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Erwin Stern

January 14, 2021

Erwin Stern
1938: Key DatesAnschlussAustriaThe Children of Chabannes – FilmEichmann Takes Control of Jewish Life in AustriaEscape from German-Occupied EuropeFranceHeydrich’s instructions for KristallnachtHidden Children: ChoicesHidden Children: Daily LifeHidden Children: ExpressionsHidden Children: HardshipsKristallnachtKristallnacht: The November 1938 PogromsMarrus, Michael R., and Robert O. Paxton. Vichy France and the Jews.Obstacles to ImmigrationOSE: A Professional Jewish OrganizationPlight of Jewish ChildrenRefugeesRescueRescueResistance During the HolocaustSecond Regulation for the Law on the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich, March 18, 1938The Situation of the Jews in Austria, April 1938Timeline of Events, 1933-1938Vienna Anschluss, March 1938Austria, 1933German Administration of Europe (occupied and Vichy France indicated)KristallnachtOccupied Western Europe Annexation of Austria –…

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Ernest Simon

January 14, 2021

Ernest Simon
Transcript of Video TestimonyErnest Simon USC Shoah Foundation Testimony – Site requires log-in then search for “Ernie Simon” CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaGerman Foreign Policy, 1933-1945German Prewar ExpansionHolocaust in Bohemia and MoraviaJewish BrigadeJewish Brigade GroupJews of the SudetenlandRefugeesReinhard HeydrichReinhard HeydrichResistance During the HolocaustRothkirchen, Livia. The Jews of Bohemia and Moravia.Terezin / TheresienstadtTheresienstadtTheresienstadt: Final Weeks, Liberation and Post-War TrialsTheresienstadt: Spiritual Resistance in Historical ContextYouth Aliyah Bohemia and MoraviaCzechoslovakia 1933German Annexation of the Sudetenland, 1938Partition of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1939 Agreement reached at Munich Conference – historical film footageCzech refugees leave Sudetenland – historical film footageGermans take over Sudetenland – historical film footageSudentenland ceded to Germany – historical film footage…

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Sylvan Siegler

January 14, 2021

Sylvan Siegler
From the Heart ProfileTranscript of Audio TestimonyLetter to Children of the Future from MCHE’s 10th Anniversary Journal Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar GermanyBoycott of Jewish BusinessesFriedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews.GardelegenGardelegen MassacreGerman Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939German Jews During the Holocaust, 1939-1945Germany – Jewish Population in 1933Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939Nuremberg LawsNuremberg LawsObstacles to ImmigrationRefugeesResistance During the HolocaustSynagogue in Kaisersesch (German language site)Timeline of Events, 1933-1938 Germany, 1933Germany, Jewish Population in 1933Jewish Emigration from Germany, 1933-1940 Gardelegen Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Choiceless Choices“When Their World Changed”: Teaching about German Jewry between 1933 and 1939Witnesses to the Holocaust Archive Lesson Plans

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Steve Sherry

January 14, 2021

Steve Sherry
AnschlussAustriaEichmann Takes Control of Jewish Life in AustriaHeydrich’s instructions for KristallnachtKristallnachtKristallnacht: The November 1938 PogromsObstacles to ImmigrationPlight of Jewish ChildrenRefugeesSecond Regulation for the Law on the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich, March 18, 1938The Situation of the Jews in Austria, April 1938Vienna Anschluss, March 1938Austria, 1933Kristallnacht Annexation of Austria – historical film footage (1)Annexation of Austria – historical film footage (2)Kristallnacht How was Kristallnacht carried out, and who was involved?Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Choiceless ChoicesWhat was the role of the police during Kristallnacht?

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George Rosenberg

January 14, 2021

George Rosenberg
From The Heart ProfileTranscript of Audio Testimony Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar GermanyAntisemitic Legislation 1933-1939Boycott of Jewish BusinessesDocuments Required to Obtain a U.S. VisaEmigration, Nazi Policy and Jewish InitiativesFriedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews.German Jews During the Holocaust, 1939-1945Germany – Jewish Population in 1933Gilbert, Martin. Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction.Grenville, John. The Jews and Germans of Hamburg: The Destruction of a Civilization 1790-1945.HamburgHeydrich’s instructions for KristallnachtKristallnachtKristallnacht: The November 1938 PogromsNazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939Nuremberg LawsNuremberg LawsObstacles to ImmigrationRefugeesResistance During the HolocaustTimeline of Events, 1933-1938 Germany, 1933Germany, Jewish Population in 1933Kristallnacht Kristallnacht How was Kristallnacht carried out, and who was involved?Jewish Responses to the Holocaust:…

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Kurt Metzl

January 14, 2021

Kurt Metzl
From The Heart Profile Transcript of Audio Testimony Austria Eichmann Takes Control of Jewish Life in Austria Jews Mistreated in Swiss WWII Camps, Study Says Plight of Jewish Children Refugees Second Regulation for the Law on the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich, March 18, 1938 The Situation of the Jews in Austria, April 1938 Switzerland During the Holocaust and Post-WWII Period Vienna Anschluss, March 1939 Austria, 1933 Europe, 1938 Greater Germany, September 1939 (Switzerland indicated) Annexation of Austria – historical film footage (1) Annexation of Austria – historical film footage (2) Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Choiceless Choices…

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Erika Mandler

January 14, 2021

Erika Mandler
Transcript of Video TestimonyLetter To The Children of the Future from MCHE’s 10th Anniversary JournalErika Mandler USC Shoah Foundation Testimony – Site requires log-in then search for “Erika Mandler” AustriaBratislava During the Holocaust: Forced Labor CampsEichmann Takes Control of Jewish Life in AustriaFate of the Slovak JewsThe Holocaust in SlovakiaJewish Partisan Educational FoundationThe Jewish Resistance Fighter Unit from the Nováky Labor CampMegargee, Geoffrey editor. Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945.NovakySecond Regulation for the Law on the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich, March 18, 1938The Situation of the Jews in Austria, April 1938Spira, Karen. Memories of Youth: Slovak Jewish Holocaust Survivors and the…

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Tom Lewinsohn

January 14, 2021

Tom Lewinsohn
From The Heart ProfileTranscript of Audio TestimonyLetter to Children of the Future from MCHE’s 10th Anniversary Journal Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar GermanyArtifacts, testimonies, photographs related to the Shanghai GhettoBerlinFasanenstrasse Synagogue, BerlinFriedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews.German and Austrian refugees in ShanghaiGerman Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939Germany – Jewish Population in 1933Gilbert, Martin. Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction.Guang, Pan. “Shanghai: A Haven for Holocaust Victims.”Flight and Rescue online exhibitionHeydrich’s instructions for KristallnachtJewish Community of Berlin“Jewish Life in Shanghai’s Ghetto.” New York Times. June 19, 2012Kindertransport 1938-1940KristallnachtKristallnacht: The November 1938 PogromsNazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939Nuremberg LawsNuremberg LawsObstacles to ImmigrationPolish Jewish Refugees in the Shanghai Ghetto, 1941–1945Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky…

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Alice Lewinsohn

January 14, 2021

Alice Lewinsohn
Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar GermanyBoycott of Jewish BusinessesFriedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews.German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939German Jews During the Holocaust, 1939-1945Germany – Jewish Population in 1933Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939Nuremberg LawsNuremberg LawsObstacles to ImmigrationRefugeesResistance During the HolocaustTimeline of Events, 1933-1938 Germany, 1933Germany, Jewish Population in 1933Jewish Emigration from Germany, 1933-1940 Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Choiceless Choices“When Their World Changed”: Teaching about German Jewry between 1933 and 1939

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Kurt Levi

January 14, 2021

Kurt Levi
Transcript of Video Testimony Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar GermanyAntisemitic Legislation 1933-1939Documents Required to Obtain a U.S. VisaEmigration, Nazi Policy and Jewish InitiativesFirst Regulation for the Implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil ServiceFriedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews.German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939German Jews’ Passports Declared InvalidGermany – Jewish Population in 1933Immigration PoliciesNazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939Nuremberg LawsNuremberg LawsObstacles to ImmigrationRefugeesRefuge in Latin AmericaResistance During the HolocaustTimeline of Events, 1933-1938United States and the Holocaust Germany, 1933Germany, Jewish Population in 1933Jewish Emigration from Germany, 1933-1940 How was Kristallnacht carried out, and who was involved?Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Choiceless ChoicesWhat…

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