Many educators appreciate the value oI using primary source materials in the classroom.

The documents
selected Ior this section provide many possibilities Ior classroom discussion or student activities. For
additional primary source materials related to the Holocaust, see the Web link to the Nizkor archives at the
bottom oI this page.
A rationale Ior teaching with primary sources.
O Nazi Statements on "The Jewish Question." Excerpts Irom Hitler, Himmler, and others on the
destruction oI European Jewry.
O Hitler on Propaganda. Excerpts Irom Mein Kampf.
O Nazi Party Program. The 25 points oI the National Socialist German Worker's Party.
O Munich Pact. The agreement concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany, Great
Britain, France, and Italy.
O Nonagression Treaty. The Nonagression Treaty concluded in Moscow, August 23, 1939, between
Germany and the USSR.
O Hitler Address. Address by AdolI Hitler beIore the Reichstag, September 1, 1939.
O Hitler Proclamation. Proclamation by AdolI Hitler to the German People, September 3, 1939.
O ommunication Irom the German Government to the British Government. ommunication Irom
the German government to the British government, handed by Joachim von Rippentrop, Minister
Ior Foreign AIIairs, to the British Ambassador (Sir Neville Henderson) at 11:20 A.M., September
3, 1939.
O The Wannsee Protocol. Minutes oI the 1942 Wannsee onIerence planning the annihilation oI
over eleven million European Jews.
O iscriminatory ecrees Against the Jews. This list oI decrees was presented as evidence at the
Nuremberg Trials.
O Kristallnacht. The Nazi order Ior the "spontaneous" violence oI that evening.
O Night and Fog ecree. irectives Ior the prosecution oI oIIences committed within the occupied
territories against the German State or the occupying power, oI ecember 7th, 1941.
O German eclaration oI War with the United States, ecember 11, 1941.
O Euthanasia. ocuments related to the murder and cremation oI mentally handicapped patients.
O Medical Experiments. Reports on Ireezing, low pressure and other experiments perIormed on
camp inmates.
O Sterilization oI the Jewish workers. Nazi correspondence related to the purpose and means oI
sterilizing Jewish and other workers.
O Auschwitz. ocuments related to Auschwitz' Iunction as a death camp.
O Auschwitz. Nazi testimony regarding gassing at the camp.
O Belzec. Nazi testimony regarding gassing at the camp.
O Treblinka. Nazi testimony regarding gassing at the camp.
O amps. Nazi testimony regarding gassing at various camps.
O Gassing Vans. Nazi correspondence detailing the operation oI gassing vans.
O Gassing Vans. Nazi testimony about gassing vans.
O The Jager Report. A chilling report by the commander oI one oI the insat:gruppen,detailing the
murder oI 137,346 persons in a Iive month period.
O ocuments about Mass Murder. Nazi correspondence, orders, and reports documenting mass
murder.
O rematorium onstruction. ourt testimony made by crematorium engineers.
O iIe in the Warsaw Ghetto. Excerpts Irom Emanuel Ringelblum's description oI liIe in the Warsaw
Ghetto.
O Stroop Report. Excerpts Irom General Stroop's report on the destruction oI the Warsaw Ghetto.
O Stroop Report. omplete text oI General Stroop's report on the destruction oI the Warsaw Ghetto.
O Hans Frank. Quotes Irom the Governor General oI Occupied Poland.
O Heinrich Himmler. Quotes Irom the head oI the SS.
O Julius Streicher. Quotes Irom the editor oI er Strmer.
O The Eizenstat Report. U.S. and Allied EIIorts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets
Stolen or Hidden by Germany uring World War II.
O Proceedings oI the Washington onIerence on Holocaust-Era Assets
O Robert 1ackson's Opening Address at the Nuremberg Trials. This lengthy address gives an
overview oI Nazi activity and states the United States' case against the accused at Nuremberg.
Sections include:
4 Opening remarks
4 The lawless road to power
4 The consolidation oI Nazi power
4 Battle against the working class
4 Battle against the churches
4 rimes against the Jews
4 rimes against the Jews, ontinued
4 Terrorism and preparation Ior war
4 Experiments in aggression
4 War oI aggression
4 onspiracy with Japan
4 rimes in the conduct oI war
4 The law oI the case
4 The crime against peace
4 The law oI individual responsibility
4 The political, police and military organizations
4 The responsibility oI the Tribunal.
O Nazi onspiracy & Aggression Volume I hapter VII:
Means Used by the Nazi Conspirators in Gaining Control of the German State
From The hieI ounsel Ior Prosecution oI Axis riminality, U.S. Government Printing OIIice,
Washington. 1946
4 ommon objectives, methods, and doctrines oI the conspiracy
4 Methods
4 The Fuehrerprinzip
4 GloriIication oI war
4 Nazi leadership
4 egal reIerences and list oI documents
4 Acquisition oI totalitarian political control
4 Nazi conspirators supported their "legal" activities by terrorism.
4 ontrol acquired
4 Nazi conspirators caused all political parties, except the Nazi Party, to be prohibited
4 egal reIerences and list oI documents
O Nazi onspiracy & Aggression Volume I hapter X: The Slave Labor Program
From The hieI ounsel Ior Prosecution oI Axis riminality, U.S. Government Printing OIIice,
Washington. 1946
4 Planning Ior the use oI slave labor
4 Execution oI the slave labor program
4 Execution oI the slave labor program
4 Violent methods oI deportation Ior slave labor
4 Violent methods oI deportation Ior slave labor
4 Violent methods oI deportation Ior slave labor
4 Results oI Slave labor program
4 onditions oI deportation and slave labor
4 onditions oI deportation and slave labor
4 onditions oI deportation and slave labor
4 Use oI slave labor in war industries
4 Use oI slave labor in war industries
4 Extermination through work
4 Extermination through work
O Nazi onspiracy & Aggression Volume I hapter XI: The Concentration Camp
From The hieI ounsel Ior Prosecution oI Axis riminality, U.S. Government Printing OIIice,
Washington. 1946
4 The beginning oI protective custody
4 The beginning oI protective custody
4 The beginning oI protective custody
4 The beginning oI protective custody
4 The beginning oI protective custody
4 harges against camp inmates
4 The use oI concentration camps Ior prisoners oI war
4 The concentration camp
4 Use oI the concentration camp as an instrument oI terror
4 The treatment oI concentration camp victims
4 The number oI concentration camp victims
O Nazi onspiracy & Aggression Volume I hapter XII: Persecution of the 1ews
From The hieI ounsel Ior Prosecution oI Axis riminality, U.S. Government Printing OIIice,
Washington. 1946
4 Introduction
4 Hate propaganda against Jews
4 iscriminatory decrees against Jews
4 Anti-Jewish boycotts, raids, and violence
4 The program Ior the complete elimination oI Jewry
4 Segregation into Ghettos
4 Forced labor
4 Extermination
4 Starvation
4 Annihilation
4 Annihilation
4 Methods oI annihilation
4 Annihilation
4 Results oI the extermination program

Visit the Nizkor archives Ior an invaluable collection oI Holocaust-related documents. This is
the largest archive oI Holocaust documents available on the Internet. Although Nizkor is working to place
these materials on the Web Ior easier access, the bulk oI the documents at this site are available only by
FTP.
Visit Yad Vashem Ior a careIully arranged collection oI 213 Holocaust documents in English.
Visit the Avalon Project at the Yale aw School Ior an outstanding collection oI documents
in law, history and diplomacy.
II you Iind any materials at either oI these sites that are particularly useIul in the classroom, please send us
the address oI the document and a note about how you were able to use it in the classroom. We will
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an activity using any oI the documents already included in this resource section, please let us know.