Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, interviewed by the USC Shoah Foundation.

Links

Annotated Links to Other Holocaust and Child Survivor Organizations

There are thousands of organizations and many web sites. We list but a few here. If you would like your organization cross linked with ours, please contact us.

Kupferberg Holocaust Center
Queensborough Community Colelge
https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/

Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors of the Delaware Valley
(formed as a result of a workshop organized by Dr. Judith Kestenberg)
https://cjhsa.org/about-us/

The Hidden Child Foundation
https://www.adl.org/holocaust-education/hidden-child-foundation

The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors and Descendants
https://www.holocaustchild.org/

Amcha Link S-2 Seminar and Publication on Child Survivors
A new professional journal compiling articles on working with individuals who survived the Holocaust as children.
https://www.amcha.org/

Gratz College Old York Rd Melrose Park
Program on Holocaust studies, oral history
Local Chapter of International Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors
https://hoha.digitalcollections.gratz.edu/

One Thousand Children
https://onethousandchildren.yivo.org/

OTC’s primary mission
OTC’s primary mission is to 1) document the experiences of people who came to the U.S. as children between 1934 and 1945 to escape persecution and genocide and stayed with foster families and in other facilities across America and 2) honor the individuals and organizations who were part of the three continent network of cooperation that made the rescues possible.
HOLOCAUST MUSEUMS

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
https://www.ushmm.org

The museum web site is the best source of information for the Holocaust on the Internet. The museum features many resources from online exhibits to original archival material, original artifacts and photos. There is also a section for teachers with online tutorials and sample lesson plans

GENOCIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE REPORT USHMM
https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/reports-and-resources/genocide-prevention-task-force-view-and-download-the-report

YAD VASHEM
https://www.yadvashem.org/

The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority” is Israel’s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Established in 1953, Yad Vashem has been entrusted with documenting the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust, preserving the memory and story of each of the six million victims, and imparting the legacy of the Holocaust for generations to come through its archives, library, school, museums and recognition of the Righteous Among the Nations.

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
https://wiesenthal.org/

THE AUSCHWITZ MUSEUM
https://www.auschwitz.org/

The Jewish Musuem
https://thejewishmuseum.org/

GENOCIDE STUDIES LINKS
Aegis Genocide Prevention Initiative
https://www.aegistrust.org/what-we-do/

A UK-based project that “will attempt to identify the causes, predict the development and prevent the incidence of genocide. Aegis is a unique initiative for which there is no pre-existing organizational model. It is designed to develop a powerful network that focuses the strengths of all those organizations, governmental and non-governmental, which already have an involvement in some aspect of reaction to or prevention of genocide. It will distill and disseminate the most useful and accurate knowledge available, providing advice on strategic planning for genocide prevention.”

Crimes of War
https://www.american.edu/wcl/impact/initiatives-programs/warcrimes/

Hosted by American University, this project is a collaborative effort of journalists, lawyers, and scholars “that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war.” Resources at the site include an online magazine, featured essays, analysis, a discussion forum, information on future seminars, and related resources. The essays are concise, cover a range of international topics, and link to related items on the site.

Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War
https://web.archive.org/web/20250906220548/http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/

Compiled by R.J. Rummel, one of the leading scholars of genocide, and coiner of the term “democide” (“murder by government”). Includes over 900 documents and some 4,000 pages of text supporting the theory of democide, as well as an on-site search engine and useful links.

Gendercide Watch
https://www.gendercide.org/

Gendercide Watch is a web-based educational initiative that confronts gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide.

GenEd
https://genocideeducation.org/

GenEd is a nonprofit organization assisting educators in teaching about human rights and genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide, as the predecessor of the pattern of genocides that followed. GenEd develops instructional materials and provides workshops, consultation and presentations.

Genocide Studies Program – Yale University
https://macmillan.yale.edu/gsp

Homepage of the Yale University program directed by noted Cambodia scholar Ben Kiernan. Includes materials on “Theory and Analysis,” “History and Description,” and “Detection and Prevention.”

Holocaust and Genocide Studies
https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/holocaust/

A resource list prepared by Linda M. Woolf of Webster University (see below).

Webster University’s Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
https://www.webster.edu/humanities-social-sciences/human-rights-humanitarian-studies.php

“Genocide is the most extreme threat to fulfillment of [human] needs and aspirations, and the Holocaust perhaps the most horrible example of their systematic deprivation. The Webster University Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights takes as its mission the education of our students, our faculty, our community and ourselves.”

EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE
https://www.armenian-genocide.org/

Web site of the Armenian National Institute dedicated to “the study, research and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
https://www.adl.org/incorporate-antisemitism-and-holocaust-education-your-classroom

The nation’s major civil rights/human relations agency and a leader in the development of programs building bridges and respect among diverse groups. A good resource for teachers to access material on the Holocaust

ATROCITY PREVENTION LAB
https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/atrocity-prevention-lab/

CHAMBON FOUNDATION
https://www.chambon.org/index_en.htm

Documents the rescue efforts of the residents in and around Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, who risked their lives to shelter 5,000 Jews, many of them children.

COOLIDGE COLLEGE GERMAN PROPAGANDA ARCHIVE
https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES
https://www.facinghistory.org/

FOUNDATION FOR ETHNIC UNDERSTANDING
https://www.ffeu.org/

GENOCIDE WATCH: THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO END GENOCIDE
https://www.genocidewatch.com/

Formed to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide. Includes news articles, descriptions of acts of genocide in various regions.

GHETTO FIGHTERS HOUSE
https://www.gfh.org.il/eng

A place to visit to learn more about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and educational programs and archives.

HIATT COLLECTION OF HOLOCAUST MATERIALS
https://libguides.holycross.edu/holocaust

Housed at the Dinand Library, College of the Holy Cross. Focuses on the role of the Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuit order during the Holocaust

I ABOLISH, THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY GROUP
https://www.iabolish.org/

JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS
https://www.jfr.org/

The site offers access to testimonies, and stories of non-Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust.

JOSEPHSON INSTITUTE CENTER FOR YOUTH ETHICS
https://charactercounts.org/

Character counts is a great approach to the development of Character using the basic values of the “Six Pillars of Character” trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

NATIONAL CATHOLIC CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
https://www.setonhill.edu/community-programs/holocaust-center/index.html

The Center at Seton Hill University counters antisemitism and fosters Catholic Jewish Relations. The site provides a teaching guide for teaching about the Holocaust in Catholic schools.

PREVENTING GENOCIDE
https://web.archive.org/web/20250717184231/http://preventgenocide.org/prevent/scherrer.htm

RAPHAEL LEMKIN PAPERS AT THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY
https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/3/resources/13258

SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
https://sfi.usc.edu/

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education contains an archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. It is part of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at the University of Southern California. The Foundation provides educational services that reach educators, students, and the general public around the world.

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, interviewed by the USC Shoah Foundation.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, interviewed by the USC Shoah Foundation.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
https://www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/

The center provides online curriculum guides on the Holocaust. One of the best we have seen. Also available online is an instructional guide Genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

WOMEN AND THE HOLOCAUST
https://www.theverylongview.com/WATH/

Includes eyewitness accounts, book reviews, articles, essays, poetry, and links to eyewitness testimonies and related resources.