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Museum of Jewish Soldiers of WWI

website of a new museum in Israel dedicated to Jewish soldiers who fought in World War II. The main page is in Hebrew; click on the word “English” at the left just below the photo. http://www.jwmww2.org/

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new Auschwitz video

only 15 minutes; high quality; good for classroom use.

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new Holocaust curriculum for teachers

new and very comprehensive curriculum from the Holocaust Educational Trust – it’s British, but certainly appropriate for American classrooms too. http://www.het.org.uk/

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Sinclair Dedicates Work by Winner of Max May Memorial Holocaust Art Contest

http://sinclair.edu/news/sinclair-dedicates-work-by-winner-of-max-may-memorial-holocaust-art-contest

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Here’s a book notice from the *Writing the Holocaust* Blog:

Dear Colleagues, I would like to call your attention to the current feature at Writing the Holocaust, which focuses on Marked: Poems of the Holocaust (NYQ Books, 2014), Stephen Herz’s stunning new book. This feature includes two complete poems, “Morgen Früh” and “Whatever You Can Carry”) and a substantial excerpt from “Shots,” Herz’s masterwork that […]

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“Video Toolbox”

New “video toolbox” for teachers from Yad vaShem in Jerusalem.  Teachers, check it out. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/video/hevt_about.asp

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Twitter forum for Holocaust educators

Teachers who use Twitter: see this note which our director received: Dear Colleagues, Tonight I launched the first Twitter chat focusing on Holocaust education. We had 8 people who joined and I have archived our first chat at the following link: https://storify.com/EmilyAmieWitty/holocaustedchat. If you know anyone who would like to participate, please let them know […]

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