Join our webinar on 2/23 with director Daniela Volker who will discuss The Commandant’s Shadow, a documentary which brings together Jürgen Höss, son of Rudolf Höss, and Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, and explores repentance and forgiveness. info.echoesandreflections.org/confronting-...

Considering aligning teaching about the Holocaust with your spring lessons on WWII history? If so, now is the time to start preparing! Join our online course to equip yourself to responsibly teach the fundamentals of Holocaust history. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/foun...

Join our webinar on 2/17 with Lisa Biton, head of the English-speaking Education Section at Yad Vashem, to examine the Oneg Shabbat Archive, the secret documentation of Jewish daily life during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/the-oneg-sha...?

Echoes & Reflections and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation invite current U.S. secondary classroom educators to an upcoming online program and virtual tour. This live, free of cost, remote session will provide the tools to teach about the lessons of the Holocaust. Register here: lnkd.in/gYnkhEXz

As students study the complex history of the Holocaust, they will have lots of questions. To support your teaching, explore our Students' Toughest Questions resource to learn how to address challenging questions that may arise in the classroom. hubs.li/Q041_fRN0

Join our webinar on 2/11 with the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. E&R Dir. of Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, will examine the role of terror and extrajudicial punishment as crucial to the rise of the Nazi Party and its domination of people in Europe. bhecinfo-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Explore our poster series, which features the powerful words and experiences of Holocaust survivors and a rescuer and promote meaningful classroom reflection with accompanying activities. Access them for free here: echoesandreflections.org/classroom-po...

Join our 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. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/defi...

Our webinar on 2/4 with E&R facilitator and classroom educator Tyrone Shaw will trace how the weaponization of the legal system transformed Germany into a totalitarian state. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/when-laws-be...

Honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 1/27, by exploring our digital student activity. Students learn why and how different locations have chosen to memorialize the Holocaust, while considering the challenges and impacts of these decisions. echoesandreflections.org/studentactiv...

Join our free, credit-bearing online course to examine antisemitism through historic and contemporary framing and build student knowledge, critical understanding, and skills for intervention. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...

E&R lesson plans contain first-person visual history testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. As we approach IHRD, learn how teaching the human story behind this history can meaningfully impact your classroom today. echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re... @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social

Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (1/27) with students. Join our webinar with Sheryl Ochayon, Yad Vashem's Project Director, who will use the database & Pages of Testimony to tell the stories of some of the lives lost in the Holocaust. info.echoesandreflections.org/for-teachers...

Help students understand the diversity of Jewish life and the affect antisemitism has had on it. Our interactive map shows how Jews have lived throughout the world over the last 125+ years. Learn more: hubs.li/Q03-zc9l0

Join our webinar on 1/20 with Brian Hughes, Director of USC Shoah Foundation’s Countering Antisemitism Lab, who will trace the historical arc of antisemitism and examine the role media plays in preserving these theories. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-conspira... @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social

Explore our "Gringlas Unit on Antisemitism After the Holocaust" to learn how to deliver accurate and sensitive instruction on this topic and increase students’ understanding of the dangers of this hate and what they can do to prevent it from escalating. hubs.ly/Q03-bQ_r0

Join author Richard Hurowitz for a webinar about the heroes featured in his book, "In the Garden of the Righteous", who risked everything to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Learn how to integrate these stories into your classroom curriculum. info.echoesandreflections.org/in-the-garde...

If you are a U.S. middle or high school educator who currently and actively uses Echoes & Reflections in your classroom, we invite you to apply for the 2026 Echoes & Reflections Advanced Learning Seminar at Yad Vashem! echoesandreflections.org/advanced-lea...

Join our first webinar of 2026! Professor John Q. Barrett will discuss the Nuremberg trials and how accurately history is portrayed in the 2025 movie Nuremberg. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-nurember...

As the year comes to a close, we thank our educators for their work bringing Holocaust history into their classrooms. We are inspired by the dedication and enthusiasm we witness from our community and look forward to supporting you in 2026. Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year.

We are incredibly proud to share that 3 Echoes teachers, Irene Ann Resenly, Christopher Murray, & Jeron Velasco are among those honored with awards at this year’s NCSS Conference (@socialstudies.org) for demonstrating exceptional ability as a social studies teacher. Join us in congratulating them!

In the new year we are launching a new online course on teaching the "Final Solution". Explore primary resources and responsible pedagogy to teach this difficult topic with confidence in the classroom. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03XG9Fx0

Join us on 12/16 for a virtual tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. Explore galleries on liberation and the end of WWII to support teaching about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. hubs.ly/Q03X3YHt0

Join our webinar on 12/10 to mark the release of the Hidden Child Foundation’s new book and hear powerful reflections from Holocaust survivors who will share their experiences as hidden children during the Holocaust and the lasting impact on their lives. hubs.li/Q03WrDkZ0

Help students consider the aftermath of the Holocaust – the pursuit of justice, how survivors sought to rebuild their lives, and how we remember and memorialize this tragedy today. Register here: hubs.li/Q03VPT9K0

Join our webinar on 12/4 with Dr. Catherine Clark, @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social 's Senior Director of Programs, and learn to teach students to analyze photographs and engage with the Holocaust in ways that foster historical literacy and compassion. info.echoesandreflections.org/through-thei...

Join our webinar on 12/2 with Ewa Schaller, Education Coordinator at American Friends of Yahad – In Unum, to explore the history of the “Holocaust by Bullets”, the method used for the mass murder of Jews and Roma across Eastern Europe. hubs.li/Q03VqPbc0

Join our Foundations Online Course in December! Gain classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world. Register Here: hubs.li/Q03TxZdL0

We are thrilled to be a part of the 105th NCSS Annual Conference in D.C! Join us to dive into fresh teaching ideas, cutting-edge edtech, and new pedagogical approaches that'll set the pace for 2026 and years beyond. ➡️ Learn More: www.socialstudies.org/conference/r... #NCSS2025 @socialstudies.org

Join our webinar on 11/18 with E&R Dir. of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, and explore how the Holocaust unfolded in Lithuania and how to guide students in grappling with difficult questions about complicity, collaboration, and resistance. info.echoesandreflections.org/the-holocaus...

Join our webinar on 11/13 with E&R Project Director, Jennifer Goss, to discover one and two-day lesson plans that utilize curated, classroom-ready resources and examine how they can be integrated into your curriculum within a limited timeframe. info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...

Nov. 9 & 10 will mark 87 years since the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Introduce your classroom to this pivotal event in Holocaust history with our activity in @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social's IWitness platform. iwitness.usc.edu/activities/1...

As the anniversary of the the Kristallnacht Pogrom approaches, our lesson plan helps students examine how this pivotal event represented a culmination of Nazi antisemitic policy, and deepens their thinking about the impact of complicity in the face of hate. echoesandreflections.org/unit-3/?stat...

Join Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for E&R at Yad Vashem, and Marc de Zwaan, high school history teacher in MI, on 11/11 to explore the Righteous during the Holocaust, including the story of Marc's grandfather who saved Jews in the Netherlands. info.echoesandreflections.org/righteous-am...

Join our online course to equip yourself to help students understand about the types of rescue that occurred in Nazi-occupied Europe and to consider the moral and ethical choices that non-Jews made in order to help Jews survive. echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/resc...

We are thrilled to announce that E&R educator, Jenai Sheffels, civics teacher at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA, has been honored with the Teacher of Excellence award from the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity. Please join us in congratulating Jenai! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyEO...

Students and their teachers are invited on 11/6 to explore the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Using personal artifacts and historical resources, Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for Echoes at Yad Vashem, will highlight these stories and their meaning today. info.echoesandreflections.org/for-teachers...

Join our online course to learn how to increase students’ understanding of the Jewish people and the impact antisemitism has had on the community post-Holocaust, as well as how to equip youth to respond to and prevent antisemitism today. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/teac...

Did you know? Our audio glossary is now available in Spanish! Check out this important resource to review key words and phrases and help every learner fully engage and succeed. echoesandreflections.org/audio_glossa...

With antisemitism continuing to rise, teaching about the dangers of this hate is critical. Explore our collection of lesson plans to teach about contemporary antisemitism, and to empower students to recognize and take action against this hate today. echoesandreflections.org/unit-11/?sta...

Mauthausen was one of the most brutal sites in the Nazi concentration camp system. Join our webinar on 10/28 for guidance and pedagogical approaches on how to teach about the concentration camp system through this important site. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/teaching-the...

Join our webinar on 10/20 with Jonathan Wiesen, Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will explore the benefits, misunderstandings, and pitfalls of studying the Holocaust and Jim Crow racism together. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/holocaust-ra...

*JUST RELEASED* Echoes & Reflections now offers a variety of content to support Spanish-speaking learners in the classroom. A collection of resources have been translated into Spanish and can be accessed in each of our 12 teaching units. Explore today: echoesandreflections.org/teach/?lp_re...

Join our webinar on 10/9 to learn about Living Links, a program that brings 3rd-generation Holocaust descendants into classrooms to share their families' stories. Explore how Living Links can make the Holocaust resonant with students. info.echoesandreflections.org/living-links...

Our interactive map of Jewish populations illustrates how Jews have lived throughout the world, emigrated from and immigrated to many countries over the last 125+ years, and have been targeted for expulsion or death in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore now: hubs.li/Q03L8p6G0

Join our online course to examine propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minority groups and gain tools to facilitate classroom discussions and support students to analyze media in today’s world. Register here: echoes.catalog.instructure.com/courses/deco...

Join our online course to explore "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, to learn to teach about America’s response to the Holocaust within the context of WWII. Register here: hubs.ly/Q03JkZ7S0

Join our webinar on 9/29 with Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, to explore the powerful moment in history that led to the rescue of the majority of Denmark's Jews during the Holocaust. Register here: info.echoesandreflections.org/did-the-holo...

In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws, which were the legal basis for racist, anti-Jewish policy in Germany, were enacted. Explore our lesson plan to teach about the impact of this legislation and others implemented in the 1930s against Jewish populations. hubs.li/Q03HLWt50

Have you checked out our podcast? "The Human Spirit in the Holocaust" podcast series profiles stories of resilience, resistance and rescue from this dark period in history. It is designed for any type of learner, in or outside the classroom. Listen here: echoesandreflections.org/podcast-for-...