Over 225 photographs record Anne Frank's world, documenting the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi
Party, whose systematic elimination of over six million Jews included Anne Frank and her family. Includes Teacher Workbook.
Gives background information and archival photographs of life during Hitler's rise to power. Includes stories of other children, information about rescuers and an extensive bibliography.
Hiding Otto Frank and his family in an Amsterdam office building during World War II, Miep Gies shares a remarkable story of courage and devastation along with the special friendship of a young girl whose memory remains in hearts across the world.
Run Time: 540 minutes
Begins with a discussion of the nature of evil, exploring the fragility of human beings and the
phenomena of compartmentalizing, unquestioning obedience to authority, and moral drift.
This moving photo documentary shows the everyday lives of the Jewish people in twenty-eight
communities in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia. During the winter of 1984-1985, Yale Strom and Brian Blue traveled behind the Iron Curtain to discover these diminished yet thriving Jewish communities.
The Central European intellectuals of whom Buber wrote in 1926 were disillusioned with modern secularism. Jews of today, having suffered the Holocaust and experienced the rise of the State of Israel, must find new ways to make meaningful contact with the Bible, and this provides a modern interpretation of the Bible for the Jews of today.
Students learn how a 13-year-old girl and seven others had to adapt to a very different lifestyle for two years in a secret annex.
Run Time: 21 minutes
Tells poignant stories of Anne Frank, a young girl whose too-brief life became a timeless symbol of courage, perseverance, and hope.
Run Time: 50 minutes
Features vintage newsreel footage, photographs and a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne Frank's diary. Includes interviews with her friends, family and protector, Miep Gies.
Run Time: 117 minutes
PG-13
The story of a remarkable young girl during WW II, told through the eyes of a boy who has fallen into the neo-Nazi movement. He has been whisked away into 1944 to live alongside her as a Jew.
Run Time: 58 minutes
As the Nazi killing machine engulfed Europe with terror, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses suffered brutal persecution. The reason: they stood firm in their beliefs and boldly spoke out against the cruelty of Nazism. For this, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses were thrown into Nazi concentration camps. In this video, 10 European and American historians and more than 20 Witness survivors of the period, join in relating their story of courage and triumph against Hitler's religious onslaught. This kit provides a DVD and a VHS copy of the documentary video and a study guide for teacher use.
Run Time: 28 minutes
Historian Klaus Miller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
Run Time: 81 minutes
The true story of the Kusserow family, one of many Jehovah Witness families who suffered persecution under the regime of the Nazis.
Run Time: 25 minutes
The first film, Beautiful Music, is an intimate and poignant look at the relationship between an Orthodox Jewish music teacher and her autistic Palestinian student. The second, In Search of Peace, chronicles the
first two decades of Israel's existence.
Run Time: 112 minutes
Narrated by Kevin Costner, this film examines the resurgence of violent Antisemitism in Europe and its
connection to international terrorism currently threatening the entire world.
Run Time: 74 minutes
This guide covers much more than just Anne Frank's life story. It is divided into sections about her and sections about WWII that include, Hitler and the Nazis, persecution, the Holocaust, and liberation and aftermath.
Started as a way to educate school children about the Holocaust, the Houston Holocaust Museum has
collected over 1.5 million handmade butterflies from across the world.
This webpage includes a brief overview of Nazi persecution of Witnesses, weblinks to other resources and interviews, and a bibliography of additional print resources.