RESOURCES
What was the Holocaust?
The Holocaust was the systemic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews and others by the Nazi regime during World War II. The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in 1933, believed that Germans were “racially superior” and that the Jews, deemed “inferior”, were a threat. The Nazis also targeted and murdered other groups of people based on their perceived racial and biological inferiority.
Online Resources
Want to learn more about the Holocaust? We suggest a visit to these sites, or even better, a visit to the museums.
Library & Resource Center
The East Bay Holocaust Education Center (EBHEC) will have a lending library of over 500 Holocaust-related books that will be available for loan at Chabad of Tri-Valley during normal business hours.
More information coming soon.
Coming 2022
What to Read
Looking for a book about the Holocaust? Here are some recommendations.
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz | Heather Dune Macadam | 2019 | ||
A Promise at Sobibor | Bialowitz, Philip | 2010 | ||
Behind Enemy Lines | Cohn, Marthe | 2006 | ||
Eva's Story | Schloss, Eva | 2010 | ||
Night | Wiesel, Elie | Ages 13+ | 1956 | |
Number the Stars | Lois Lowry | Ages 9+ | 1989 | |
Operation Last Chance | Zuroff, Ephraim | 2002 | ||
Oskar Schindler | Crowe, David | 2007 | ||
The Bielski Brothers | Duffy, Peter | 2004 | ||
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Boyne, John | Ages 12+ | 2007 | |
The Boy on the Wooden Box | Leyson, Leon | 2015 | ||
The Diary of a Young Girl (The Diary of Anne Frank) | Anne Frank | Ages 9+ | 1947 | |
The Pianist | Szpilman, Wladyslaw | 1946 | ||
We survived...at last I speak | Malmed, Léon | 2010 |
What to Watch
Looking for a movie about the Holocaust? Here are our recommendations.
Divided We Fall | Hrebejk, Jan | PG-13 | 2000 | |
Europa Europa | Holland, Agnieszka | Rated R | 1990 | |
Life Is Beautiful | Benigni, Roberto | PG-13 | 1997 | |
Schindler's List | Spielberg, Steven | Rated R | 1993 | |
Sophie's Choice | Pakula, Alan J. | Rated R | 1982 | |
The Boy In the Striped Pajamas | Herman, Mark | PG-13 | 2008 | |
The Counterfeiters | Ruzowitzky, Stefan | Rated R | 2007 | |
The Diary of Anne Frank | Stevens, George | PG | 1959 | |
The Pawnbroker | Lumet, Sidney | Unrated | 1964 | |
The Pianist | Polanski, Roman | Rated R | 2002 |