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Auschwitz-Birkenau: Watch. Learn. Know

Studying the Holocaust with Yad Vashem | A collection of materials on the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp

The largest of the death camps where about 1,000,000 Jews were murdered, Auschwitz-Birkenau was both a labor camp and a center for the rapid murder of Jews by means of Zyklon B gas. It was equipped with several extermination facilities and crematoria.
 

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Documentary Testimony Videos

<p>"I Chose Life": The Story of Bat-Sheva Dagan</p>

"I Chose Life": The Story of Bat-Sheva Dagan

<p>"As Long as I Live and Breathe" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Sara Leicht-Weinstein</p>

"As Long as I Live and Breathe" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Sara Leicht-Weinstein

<p>"That's Where We Came Alive" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Arie Pinsker</p>

"That's Where We Came Alive" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Arie Pinsker

<p>A Child in Auschwitz - The Story of Palo (Yaakov) Shelah</p>

A Child in Auschwitz - The Story of Palo (Yaakov) Shelah

<p>"We Would Never Return" - The Story of Artemis Batis Miron</p>

"We Would Never Return" - The Story of Artemis Batis Miron

<p>"Hope Keeps You Going" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Marta Weiss</p>

"Hope Keeps You Going" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Marta Weiss

<p>"She Was There and She Told Me" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Hannah Bar Yesha</p>

"She Was There and She Told Me" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Hannah Bar Yesha

<p>"You Never Said Anything About Yourself" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Michael (Miki) Goldman Gilad</p>

"You Never Said Anything About Yourself" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Michael (Miki) Goldman Gilad

<p>“May Your Memory Be Love“ The Story of Holocaust Survivor Ovadia Baruch</p>

“May Your Memory Be Love“ The Story of Holocaust Survivor Ovadia Baruch

<p>My Father's Last Request: The Story of David (Dugo) Leitner</p>

My Father's Last Request: The Story of David (Dugo) Leitner

<p>"A Land of My Own" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Tibi (Ze'ev) Ram</p>

"A Land of My Own" The Story of Holocaust Survivor Tibi (Ze'ev) Ram

On the Holocaust - a Yad Vashem Podcast

Women in Auschwitz : a Yad Vashem Podcast

Women in Auschwitz : a Yad Vashem Podcast

The story of Sara Leicht: a Yad Vashem Podcast

The story of Sara Leicht: a Yad Vashem Podcast

 The First Female Rabbi : a Yad Vashem Podcast

The First Female Rabbi : a Yad Vashem Podcast

Educational Materials

<p>A proposal for an educational activity following two episodes from Yad Vashem's YouTube series - "Questions We Wanted to Ask - Conversations with Holocaust Survivors"</p>

A proposal for an educational activity following two episodes from Yad Vashem's YouTube series - "Questions We Wanted to Ask - Conversations with Holocaust Survivors"

<p>The Wagon of Birkenau</p>

The Wagon of Birkenau

<p>German-Nazi Aims and The Apparatus of Auschwitz-Birkenau Through Photographs</p>

German-Nazi Aims and The Apparatus of Auschwitz-Birkenau Through Photographs

<p>The Auschwitz Album - A Learning Environment</p>

The Auschwitz Album - A Learning Environment

<p>The Lili Jacob Family - A Historic Picture Album</p>

The Lili Jacob Family - A Historic Picture Album

German-Nazi Aims and The Apparatus of Auschwitz-Birkenau Through Photographs

German-Nazi Aims and The Apparatus of Auschwitz-Birkenau Through Photographs

<p>Teaching about Auschwitz through Art</p>

Teaching about Auschwitz through Art

<p>Learning about Auschwitz-Birkenau</p>

Learning about Auschwitz-Birkenau

Historical videos and lectures

The Auschwitz Album - Guidelines for Educators

The Auschwitz Album - Guidelines for Educators

The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of the Process Leading to the Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau

The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of the Process Leading to the Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau

The Harmonica Player from Auschwitz

The Harmonica Player from Auschwitz

Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: Selection in Auschwitz

Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: Selection in Auschwitz

The deportation of Jews from Hungary and Lodz to Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944

The deportation of Jews from Hungary and Lodz to Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944

Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints

Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints

The Auschwitz Bombing Controversy in Context

The Auschwitz Bombing Controversy in Context

Ruth Stahl - deported from Berlin to Auschwitz on 15.06.1944

Ruth Stahl - deported from Berlin to Auschwitz on 15.06.1944

Articles

<p>The Auschwitz Trials</p>

The Auschwitz Trials

<p><em>Auschwitz-Prozess 4 ks 2/63</em></p>

Auschwitz-Prozess 4 ks 2/63

<p><em>Im Jenseits der Menschlichkeit: Ein Gerichtsmediziner in Auchswitz (Beyond Humanity: A Forensic Doctor in Auschwitz)</em></p>

Im Jenseits der Menschlichkeit: Ein Gerichtsmediziner in Auchswitz (Beyond Humanity: A Forensic Doctor in Auschwitz)

<p>Two Books on Auschwitz</p>

Two Books on Auschwitz