Digitised Manuscripts
Almost 900 Greek manuscripts and some of the most important papyri, ranging in date from the first to the 18th centuries, are now included in the Digitised Manuscripts site. The first two phases of the Greek Manuscripts Digitisation Project were generously funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the third phase was funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the A. G. Leventis Foundation, Sam Fogg, the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, the Thriplow Charitable Trust, and the Friends of the British Library. A guide to the Greek Manuscripts collections, including articles, videos and collection highlights, is available here. Over fifty Thai manuscripts and the Chakrabongse Archive of Royal Letters have been digitised with the generous support of the Royal Thai Government, in celebration of the occasion of the eightieth birthday anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand on 5 December 2007.
Holocaust Timeline
Jump to: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1933 January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. February 22, 1933 - 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police. February 27, 1933 - Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere. February 28, 1933 - Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. March 22, 1933 - Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women. March 24, 1933 - German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers. Terms of use: Private home/school non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place.
Jewish survivors of the Holocaust - Oral history | British Library
Short description: Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone. These recordings are powerful personal accounts of the Holocaust from Jewish survivors living in Britain. Oral history recordings provide valuable first-hand testimony of the past. Long description: Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone. These recordings are powerful personal accounts of the Holocaust from Jewish survivors living in Britain. During the 1930s and 1940s, the German Nazis and their collaborators murdered six million Jews. The testimonies on this site are drawn from two major oral history programmes:- – The Living Memory of the Jewish Community – which between 1987 and 2000 gathered 186 audio life story interviews with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and their children. Some of the testimonies also feature in an online educational resource – Voices of the Holocaust - available through the BL Learning website at
Hodder Education - Modern History Review extras
Modern History Review extra resources Volume 20, Number 3, February 2018 Timeline: Art stylesClaire FitzgeraldA printable PDF of this issue's centre spread for display and revisionAQA Edexcel OCR Volume 20, Number 2, November 2017 Timeline: Russia 1905Christopher ReadA printable PDF of this issue's centre spread for display and revisionAQA Edexcel OCR Revision: Russia 1905Roz HartTry these exercises on the topic of 'turning points' in Russian historyAQA Edexcel OCR Volume 20, Number 1, September 2017 Timeline: Vietnam WarTim LockleyA printable PDF of this issue's centre spread for display and revisionAQA Edexcel OCR Volume 19, Number 4, April 2017 Timeline: Russia, 1917Chris ReadA printable PDF of this issue's centre spread for display and revisionAQA Edexcel OCR Volume 19, Number 3, February 2017 Volume 19, Number 2, November 2016 Timeline: 1848 revolutionsChristopher ReadA printable PDF of this issue's centre spread for display and revisionAQA Edexcel OCR Volume 19, Number 1, September 2016
The Holocaust and Children's Literature
Advertisement: We promised quite some time ago that we would do a newsletter on the subject of the Holocaust. It's time to fulfill that promise. First of all, a caution: Be aware that reading, investigating and talking about the Holocaust may be the first up-close personal and explicit encounter your students may have had with man's inhumanity to man. There are many excellent resources online and in print for teachers. This list is by no means complete. Usually, we start a theme with a picture book, but in this case, although there are good picture books on the Holocaust, most of them are better appreciated with a little background knowledge. The books and the approach you use will depend on the age of the students. For slightly younger students, sixth or seventh graders, the best approach might be through Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin, 1990 ISBN 0140345353. Still younger students, fourth and fifth graders, might approach the study through Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Teaching Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust
Moshe Ze’ev Flinker was born in The Hague on October 9, 1926, and was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home. After being subjected to increasingly restrictive anti-Jewish measures following the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, the Flinker family fled to Belgium in 1942. In Belgium, Moshe and his family were able to pass as non-Jews with the help of false identity papers and relative anonymity. Moshe was a deeply religious young boy who grappled with the theological problems posed by the unprecedented persecution of the Jews. In April 1944, after being betrayed by a known Belgian Jewish collaborator, Moshe, his mother, and his sisters Esther Malka and Leah, were arrested at their home and deported to Malines. Two weeks later, Moshe’s father was caught and sent to Malines, where he found his family. Esther Malka and Leah survived Auschwitz-Birkenau and were reunited with their four siblings in Brussels after the liberation.
The National Archives Catalog
Harmful Language Alert NARA acknowledges that historical records may contain harmful language that reflect attitudes and biases at the time. NARA does not alter, edit, or modify original records or original captions, as they are part of the historical record. NARA is working to address harmful language that may appear in staff-generated legacy descriptions. The National Archives holds historical U.S. government documents (federal, congressional, and presidential records) that are created or received by the President and his staff, by Congress, by employees of Federal government agencies, and by the Federal courts in the course of their official duties. The National Archives Catalog contains descriptions for NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area; regional facilities; and Presidential Libraries. Visit the National Archives Catalog or begin your search here: Features of the National Archives Catalog: We Want to Hear from You! Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities Contact Us
The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy
As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire. Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation
