Resource Library
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![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Memory and Decision Making in Europe Today
Consider the connection between the refugee crisis facing Europe in 2016 and the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust.
![This Berlin, Germany, memorial was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image17_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=ws2w9-MJ)
Memory and Decision Making in Europe Today (en español)
Consider the connection between the refugee crisis facing Europe in 2016 and the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. This resource is in Spanish.
![This Berlin, Germany, memorial was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image17_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=ws2w9-MJ)
The Persistence of Antisemitism
Learn about the lingering threats of antisemitism that Jews in Europe, and especially Poland, faced after the Holocaust.
![Mourners in Kielce, Poland, gather around coffins after townspeople killed 42 Jews in an antisemitic rampage in 1946.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_Image03_Medium_res.jpg?h=3378375a&itok=sCDgSLwr)
Post-War: Chaos and Challenges
Learn about the immense challenges that countries and Europeans faced after the end of World War II.
![Two boys sit on a branch in the foreground looking out at destroyed buildings and countryside.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_Image01.jpg?h=0255e088&itok=tQ7ZpqSZ)
Raphael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention
Learn about lawyer and activist Raphael Lemkin's efforts to make the world recognize mass murder as an international crime.
![1950 --- International lawyer Raphael Lemkin helped draft the Genocide Convention, which maps out prevention and punishment for the crime of genocide](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/U1133580INP_Medium_res.jpg?h=478e0a8d&itok=MAYHZy-W)
Remembering the Names
Learn about German artist Gunter Demnig and his work installing plaques that honor Holocaust victims across Europe.
Survivors and Memory
Reflect on the challenges that face survivors of the Holocaust in living with their memories and in sharing their stories.
![Two boys sit on a branch in the foreground looking out at destroyed buildings and countryside.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_Image01.jpg?h=0255e088&itok=tQ7ZpqSZ)
Transitional Justice in Germany
Learn about the concept of transitional justice and reflect on ways that Germany as a nation has faced its past and accepted responsibility for the Holocaust.
![In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by Nazis in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image15_Medium_res.jpg?h=c6d0d1c4&itok=Gb3MH30L)
Transitional Justice in Germany (en español)
Learn about the concept of transitional justice and reflect on ways that Germany as a nation has faced its past and accepted responsibility for the Holocaust. This resource is in Spanish.
![In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by Nazis in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image15_Medium_res.jpg?h=c6d0d1c4&itok=Gb3MH30L)
Transitional Justice in South Africa
Learn about South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and consider how it enabled the country to face a history of violence, hatred, and discrimination.
![Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image20_Medium_res.jpg?h=5bfab19b&itok=N--PKP-3)
Transitional Justice in South Africa (en español)
Learn about South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and consider how it enabled the country to face a history of violence, hatred, and discrimination. This resource is in Spanish
![Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image20_Medium_res.jpg?h=5bfab19b&itok=N--PKP-3)