 G522 1987
 
The Holocaust : the fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 Yahil, Leni
D804.3 Y3413 1990
 
Judenrat : the Jewish councils in Eastern Europe under Nazi occupation Trunk, Isaiah.
DS135 E83 T78 1996
 
Maus II : a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began Spiegelman, Art.
D804.3 .S66 1991
 
Ordinary men : Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland
Browning, Christopher R.
D804.3 .B77 1992
 
The origins of Nazi genocide : from euthanasia to the final solution Friedlander, Henry, 1930
DD256.5 .F739 1995
 
The war against the Jews, 1933-1945 Dawidowicz, Lucy S.
Classic work on the Holocaust.
D810 .J4 D33 1986B
 

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Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)
 
The Holocaust : an annotated bibliography and resource guide Szonyi, David M.
Although published in 1985, still valuable for its coverage of topics especially in education.
REF D810.J4 1985
 

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Databases
 
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for nearly 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
 
Historical Abstracts
Annotated reference guide to history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada.) Over 2000 journals are covered in the database. Includes key historical journals as well as hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanitites. Also includes citations to book reviews and dissertations
 
New York Times 1851-2002
Full text 1851-2002
 
JSTOR
Fulltext scholarly journal articles in the areas of history, economics, business, education, psychology, and more. Over 40 fulltext journals in history are indexed in this scholarly resource.
 
Project Muse Journals
Full text of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences by university presses. Includes Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
 
Worldcat
Includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps and musical scores. Database contains over 41,000,000 entries for documents in 400 languages catlogued by libraries.
 

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Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias
 
Encyclopedia of genocide Charny, Israel W.
REF HV6322.7 .E53
 
Historical Timeline
History Place
 
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: timeline
 

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Documents
 
Archives of the Holocaust
An international collection of selected documents Friedlander, Henry, 1930- v. 9. American Jewish archives, Cincinnati, the papers of the World Jewish Congress, 1945-1950: liberation and saving remnant / edited by Abraham J. Peck.
D804.3 A7 1989 V.9
 
The Buchenwald report Hackett, David A.
Original report was produced by the Intelligence Team of the Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces
D805 G3 B7746 1995
 
The effects of strategic bombing on the German war economy United States Strategic Bombing Survey.
D785 U6 NO.3
 
History of Germany: Primary Documents
 
Nuremberg War Crime Trials: Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
 
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust:Documents
 
Trial of war criminals.
Documents: 1. Report of Robert H. Jackson to the President. 2. Agreement establishing an International military tribunal. 3. Indictment United States. Dept. of State.
341.41 UN38T
 
Yad Vashem. Holocaust Resource Center
"The Holocaust Resource Center provides you with easy access to in-depth information about the Holocaust. It can help you integrating the info you already have. The Center has a large collection of sources from the Yad Vashem Archives, including various kinds of original Holocaust-era documentation provided in English including letters and diaries written by Jews during the Holocaust, numerous photographs and original documents."
 

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Electronic Books
 
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
The Shoah section and Text section of the ebook website relate to Hitler and the Holocaust.
 

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Electronic Journals
 
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Available through the library's subscription to Project Muse. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Museum, this publication provides an interdisciplinary focus on the Holocaust and other genocides.
 
IDEA: A Journal of Social Issues
Idea, is an electronic journal which accepts articles on genocide, holocaust, mass movments, power and war. The journal includes articles, book reviews,links and a discussion forum.
 

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Internet Sites
 
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museaum
 
Life in the Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Includes annotated bibliography.
 

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LC Subject Headings
 
Examples of Holocaust Subject Headings
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish Women in the Holocaust World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities World War, 1939-1945 Jewish Resistance Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)-Personal Narratives Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-Sources Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in Art Holocaust (Christian Theology) Holocaust (Jewish Theology) Holocaust Survivors Children of Holocaust Survivors (name of concentration camp) Anti-nazi movement
 

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Organizations
 
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The Center is located on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The site links to documents, pamhlets and photographs as well as other material.
 
German Studies Web: Western European Studies Section
Association of College and Research Libraries
 
Holocaust History Project
"The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial." Includes documents from the death camp, reproductions from the War Criminal Trials.
 
Jewish Virtual Library
A division of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, the Jewish Virtual Library links to plethora of sources including links to concentration camps, maps, medical experiments, book burnings and much more.
 
Mazal Library: A Holocaust Library
The Mazal Library is a privately funded library for research on the Holocaust. Its online resources included portions of the Nuremberg Trials and other proceedings, aerial photographs and more. Some links are under construction.
 
Nizkor Project
Nizkor (which means "We will remember") is focuses on responding to Holocaust denial. Extensive information about the camps, transcripts of the Adolf Eichmann trial and Nuremberg trials are contained here
 
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Established in 1977, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international center for human rights and holocaust remembrance. Its Multmedia Learning Center includes virtual exhibits, timeline, glossary, a special collection of documents in English, German and Hebrew from the Institute of Documentation in Israel and more.
 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 
Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
 
Yad Vashem. Holocaust Resource Center
"The Holocaust Resource Center provides you with easy access to in-depth information about the Holocaust. It can help you integrating the info you already have. The Center has a large collection of sources from the Yad Vashem Archives, including various kinds of original Holocaust-era documentation provided in English including letters and diaries written by Jews during the Holocaust, numerous photographs and original documents."
 

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Other Things
 
H-Holocaust Discussion List
An academic discussion list, H-Holocaust focuses on "the Holocaust itself, and closely related topics like anti-semitism, and Jewish history in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as closely related themes in the history of WW2, Germany, and international diplomacy."
 

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Primary Sources
 
All rivers run to the sea : memoir Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
PQ2683 .I32 Z52313
 
America views the Holocaust, 1933-1945 : a brief documentary history Abzug, Robert H.
D804.19 .A25 1999
 
As I see it Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949.
Articles written by the author for Opinion magazine, 1931-43
DS143 .W64 1944
 
The Chronicle of the Lód*z ghetto 1941-1944 Dobroszycki, Lucjan.
D810 .J4 1984
 
Different voices : women and the Holocaust Rittner, Carol Ann, 1943-
D804.3 .D53 1993
 
Doctor #117641 : a Holocaust memoir Micheels, Louis J., 1917-
D804.3 .M53 1989
 
Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers United States. Dept. of State
JX233 A3
 
Frauen : German women recall the Third Reich Owings, Alison
D811.5 O885 1993
 
German Propaganda Archives
Nazi and East German Propaganda Guide Page. Calvin College
 
The holocaust kingdom, a memoir Donat, Alexander.
D810 .J4 D68 1965
 
Holocaust: Primary Documents (Eurodocs)
 
An interrupted life : the diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Hillesum, Etty, 1914-1943.
DS135.N6 H54813
 
Letters from Westerbork Hillesum, Etty, 1914-1943.
DS135.N6 H54513 1986
 
Mazal Library: A Holocaust Library
The Mazal Library is a privately funded library for research on the Holocaust. Its online resources included portions of the Nuremberg Trials and other proceedings, aerial photographs and more. Some links are under construction.
 
Online Texts and Documents (Jewish History Resource Center) Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Select Holocaust for links to fulltext and excerpts of documents from key internet sources including the Avalon Project from Yale's Law School.
 
The public papers and addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. v. 1. The genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932.--v. 2. The year of crisis, 1933.--v. 3. The advance of recovery and reform, 1934.--v. 4. The Court disapproves, 1935.--v. 5. The people approve, 1936.--[v. 6] The Constitution prevails, 1937.--[v. 7] The continuing struggle for liberalism, 1938.--[v. 8] War--and neutrality, 1939.--[v. 9] War--and aid to democracies, 1940.--[v. 10] The call to battle stations, 1941.--[v. 11] Humanity on the defensive, 1942.--[v. 12] The tide turns, 1943.--[v. 13] Victory and the threshold of peace, 1944-45.
E806 .R749 1938
 
Reaching for the stars Waln, Nora, 1895-
Originally published in Atlantic Monthly,U.S. author Waln wrote about the dangers of Hitler in 1939 after travelling through Germany.
DD253 .W28 1939C
 
Scroll of agony : the Warsaw diary of Chaim A. Kaplan Kaplan, Chaim Aron, 1880-ca. 1942.
DS135.P62 W27713 1981
 
Voices from the Holocaust Rothchild, Sylvia, 1923-
Transcripts of tape recordings in the William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee
D810 .J4 V63
 
The Warsaw diary of Adam Czerniakow : prelude to doom Czerniaków, Adam, 1880-1942.
Diary of the head of the Judenrat who kept diary from 1939 to his suicide death in 1942
DS135 .P62 W2613
 
Witness to the Holocaust
Contains fulltext video testimony from camp liberators, as well as information about the camps.
 
Yad Vashem. Holocaust Resource Center
"The Holocaust Resource Center provides you with easy access to in-depth information about the Holocaust. It can help you integrating the info you already have. The Center has a large collection of sources from the Yad Vashem Archives, including various kinds of original Holocaust-era documentation provided in English including letters and diaries written by Jews during the Holocaust, numerous photographs and original documents."
 

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SU Department Homepage
 
History Department. Seattle University
 

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Universities
 
Academic Guide to Jewish History
Annoted pathfinder by the University of Toronto.
 
Art and Auschwitz
This site by Northwestern University presents the work of over 40 Auschwitz artists. Includes a bibliography, glossary and other resources, essays and interviews as well as a virtual online tour of Auschwitz.
 
Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
Includes online survivor testimonies, documents from Theresienstadt, Nazi medical T-4 program pamphlets, posters and more. Excellent site for exhibitions of Holocaust art.
 
Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies
From the University of Nevada at Reno, this site links to not only the familiar big institutional sites on the Holocaust, but also those sites which focus on children, homosexuals. Some links no longer active
 
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
The archive currently contains over 4,100 videotaped testimonies. Videotapes can be of one-half hour duration to twenty-six hours in the language of the witness. The archive contains testimonies of those who have first hand knowledge of Nazi persecutions. The website contains excerpts from some of these witnesses.
 
History: Studies in Hitler/Holocaust
University of Waterloo
 
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Here is a well-developed site with many links from Dr. Linda Woolf of Webster University.
 
Holocaust pages from D.G. Meyers Texas A & M University
Focus on literature, poetry of the Holocaust as well as links to primary documents.
 
Holocaust Project from Elmhurst College
This site includes an extensive bibliography on holocaust resources keyed to the Elmhurst College collection. A detailed subject background is a plus in this website.
 
Holocaust Resources on the World Wide Web
Brandeis University
 
Holocaust Studies: Basic Sources
University of Minnesota
 
The Holocaust: A guide to resources in the Duke University Libraries
 
Introductory Guide to the Holocaust Information Available on the Internet
 
Last Expression: Art and the Auschwitz
Northwestern University
 
Selected Library Resources on the Holocaust
University of Calgary
 
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Sinti and Roma
From the University of Florida, this section of the guide focuses on the Sinti and Roma (gypsies). Introductory essay links to bibliography, articles and photographs.
 

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Videos
 
Bearing witness [videorecording] : American soldiers and the Holocaust Dean, Morton.
"At the end of World War II, American soldiers came across some shocking discoveries as they liberated Europe, especially slave-labor and concentration camps. In Hebrew, it is called Shoah, or, commonly in English: Holocaust. Original film footage witnesses these accounts. "
D810 J4 B4 2001
 
Desire [videorecording] : sexuality in Germany 1910-1945 Dobbs, Rebecca.
Examines the discovery of homosexuality by the medical and psychoanalytical professions in the 1890's and subsequent movements in Germany during the early years of this century. Uses historical and archival films of the period to chronicle events leading to the imprisonment of homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Survivors tell how they managed when Hitler was in power.
HQ76.3 G3 D4 1992
 
Elie Wiesel goes home [videorecording] Hurt, William.
Elie Wiesel returns to the village of his birth and to Auschwitz and Birkenau the camps where he was interned during WWII.
PQ2683 I32 Z463 2002
 
Schindler's list [videorecording] Neeson, Liam.
PN1997 S255 1997
 
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
View films online. Initial collection contains over 100 films, many with Holocaust themes.
 
Strozier Holocaust Film Collection
An annotated list of films, narrative, documentary and propaganda in for courses in Human Rights and the Body in Law and the Humanities
 

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