The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from her parents and brought to England for safety before World War II. Our online companion to the book features musical selections to accompany the text, a study guide for middle and high school classrooms, and short videos.
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Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
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Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak
Reflect on the artwork of the Holocaust and the importance of remembering the past by studying the remarkable artwork of artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak.
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Music, Memory, and Resistance during the Holocaust
Explore with your students the lives of Jews before World War II and examine music as a form of resistance.
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Sholem Aleichem and the Challenges of Modernity
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Survivors and Witnesses: Using Video Testimony in the Classroom
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Teaching Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust
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The Rescuers
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The Weimar Republic: The Fragility of Democracy
This rich collection of readings, artwork, primary documents, and biographies, documents the creativity and catastrophe of Germany’s Weimar Republic (1919-1933). How did individual choices shape the events that led to the rise of the Third Reich and collapse of democracy?
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Holocaust and Human Behavior Program
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Introduce Schindler's List to a New Generation
Learn about the new guide to Teaching Schindler's List, consisting of eight lesson plans, video interviews with a Holocaust survivor, an interactive timeline, and additional teaching resources and professional development to provide tools and context for teaching about the Holocaust.
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