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Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom (Library of Congress)
One of America's leading political artists during World War II, Arthur Szyk produced hundreds of anti-Axis propaganda in aid of the Allied war effort. The exhibition features three of his most important original works, along with several others representative of his caricature and illumination.
Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
This exhibition covers the 1933 book burnings organized by the German Students Association that targeted such authors as Helen Keller, Ernest Hemingway and Sigmund Freud.
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. This site examines some of the controversy surrounding the 1936 Games.
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Online Exhibitions at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
These special online exhibitions present new subjects and also extend the reach of Museum public programs and special exhibitions.
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Collections
Library of Congress
The Abraham A. Schwadron "Chad Gadya" Collection
Annotated Bibliography: The Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays at the Library of Congress (PDF file)
Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry
Felix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress
The Leonard Bernstein Collection
Yiddish American popular songs, 1895-1950
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
"Condition of the Jews Today" – New-York Daily Tribune, August 25, 1901
"Future of Judaism of America" – The San Francisco Call, December 10, 1905
"Part Played by the Hebrew in the History of the Nation and State" – The Salt Lake Herald, November 19, 1905
"Some New Books - The Jewish Encyclopedia" – The (New York) Sun, September 28, 1902
National Archives
100 Milestone Documents - Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) Gallery: Recovery of Holocaust-Era Assets
Creation of the State of Israel, records from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
National Endowment for the Humanities
George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, RI (1790) (external link)
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
For Teachers
Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Early Multi-National Influences in the United States (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Holocaust and Resistance (National Endowment for the Humanities)
A People at Risk -- East European Jewish Immigration to the US (Library of Congress)
The Saranoff Family Embraces America (Library of Congress)
Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: The U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel (National Archives)