The Holocaust
- The Weiner Holocaust Library. (2020). The Holocaust Explained. Retrieved from https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/
The Holocaust Explained includes hundreds of pages of content based on a wide variety of source material in the form of videos, images and text. It is managed by The Wiener Holocaust Library. The Library is the oldest archive of material on the Nazi era and the Holocaust in the world. It is Britain’s national Holocaust archive, and enjoys an international reputation as a leading centre of research and learning. - Holocaust. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school-eb-com-au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/Holocaust/40821
Holocaust, Hebrew Shoʾah (“Catastrophe”), Yiddish and Hebrew Ḥurban (“Destruction”), the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by NaziGermany and its collaborators during World War II.
Literary Criticism
Literature Notes
- Cliffnotes. (2016). The Book Thief. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/b/the-book-thief/book-summaryCliffnotes offers a study guide on The Book Thief. Written by teachers for students.
- SparkNotes. (2020). The Book Thief. Retrieved from https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-book-thief/SparkNotes offers a thorough summary and insightful critical analyses of The Book Thief.
Characters
- Chicago Library. (2020). The Book Thief: Characters. Retrieved from https://www.chipublib.org/characters-the-book-thief-and-friends/The Chicago library offers a simple description of the primary and secondary characters in The Book Thief.
- Cliff Notes. (2016). Death as a character. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/b/the-book-thief/character-list-and-analysis/deathDeath is the narrator. He is fascinated by humans and the colours of the world, but he struggles throughout the novel to decipher how humans are capable of so much ugliness and so much beauty.
Hitler's Rise to Power
Hazard, A., & Gendler, A. (2016). How did Hitler rise to power? [Ted Ed]. Retrieved from https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-hitler-rise-to-power-alex-gendler-and-anthony-hazard
Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf Hitler, the tyrant who orchestrated one of the largest genocides in human history, could ever have risen to power in a democratic country. So how did it happen, and could it happen again? Alex Gendler and Anthony Hazard dive into the history and circumstances that allowed Hitler to become Führer of Germany.
Timeline Pre - Post World War II
Public Broadcasting System. (2020). Interactive Timeline - Inside the Nazi State. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/learning/timeline/1939.html