Category Archives: Holocaust

Five “must read” Holocaust books

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Tim

As a research librarian for a Holocaust museum, I’m often asked for advice on what to read. If you have an interest and don’t know where to start (or would like to know more), here are five Holocaust books I … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Men : Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Tim

Christopher Browning, one of the better known Holocaust scholars today, used evidence from the post-war investigations of Police Battalion 101 to create an image of the “ordinary men” who participated in the massacre of Jews in Eastern Europe. By examining … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Holocaust

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Tim

Alberto Giordano, an associate professor at Texas State University-San Marcos, and Anne Knowles, a geographer at Middlebury College in Vermont, have been awarded a $430,000 grant to use computerized models to create a geographic analysis of the Holocaust. The two-year … Continue reading →

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Auschwitz-Birkenau museum denies artist

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Tim

The New York Times recently reported that a group of comic book legends — Neal Adams, Joe Kubert and Stan Lee – have teamed up to support Dina Gottliebova Babbitt’s claim to the artwork she painted which is currently held … Continue reading →

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UK honors disabled Holocaust victims

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Tim

Even though Holocaust education often centers on the plight of the Jewish people, a greater number of museums have been memorializing the other victims in recent years. This past week, the Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire unveiled a memorial plaque, the … Continue reading →

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