Echoes & Reflections
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Echoes & Reflections is the premier source for Holocaust educational materials, professional development, and dynamic content.
Increase historical knowledge on the Holocaust as you prepare to teach this topic in the new school year. Our 15-minute Video Toolbox films contain historic and contextual framing on a variety of topics, and are well-aligned to many of our lesson plans. echoesandreflections.org/video_toolbox/
Join us for another special webinar on 8/10 to hear from survivor Maud Dahme. In 1942 Maud and her sister were sheltered from the Nazis by a Christian couple in the Netherlands. They survived the war and were reunited with their parents. info.echoesandreflections.org/meet-survivo...
Meet Survivor Maud Dahme
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Excited to partner with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, for their yearlong program, “Holocaust 101: The Fundamentals of Holocaust Education", to support teachers in PA to implement the lessons of the Holocaust in their classrooms. jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-ce...
Holocaust Center launches yearlong teacher training series
'We really see it as an opportunity for both new and returning educators'
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Join us on 8/3 for a unique webinar to hear from Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter. Pinchas was born in Lodz, Poland in 1932 and he and his family were imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto. When was liberated in 1945, Pinchas had survived six Nazi camps. info.echoesandreflections.org/meet-survivo...
Meet Survivor Pinchas Gutter
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So proud to have partnered with the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center their annual educator's conference on July 21 to support Arizona teachers in Holocaust education. azjewishpost.com/2026/tjmhc-g...
TJMHC Gives Educators the Tools to Teach the Holocaust and Other Genocides, AZ Jewish Post
The way a teacher introduces the Holocaust can stay with students long after the unit ends, shaping how they understand prejudice and hatred for years to come. That responsibility, and the skill it...
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Join our webinar on 7/27 with E&R Project Director, Jennifer Goss, to explore, "What Did Americans Know About the Holocaust?" Learn how to help students analyze historical sources and engage with questions about responsibility and response. info.echoesandreflections.org/what-did-ame...
What Did Americans Know About the Holocaust?
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Planning to teach about the Holocaust this school year? Join our free online course, Foundations of Holocaust Education, to connect with fellow educators and explore practical strategies and resources for meaningful classroom instruction. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/foun...
Echoes & Reflections and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation invite U.S. secondary classroom educators to an online program on "Exploring the 'Final Solution': A Virtual Visit of Auschwitz-Birkenau". This session will provide the tools to teach about the Holocaust history. adl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
In July of 1995, 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered at Srebrenica. Join our webinar on 7/22 with E&R facilitator Kim Klett to explore the genocide in Srebrenica and how you can use historical artifacts to connect these lessons to your students. info.echoesandreflections.org/memory-of-a-...
Memory of a Genocide: Lessons and Reflections from Bosnia
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Echoes & Reflections offers FREE online courses every month on various Holocaust-related topics. Explore engaging professional learning that is asynchronous with discussions and guidance from an expert facilitator, as well as other educator participants. echoesandreflections.org/prepare/?cla...
Join our webinar on 7/14 with Award-winning author and prosecutor Adena Bernstein. Adena will explore the remarkable stories behind Nazi-looted art in her new book, "Stolen Legacies", and offer ways to connect students to this history. info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-jus...
Teaching Justice Through Art: Lessons from “Stolen Legacies”
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Join our webinar on 7/7 to examine how Jewish artists navigated questions of visibility, dignity, and memory in their portraits of individuals whose lives were under existential threat. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/facing-the-h...
Facing the Holocaust: Portraits in Peril
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Want to teach about the Holocaust and antisemitism this coming school year? Our teaching units contain lesson plans that provide a unique experience for educators to teach about these topics effectively, all of which are accessible for free online. echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...
Looking for engaging summer PD at no cost with the opportunity to earn continuing education credits? Join one of our upcoming variety of online and in-person programs to gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to teach the Holocaust in the new school year. Learn more: hubs.li/Q04mG53r0
Join our free online course to examine the creation of the Terezin ghetto, the role of resistance, and how the prisoner performances of Verdi's Requiem inspired individuals then and now. Completers earn a 5-hour certificate. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/defi...
Thinking about teaching the Holocaust in the new school year? Explore our 15 digital student-directed classroom activities designed to increase knowledge about core topics of Holocaust history, antisemitism, and related issues. Learn more: hubs.li/Q04m8FfF0
Join our online course to gain an understanding of how antisemitic tropes and hate speech related to the Holocaust are weaponized. Learn how to challenge students to think critically and empower them to recognize and reject antisemitic hate speech. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...
Join our webinar on 6/22 with Jesse Tannetta, Director of Holocaust Content and Pedagogy, to explore the Weimar Republic's fragile democracy and the events that allowed Nazism to take hold in Germany. info.echoesandreflections.org/who-let-it-h...
Who Let It Happen? Ordinary Germans and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic
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To support educators in planning and instruction, we've added Alignment Guides to our Holocaust education legislation map, that identifies where Echoes & Reflections content and resources align with existing state-level standards. Learn more: hubs.li/Q04l3bMJ0
Join our webinar on 6/18 to explore how antisemitism today is affecting students. ADL experts will share findings from their latest Audit of Antisemitic Incidents and educators will gain classroom-ready resources that equip them to foster positive change. adl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What were the Nuremberg trials? How accurately is the history of the Nuremberg trials portrayed in the 2025 Hollywood movie Nuremberg? Join our webinar on 6/15 to hear international expert, writer, and professor John Q. Barrett explore these questions. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-nurember...
The Nuremberg Trials and Hollywood's Nuremberg Movie
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Join our webinar on 6/10 with Megan Helberg from the Anne Frank Center, for a fascinating exploration of the Frank family's journey before, during, and after the Holocaust and their contemporary connections to the classroom. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/beyond-the-d...
Beyond the Diary: Expanding the Story of Anne Frank
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Pride Month is an important moment to recognize the LGBTQIA+ people persecuted under the Nazis. View testimony from USC Shoah Foundation featuring stories of survival, resistance, rescue, and heartbreaking loss to honor this important month. sfi.usc.edu/pride @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social
Honoring LGBTQIA+ Pride Month through Testimony
In commemoration of Pride Month, the Institute recognizes the LGBTQIA+ people persecuted under the Nazis from as early as 1933 to the end of the war in 1945, some of whose stories are in the Institute...
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To commemorate Pride Month, join our webinar on 6/2 with Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast. Eric will introduce its current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the Holocaust and WWII. info.echoesandreflections.org/making-gay-h...
Making Gay History: The Nazi Era
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Echoes & Reflections offers a variety of content to support Spanish-speaking learners in the classroom. A collection of resources are translated into Spanish and can be accessed in each of our 12 teaching units. Explore today: hubs.li/Q04hv7YW0
In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, join our webinar on 5/26 with The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) to learn about AAPB’s resources related to Jewish American history and culture, how to use the AAPB in teaching and research, and more. Register here: hubs.li/Q04gPf-20
Researching Jewish American Heritage through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
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Join our online course in June to gain an overview of Echoes & Reflections resources and pedagogy to teach the Holocaust responsibly, and effectively introduce this complex topic into your classroom. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/foun...
Join our webinar on 5/18 with Yael Eaglstein, a Yad Vashem educator, who will introduce teachers to The "Auschwitz Album," the only photos that portray the story of the transports that arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer of 1944. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-auschwit...
The Auschwitz Album: Visual Evidence of the Mass Murder Program
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Deepen your knowledge of Holocaust education. Our library of Articles & Essays can support further study and instruction on this vital topic as you continue your journey as a Holocaust educator. hubs.li/Q04fqkl90
Are you a Holocaust educator who teaches middle school? We now offer select handouts throughout our lesson plans to support middle school reading levels. Handouts with “MS” designation in our Units are intended for these types of learners. Learn more: echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...
