TED-Ed
How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis | Iseult Gillespie
In 1943, Irena Sendler and Janina Grabowska froze when they heard Gestapo pounding on the front door. Knowing she was minutes from arrest, Irena tossed Janina her most dangerous possession: a glass jar containing the names of over 2,000...
Crash Course
The Weaponization of Outbreaks - Crash Course Outbreak Science
A sad reality that we have to face when studying outbreak science is that sometimes groups of people use outbreaks intentionally to inflict harm on another group. We call this "weaponizing an outbreak", and it's the focus of this episode...
Crash Course
The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History
During World War II, Nazi Germany undertook the imprisonment and summary execution of many of its own citizens, and citizens of the nations they occupied. One of the groups that came under assault was the European Jewish population. More...
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Polish Jews walk along the Ghetto area in Warsaw, Poland.
Polish Jews walk along the Ghetto area in Warsaw, Poland.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Voices From the Inferno
This online exhibition brings together many hours of testimonies from survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto. Listening and watching first-hand accounts deepens our understanding of this terrible time in our history. Click on a specific event to...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Rachel Auerbach and the Public Kitchen in the Warsaw Ghetto
This video features the words of Rachel Auerbach who lived in Warsaw and documented her life before, during and after WWII. From the public kitchen she helped to organize, she had a front-row seat to the suffering and hunger of those...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Great Deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto Abraham Lewin's Diary
Abraham Lewin watched and recorded in his diary the deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Watch this video to hear a first-hand account of the deportation. [8:23]
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Jewish Letter Carrier in the Warsaw Ghetto
Peretz Oboczynki was a mailman in the Warsaw ghetto. This job gave him a unique vantage point to record the day to day happenings in the ghetto. Watch this video to hear a first-hand account of life as a Jew in Warsaw during World War...