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Teaching the Holocaust and other Genocides

Key People

This resource provides a more in-depth description of key people that are mentioned throughout the website. Where possible, a primary source illustrating a person has been provided. The names in blue text are hyperlinked to a selected primary source. Click the term to view the related visual.


Below is an index of individuals profiled in this resource. Click on the name to view the full profile. 

 
Name Section Topic
Mordechai Anielezicz Genocide (1942-1945) Warsaw Ghetto
Gino Bartali Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Rudolf Brazda Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) Gay Men
Charlotte Delbo Genocide (1942-1945) None of Us Shall Return
August Dickmann Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) Jehovah's Witness
Alberto Errera Genocide (1942-1945) Sonderkommandos
Ben Ferencz Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Nuremberg Trials
Anne Frank Literature and Art Literature Study Guides
Heinz Geiringer Literature and Art Children's Voices
Ruth Gruber U.S. and the Holocaust Safe Haven
Dr. Bernhard Hartung Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) Nazi Euthanasia
Sel Hubert Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Robert Jackson Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Nuremberg Trials
Jan Karski Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Agi Keleti Indoctrination and Discrimination (1933-1939) Athletes
Joseph Kestler U.S. and the Holocaust The Ritchie Boys
Maximilian Kolbe Responses to the Holocaust Resistance
Janusz Korczak Genocide (1942-1945) Warsaw Ghetto
Jenny Kraus Indoctrination and Discrimination (1933-1939) Thirteen Drivers' Licenses
Alfred Marx Indoctrination and Discrimination (1933-1939) Thirteen Drivers' Licenses
Sigmund Marx Indoctrination and Discrimination (1933-1939) Thirteen Drivers' Licences
Vladka Meed Genocide (1942-1945) Warsaw Ghetto
Norman Miller Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Soldier
Alan Moskin Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Liberator
Marcel Nadjari Genocide (1942-1945) Sonderkommandos
Martin Niemöller  Overview of Human Behavior Clergyman
Alfred Oppenheimer Indoctrination and Discrimination (1933-1939) Thirteen Drivers' Licenses
Dimitar Peshev Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Maria Reichardt Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) Nazi Euthanasia
Emanuel Ringelblum Genocide (1942-1945) Resistance
Roza Robata Genocide (1942-1945) Auschwitz Resistance
Sibilla Agnes Rombach Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) "Asocials"
Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. and the Holocaust Safe Haven
Stefan Rozenfeld Responses to the Holocaust Survivor
J.D. Salinger U.S. and the Holocaust The Ritchie Boys
Hans Scholl Responses to the Holocaust Resistance
Sophie Scholl Responses to the Holocaust Resistance
Aristides de Sousa Mendes Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Anna Maria Steinbach Persecution and Segregation (1939-1942) Roma and Sinti
Andy Sterling Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Tina Strobos Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Chiune Sugihara Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Wladyslaw Szpilman Genocide (1942-1945) Warsaw Ghetto
Raoul Wallenberg Responses to the Holocaust Rescue
Elie Wiesel Literature and Art Literature Study Guides
Simon Wiesenthal Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Nazi Hunter
Morris Zimmerman Liberation and Beyond (1945-Present) Survivor