Yaakov Riz Resource Center

We have over 1000 books, videos, and survivor testimonies in our library. And, for your convenience, it is available for you to search online. It is updated regularly.

If you are interested in viewing or borrowing the books, please Contact Us.

In addition we feature a book of the month.

This page includes student and teacher links to resources in addition to Other Holocaust museums and related organizations. Our resource center also includes book and film reviews and recommendations.

Resources for Students:

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Includes a timeline, personal accounts and photographs. The USHMM website also presents special exhibitions.
• USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia
• Remember.org - Includes survivor testimonies, a large collection of photographs and other exhibitions.
• The Nizkor Project - A project dedicated to countering Holocaust Denial
• Jewish Virtual Library - Holocaust Wing - A large Holocaust encyclopedia with photos, a glossary, and maps.
• The Holocaust Chronicle - The electronic version of the 800 page The Holocaust Chronicle published in 2000.
• The Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust
• The Auschwitz Album - A collection of nearly 200 pictures that documents the killing process (except the killing) at Auschwitz-Birkenau. (also available in Hebrew)
• BBC Archive - The Holocaust - a collection of programs and documents of personal accounts from witnesses to the Final Solution
• BBC Archive - The Outbreak of World War II - a view of World War II from England
• Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team - A contribution of independent Holocaust researchers
• Mosaic of Victims: In Depth - An in-depth examination of the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust>/li>
• Remember Us: The Holocaust Bnai Mitzvah Project - A Project which invites children preparing for bar/bat mitzvah to connect with the memory of children lost in the Holocaust before they could be called to the Torah
• Art From Within Terezin - A gallery of art created from within the Terezin (Theresienstadt) ghetto
• Yad Vashem Photo Archive - A 138,000+ archive of photos from the Holocaust, searchable by keyword

Resources for Teachers:

• State of New Jersey Department of Education - New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education
• Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council
• A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust - (from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology) includes a timeline, who's who, arts and culture of the 1920's/30's, teacher resources and student activity ideas.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Covers questions asked by students, guidelines for teaching the Holocaust, lessons and activities.
• Remember.org - Includes articles about women in the Holocaust, what material to teach students at various grade levels. Also includes a bibliography of Holocaust encyclopedias, fiction, memoirs, diaries, poetry/art, and literary criticism.
• Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education - Provides a large collection of grade-appropriate literature for pre-school-12th grades.
• The Nizkor Project - A project dedicated to countering Holocaust Denial
• Lessonplanet.com Nearly 60 lesson plans for teachers using the book, Night by Elie Wiesel.
• Lessonplanet.com Over 300 lesson plans for teachers using Anne Frank's diary.
• University of Minnesota - Curriculum Models
• Echoes and Reflections A Holocaust curriculum program developed by The Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation, and Yad Vashem
• Genocide of the Roma A resource about the Roma-Sinti (Gypsy) genocide during WWII, includes curriculum, methods, and maps
• Holocaust Resources for School Teachers A collection of lesson plans, activities, and information for Middle School teachers generated by teachers and university professors

Other Holocaust Museums:

• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - America's national memorial dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust while confronting hate, preventing genocide, and promoting human dignity.
• Yad Vashem - Israel's national memorial to Holocaust victims.
• Simon Wiesenthal Center - Based in Los Angelos, the SWC is an international Jewish humanitarian organization dedicated to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust while confronting contemporary anti-semitism, hate, and terrorism.
• USC Shoah Foundation Institute - Houses nearly 52,000 survivor interviews.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage - Located in Lower Manhattan, this living memorial boasts three permanent exhibits in addition to other special, traveling exhibits.
• Anne Frank House - Located in Prisengracht, Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House preserves the house in which the Frank family was hidden. In addition, the museum highlights all forms of discrimination and persecution.
• Anne Frank House in 3D - Take a 3D tour of the Anne Frank house.
• C.A.N.D.L.E.S Holocaust Museum and Education Center - Dedicated to the children and twins who were experimented upon by the "Angel of Death," Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz.

Related Organizations:

• Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center - Located in Philadelphia, this archives is dedicated to collecting, preserving and organizing the records of Greater Philadelphia's Jewish community.
• Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Philadelphia - Located in Philadelphia, this organization is dedicated to preserving the memory of the martyrs and victims of the Holocaust.
• University of Minnesota - Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
• Richard Stockton College - Holocaust Resource Center
• West Chester University - Holocaust Education Center
• Gratz College - Holocaust Oral History Archive
• Aish.com - Holocaust Studies

Book and Film Reviews

• Defiance directed by Edward Zwick
• Hotel Rwanda directed by Terry George