Paul and Mary Filben Holocaust Trunk -- Contents
1. Reference Materials
ADL Posters |
1 copy |
Twenty Holocaust posters (#3 missing) |
The Holocaust |
1 copy |
A portfolio of materials, including broadsheets, documents, maps, and other sources |
The Holocaust |
1 copy |
A Grolier student library. Volume 1: Abwehr to Extermination Camps |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
1 copy |
Children's drawings and poems from Terezin concentration camp, 1942-1944 |
The Holocaust: A History of Courage and Resistance |
1 copy |
The story of the Holocaust, focusing on the men and women who fought against Hitler and the Nazis |
HMH Triangle Poster |
1 copy |
Poster |
Holocaust: Maps and Photographs |
1 copy |
Each map and photograph shows what actually happened: the scale of the slaughter, the widespread acts of Jewish resistance, the fate of many millions of non-Jews who were also murdered, the often inadequate response of the world outside Europe, and rescue of Jews by courageous individuals who were themselves under Nazi rule |
Rescue |
1 copy |
The story of how gentiles saved Jews in the Holocaust |
Introducing the Holocaust |
1 copy |
A powerful book providing a clear and forthright guide to the Holocaust for young readers today |
Hitler |
1 copy |
An illustrated biography of the leader of Nazi Germany |
2. Teaching Material
Curriculum Trunk Program |
1 copy |
Teacher aids from the Holocaust Museum Houston |
Picture Set |
1 copy |
Six pictures (Danish rescue boat, stars, milk can, shoes, railway car, Hollerith machine) |
Resistance during the Holocaust |
1 copy |
A 52-page booklet that explores examples of armed and unarmed resistance by Jews and other Holocaust victims |
Teaching about the Holocaust |
1 copy |
A resource book for educators |
My Family Tree |
1 copy |
An overhead transparency |
3. Audio/Visual Media
Courage to Care |
1 copy |
A 60-minute video on the Anne Frank story |
Lest We Forget |
1 copy |
A multimedia CD-ROM on the history of the Holocaust |
Weapons of the Spirit |
1 copy |
A 35-minute video |
Schindler's List |
1 copy |
A CD containing the original motion picture soundtrack |
Auschwitz: If You Cried, You Died |
1 copy |
A 28-minute video chronicling the journey of two Holocaust survivors as they revisit the hell they knew as Auschwitz concentration camp |
4. Young Adult Novels
The Devil's Arithmetic |
5 copies |
A novel by Jane Yolen about a woman transported back to a Polish village in 1942 |
Daniel's Story |
35 copies |
Daniel's family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz |
The Cage |
5 copies |
A memoir by a woman who lost her youth and family to the Nazis |
We Are Witnesses |
30 copies |
Five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust |
The Upstairs Room |
1 copy |
For two years, a Gentile family hid Annie and her sister in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse |
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl |
5 copies |
Perhaps the most famous diary to come out of the Holocaust |
I Was There |
1 copy |
Set in the turmoil and terror of Nazi Germany, this first-person account of the day-to-day events and attitudes of the Third Reich provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of German young people of that period |
Behind the Bedroom Wall |
1 copy |
Thirteen-year-old Korinna, a Nazi youth group member, is shocked to find her parents hiding a Jewish family |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
1 copy |
The story of a girl whose family sneaks out of Germany and tries to find a home in several countries |
Night |
5 copies |
A terrifying account by Elie Wiesel of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence... and the death of his God |
The Man from the Other Side |
1 copy |
A true story of World War II Warsaw, this novel by Uri Orlev relates events so dramatic as to be cataclysmic. But the voice of its l4-year-old narrator, Marek, would be gripping given any plot |
Escape from Warsaw |
5 copies |
Their mother arrested by the Nazis, the Balicki children make the long, dangerous trip from Warsaw to Switzerland in search of their father |
The Hiding Place |
1 copy |
The extraordinary adventure of Corrie ten Boom, a courageous Christian woman who became a militant heroine of the anti-Nazi underground |
Friedrich |
1 copy |
His best friend thought Friedrich was lucky. His family had a good home and enough money, and in Germany in the early 1930s, many were unemployed. But when Hitler came to power, things began to change. Friedrich was expelled from school, and then his mother died and his father was deported. For Friedrich was Jewish |
Kindertransport |
1 copy |
The powerful autobiographical account of a young girl's struggle as a Jewish refugee in England from 1939-1945 |
5. Student Material
Read |
30 copies |
A 32-page magazine with poems, stories, an editorial, and a play |
Tell Them We Remember |
30 copies |
The story of the Holocaust in 109 pages |
The Record |
30 copies |
A 16-page newspaper on the Holocaust |
6. Picture Books
The Children We Remember |
1 copy |
A 45-page book of photographs from Yad Vashem |
Terrible Things |
1 copy |
A 28-page allegory of the Holocaust |
A Picture Book of Anne Frank |
1 copy |
A 26-page illustrated biography of Anne Frank |
Israeli Materials
One copy of each item
Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto -- 1941 |
Teacher's Guide, Student Workbook, and 27 slides enabling students to gain a sense of life in the ghetto as it was experienced by the ghetto residents themselves |
Stories from the Warsaw Ghetto |
Multimedia CD-ROM providing a three-dimensional reconstruction of the ghetto, 200 animated scenes, testimonies from survivors, four and a half hours of sound commentaries, 50 maps, 71 biographies, 10 songs sung in Yiddish |
Holocaust Responsa in the Kovno Ghetto (1941-1944 |
A teacher's guide that describes the lives of the Jews in the Kovno Ghetto as reflected in Rabbi Ephraim Ashry's responsa. The lesson seeks to involve students in the issues faced by Orthodox Jews |
The Last Ghetto |
Book in English and Hebrew describing life in the Lodz ghetto from 1940 to 1944. Hundreds of illustrations |
But the Story Didn't End That Way |
A teacher manual, 20-minute video, and 18 posters telling the story of German Jewry from the Weimar Republic through the late 1930s |
To Bear Witness |
20 posters and teacher's guide presenting an overview of the Holocaust as seen through the prism of a series of historical events, figures and places |
The Face of Survival |
Illustrated 224-page book covering Jewish life in Eastern Europe before and after the Holocaust |
Outcast |
40-minute video showing Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1938 |
Witnesses at the Eichmann Trial |
45-minute video of testimonies at the 1961 trial, reflecting a variety of Holocaust experiences, including the Nazi occupation of villages, the ghettos and the extermination camps |
Liberation |
A teaching unit on Holocaust literature |
Janusz Korczak |
20 posters chronicling the life and death of the innovative Polish educator who led his students into the gas chamber |
Hannaleh's Rescue |
Teacher's handbook, 25-minute video, and 8 art reproductions. The story of a Jewish girl who is smuggled out of the ghetto when her family is deported |
The Sandgame |
59-page paperback telling the story of the author's childhood |
Stolen Childhood |
30-minute video providing testimonies of three Holocaust survivors who tell of the changes they experienced in their lives as children during the Nazi occupation |
Four Stories of Hiding and Rescue |
30-minute video with teacher's guide presenting the testimonies of four Holocaust children: with a Polish family in a village, in a convent, in the forest, and on the road |
The Legend of the Lodz Ghetto Children |
Teacher's handbook describing 17 paintings. Paintings illustrated in the book but not included separately |
Through Our Eyes |
An illustrated textbook presenting the Holocaust as perceived by children. It consists of 18 study units, in chronological order, comprising children's diary entries and survivors' testimonies |