Resources
The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies offers a variety of resources related to the Holocaust and other genocides. They have been developed as a collaborative effort between faculty & staff at the University, practicing educators, and our community partners across the region.
Resource Guides
CHGS resource guides contextualize for educational purposes specific cases of genocide and incidents of mass violence. They are written by expert PhD candidates and scholars from various fields. Each provides a basic overview and includes events that led up to the violence, local and international responses, information on key actors, important terminology, and other relevant source materials. Also included are links to other authoritative sources and materials, including those from the University of Minnesota collections.
- Armenia
- Cambodia
- Daesh/Islamic State
- Denial
- Holocaust
- Holodomor
- Rwanda
- Teaching the Holocaust through Art
- U.S.-Dakota War
Story Maps
The Center has created a number of engaging virtual exhibitions that probe deeper stories related to the Holocaust and genocide.
- Al Tocar Diana: Martin Maki and the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
- From the Sioux Massacres to the Dakota Genocide
- Minnesota Shoah Stories
- Misshapen Archives: Maxine Rude's Displaced Persons Camp Photographs
Lesson Plans & Activities
The Center has collected a growing number of lesson plans from graduate students and teachers related to genocide. If you wish to submit your own lesson plan, contact us at [email protected].
- Developing Empathy Through Storytelling Curriculum
- World History Genocide Presentation Project
- The Cambodian Genocide: Can Justice Be Achieved?
- Dakota War of 1862: Remembrance & Historiography
- Collective Responsibility & the International Community in the Rwandan Genocide: “The Blame Game”
- Memorializing the Holocaust Lesson Plan
- The US Dakota War curriculum (Google Doc version)
The Center’s Collections and Exhibitions
The Center facilitates access to primary sources that focus on genocide survivors, liberators, and witnesses living in Minnesota. The CHGS digital archive includes artwork, photographs, testimonies, and other artifacts from around the world. Our YouTube channel features recordings of past programs and events. In partnership with UMN Libraries, CHGS also promotes usage of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, a massive collection of 55,000 testimonies given by genocide survivors.