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U.S. Policy and the Holocaust Refugee Crisis , Analyzing a Writing Assignment by a Teenage Refugee in New York during World War II ,
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Primary sources related to Jewish history in the holdings of the National Archives
Image credit: Highlighted text from “The Flower and I” by Ralph Kuznitzki, 11/01/1944. National Archives identifier: 176888906
Selected Resources for Teachers
Library of Congress 3Hide All
National Archives 7Hide All
- Analyzing a Writing Assignment by a Teenage Refugee in New York During World War II
- Investigating the Holocaust
- Primary sources related to Jewish history in the holdings of the National Archives
- Lesson Plans on Truman's Recognition of Israel (site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- The SS Quanza and European War Refugees
- Truman Presidential Inquiries: Recognition of Israel
- U.S. Policy and the Holocaust Refugee Crisis
National Gallery of Art 3Hide All
National Endowment for the Humanities 11Hide All
- Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands
- BackStory: To Be a Citizen? The History of Becoming American
- Mission US: “City of Immigrants” Mission 4 (site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Coming of Age in the Holocaust—Coming of Age Now
- Hebrew National
- Holocaust and Resistance
- Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- The Jewish Americans
- Jewish Pioneers