Glimpses of Jewish Life before the Holocaust
On the eve of WWII, the interwar Jewish world was creative and complex, a rich mosaic, full of change and hope for the future. Within a decade, most of Europe would be conquered by Nazi Germany. By 1945 two out of every three of these Jews were silenced forever. The sights and sounds of this video are those of the Jews of Europe before the Holocaust. In their own words, through their diaries, letters and notebooks, and through their family films.
Documentary Testimony Videos
Yosef Neuhaus - Life Before the War
Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: Antisemitism in Chelm, Poland Before the Holocaust
Rabbi Yitzhak Elchanan Gibraltar Describes the World of the Yeshivot in Kovno, Lithuania
Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: Jewish-Polish Relations in Chelm Before WWII
Holocaust Survivor Recalls Jewish Life in Liepāja Before the Holocaust
Jewish Education in Interwar Plonsk
Holocaust Survivor Testimonies: The Interwar Period in Mir
Jewish Education in Interwar Vilna: Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
On the Holocaust - A Yad Vashem Podcast
Educational Materials
Historical videos and lectures
Jewish life before the Second World War: an Introduction
Key Historical Concepts: The Shtetl
Rare Color Footage Depicting Jewish Life in the Shtetl Before the Holocaust
The Story of Hungarian Jewry Before and During the Holocaust
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Weimar Republic
Antisemitism in Germany After World War I
World War I and Its Impact on Antisemitism
Daily Life in Munkács in the 1930s
Online Exhibitions
Jews and Sport Before the Holocaust - a Visual Retrospective
Monastir - the Story of a Sephardic Community in Macedonia
The Story of Munkács - a Jewish Community in the Carpathian Mountains
"Suddenly the Skies Darkened". 1939: Jewish Families on the Brink of War
Marking the Holiday of Purim Before, During and After the Holocaust
19 km from Auschwitz - the Story of Trzebinia
The Story of the Jewish Community in Mir
Jewish Communities before and during the Holocaust
From Our Collections - Marking the New Year
Through the Lens of History: Stories from Our Collections
The Story of the Jewish Community in Wolbrom
"We Shall Meet Again" - Last Letters from the Holocaust: 1941
The Story of the Jewish Community in Bratislava
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights - Before, During and After the Holocaust
"And You Shall Tell Your Children" - Marking the Holiday of Passover
The Jerusalem of Lithuania - the Story of the Jewish Community of Vilna
Landscapes - the Art Collection
The Story of Jewish Community in Plonsk
The Story of the Jewish Community of Bălţi
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