Holocaust Remembrance

Our Holocaust Remembrance Collection includes The Holocaust Overview, Seared Souls: South Carolina Voices of the Holocaust and S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust.

 

Yom HaShoah - Days of Remembrance 

The internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Yom HaShoah in English is known as Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate and honor the loss of approximately six million Jewish people during the second World War. It is a national holiday in Israel and celebrated by Jewish people all over the world.

The United States Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust. Each year state and local governments, military bases, workplaces, schools, religious organizations, and civic centers host observances and remembrance activities for their communities. 

Jewish American Heritage Month (May)

Jewish American Heritage Month is an annual recognition and celebration of American Jews' achievements and contributions to the United States of America during the month of May.

 

 

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 Remembering The Holocaust 4
Remembering The Holocaust
Episode 4

Video

A special vocal performance by Cantor Rabbi Levi Marrus HONORING the victims…and survivors of the Holocaust.
 Remembering The Holocaust 2
Remembering The Holocaust
Episode 2

Video

Experience and explore the University of South Carolina’s Anne Frank Center, the first of its kind in North America.
 Remembering The Holocaust 1
Remembering The Holocaust
Episode 1

Video

Listen to the woman who found Anne Frank’s diary after the Secret Annex was discovered by the Nazis.
Holocaust Interviews
Holocaust Interviews

Lesson

Grades: 7

Students will explore those who experienced the Holocaust and now live in South Carolina.

The Enemy in Our Own Backyard!
The Enemy in Our Own Backyard!

Lesson

Grades: 11

For many rural counties, the only exposure to the infamous Nazis was from newspapers, newsreels, and other war time propaganda which portrayed these soldiers as arrogant, deceitful, and even evil...

Overview VII: Remembering and Forgetting | Holocaust
Overview VII: Remembering and Forgetting | Holocaust
Episode 7

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"When I tell the story of my life, it takes me quite a while to get back to normal. I get nightmares. I don't mind having nightmares in order that future generations can benefit from it." —Ben Stern...
Overview VI: Bystanders and Rescuers | Holocaust
Overview VI: Bystanders and Rescuers | Holocaust
Episode 6

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"No one had any compassion or any kind of a nice word to say to us. There was no one to say, 'It's going to get better,' or, 'Don't worry.' At no time had you the luxury of hearing anything like that...
Overview V: Resisters | Holocaust
Overview V: Resisters | Holocaust
Episode 5

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"You had to keep it in your mind: 'I'm going to live. I'm going to survive.' If you lost the will, that was it. You had to have a strong will to survive." —Pincus Kolender, Charleston, Advice on How...
Map - Holocaust Deaths
Map - Holocaust Deaths
Episode 10

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The map shows the numbers of Jews killed by the Nazis in each country.
Overview IV: The Holocaust
Overview IV: The Holocaust
Episode 4

Document

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"One day we heard someting that was very disturbing to all of us. We heard for the first time about Auschwitz in Poland. That's where the killing was done. That we would be sent there, and that we...