This lesson plan and video enable students to explore the factors that led German Jews to seek to leave their country and the difficulties of immigration to the United States in the 1930s and 1940s.

After the Holocaust, the British government provided aid to more than 700 child survivors, several of whom came under the nurturing care of Alice Goldberger at Weir Courtney, a donated English estate.

The following videos, produced by US Holocaust Memorial Museum educators and historians, provide support for teaching about the Holocaust. The videos share Museum-created classroom-ready lessons and ...

Teaching about the Holocaust can inspire students to think critically about the past and their own roles and responsibilities today. The flexible resources below, created for middle and high school ...

Teachers and students can use this Teacher Tool and Student Interactive to analyze a source’s assertion and determine whether there is evidence to support it.

This guide works with all types of Holocaust literature and pairs with any book. A universal guide designed to support the reading of any genre of Holocaust literature, it complements existing English ...

Explore lesson plans and training materials organized by theme to use in your classroom.

Situated in the hexagonal structure that overlooks Eisenhower Plaza, the Hall of Remembrance is a simple, solemn space designed for public ceremonies and individual reflection. The walls encircle an ...

While Sihanouk was beloved by many Cambodians, his often authoritarian rule gave rise to underground opposition. In 1960, a small group of Cambodians, led by Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot) and ...

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2026 Joint Workshop: Towards an Integrated History ...

These Holocaust lesson plans introduce key concepts and information to middle school and high school students. Grounded in historical context, the lessons utilize primary source materials from the ...

The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Learn more in the Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia.