Holocaust Stories ESL

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Irena Sendler

By: Kelly from Spokane

Irena Sendler helped Jewish children escape the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust.

Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara

By: Eric Saul

Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara believed in freedom and saved many Jews during WWII.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

By: Katharine from Peach Tree

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and martyr of the Holocaust.

Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

By: Taylor Copeland

Friedl Dicker-Brandeis was an artist and teacher who gave children hope during the Holocaust.

Corrie Ten Boom

By: Maddi--14, Maine USA

Corrie Ten Boom risked her life to help hundreds of Jews escape during WWII.

"The International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27th commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest and one of the most deadly of the Nazi death camps, on that day in 1945. Over one million people, mostly Jews, were killed in Auschwitz. Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Eleven million human beings across political, social, national, and religious lines, were killed as victims of Nazi persecution. Seventy-five years later, we reflect back on humanity’s worst impulses—Yet in choosing to commemorate the liberation of the camp alongside recalling the suffering that took place in it, the historical moment reminds us that we should persist toward hope and justice, and that it is in our power to fight against such evil—and to win." - Deb Donig, Assistant Professor of English Literature, Cal Poly

International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Helpers Resisters

By: MY HERO Staff

Honoring those who fought, resisted and helped others during the Holocaust.

International Holocaust Day | Voices of Survivors

By: MY HERO Staff

International Holocaust Day is observed to inscribe the atrocities of the Holocaust into our hearts and our history. To that end it is important to hear the testimony of the survivors of the Holocaust.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Text With Audio

By: Laura Nietzer

Let us never forget the Holocaust. These stories all have text with an audio link allowing students to listen as they read along.

Films for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By: Laura Nietzer

First hand accounts of the Holocaust through films.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Heroes Working to Stop Future Genocide

By: MY HERO Staff

Heroes Working to Stop Future Genocide

Anne Frank & Miep Gies

By: Erin Gruwell

Anne Frank & Miep Gies are heroes to Freedom Writers founder and teacher, Erin Gruwell.

Righteous Conversations - MEDIA Award

Produced by:Righteous Conversations Project

Righteous Conversations Project mentors youth to tell stories that promote tolerance.

The Righteous Conversations Project

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The Righteous Conversations Project

The Righteous Conversations Projects connects Holocaust survivors with teens, who become "vessels of memory," as well as to address injustices in the modern world.