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104th Infantry Division/Timberwolf Website
This site commemorates the 104th Division from WWII and was responsible for leading us to several pivotal individuals featured in our film.

America and the Holocaust
Companion site to the PBS documentary on America's response to the Holocaust. Includes a timeline of events, transcripts from the broadcast, eyewitness interviews, scanned images of original documents, maps, photographs, and a teacher's guide.

Association of Jewish Refugees
Web presence for a charitable organization founded by Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-dominated Europe for Great Britain. Describes the Association's social service efforts, compensation claims assistance program, and ongoing work with survivors who escaped Europe by way of the Kindertransport rescue movement. Offers access to selected articles from the AJR Journal and a collection of links to related organizations.

Aufbau
Website for the German-Jewish paper founded in 1934.

The Berenbaum Group
Headed by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, a leading expert on the Holocaust, the Berenbaum Group is also currently involved in scholarly research, the production of interactive materials, and strategic advising of project and institutional development. Michael Berenbaum is a writer, lecturer, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and the historical development of films.

The Center of Military History (United States Army)
Web site of the official history center for the United States Army. Provides contact information for its archives and document collection, an online archive, information about CMH publications and exhibitions, and more.

Exil Shanghai: Jewish Life in Emigration
Companion site to a book and CD set about the approximately 18,000 Jews from Central Europe who fled from the terror of National Socialism to Shanghai. Includes book excerpts, numerous photographs, and maps of the Shanghai Jewish ghetto. (German and English)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
A virtual library and archives featuring "The German Diplomatic Files," a collection of documents concerning the governmental dealings between the United States and Germany from 1933 to 1945.

From Swastika to Jim Crow
Companion Web site to the PBS documentary on German-Jewish refugee scholars who, when forced by the Nazis to flee their homeland, continued their teaching careers at historically Black colleges and universities in the American South. Compares the persecution of Jews and other minorities during the Third Reich with the racism and segregation prevalent in the United States at the time. Includes eyewitness interviews, photographs, timelines, an educational guide, a bibliography on Black-Jewish relations, and links to other online resources.

Getty Images (archives)
The world's leading provider of imagery, film, and digital services with extensive WWII era collection.

The Gerda and Kurt Klein Family Foundation
The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, which became operational in the Spring 1998, promotes tolerance for differences, respect for others and the empowerment of students through education and community service. "We choose to share the details of our lives' darkest hours, to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and draw on the lessons learned from that period in history, in the hope that our message will enlighten students and nurture the seeds of social responsibility that grow in their hearts."

Holocaust Survivors
A Web site focusing on the stories of six survivors who lived through the Holocaust in the concentration camps, at forced labor, in the ghettos, or in hiding. Provides for each survivor basic biographical information, audio clips and transcripts of his or her testimony, and reproductions of photographs and personal documents. Includes an encyclopedia of terms associated with the testimonies, a bibliography, and a collection of Web links. Sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

Imperial War Museum: The Holocaust Exhibition
Web site for the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, England. Provides an introduction to the various aspects of the exhibit, describing its focus and design, along with many of the artifacts featured. Also lists related events, film showings, publications, and links.

Into the Arms of Strangers (film)
Companion site to a documentary regarding the Kindertransports to England, which operated for less than a year from 1938 to 1939, but saved thousands of Jewish children from Nazi persecution. Includes information about the making of the documentary, excerpts from the book, transcripts of testimony by rescuers and Kindertransport members, and numerous photographs.

Leo Baeck Institute
A German Jewish archive, library, and art collection for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jews

Library of Congress
The largest library in the world, it contains 119 millions items, including extensive WWII materials.

Military Personnel Records - NPRC (MPR)
Web site of the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), Military Personnel Records (MPR), which is the repository for millions of personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans. Provides standard forms in PDF format, directions and FAQs on how to submit a request for information, and links related to veterans' affairs and the United States Military.

Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Museum of Jewish Heritage is a "living memorial to the Holocaust." Museum's core exhibit includes personal objects, photographs, and original films that illustrate the story of Jewish heritage in the twentieth century.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
NARA is an independent Federal agency whose mission is "to ensure ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience."

The National Center for Jewish Film
The National Center for Jewish film is a unique film library created to preserve the pictorial records of the Jewish experience.

The National D-Day Museum, New Orleans
The only museum in the United States that addresses all of the amphibious invasions or "D-days" of World War II, paying tribute to the more than one million Americans who took part.

shoah.de
Comprehensive collection of links to German Web sites related to the Holocaust that is annotated and organized by category. [German]

Spertus Museum of Jewish History
Located in Chicago, Illinois, it is dedicated to the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual legacy of the Jewish people.

Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Informational Web site of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual Foundation, established by film director Steven Spielberg to document the accounts of survivors and eyewitnesses of the Holocaust. Provides information on the foundation and educational products it produces, as well as updates on production status.

Tankbooks
Provides an excellent oral history site of combat veterans of WWII.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Web site for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, America's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and memorialization of Holocaust history. The site features extensive Holocaust-related resources including educational materials, online exhibitions, searchable databases, catalog, timeline and more.

Virtual Library: History: German History
Part of the Virtual Library's History Index, an extensive resource of historical online information. Arranges resources by format, type, time period, and topic. Includes Virtual Library Drittes Reich, Virtual Library Jüdische Geschichte, and links to Jewish history and reference sources. (German and English)

Voice Vision: Holocaust Survivor Oral Histories
A collection of oral histories drawn from the work of Dr. Sid Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, who has interviewed over 150 Holocaust survivors. Includes the written transcripts and audio versions of eleven interviews available for downloading. Also describes the history of the collection and provides information on interlibrary loan procedures from the Mardigian Library, where the materials are housed.