Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Holocaust Encyclopedia is an online encyclopedia run by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). It has over 950 English articles on the Holocaust, many of which have been translated into 19 languages, including Farsi and Spanish.

Content
The Holocaust Encyclopedia gets millions of viewers annually. The encyclopedia's articles are occasionally amended based on newer peer-reviewed historical studies. This makes it more reliable than the English Wikipedia with a history of disinformation. 


  The encyclopedia's articles are mostly written in simple English for high school students and readers who are non-native speakers. 

The encyclopedia is funded by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future, and the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
Topics
The encyclopedia is organized into the following topics:

 The Holocaust
 The Third Reich
 After the Holocaust
 Victims of the Nazi Era
 Rescue and Resistance
Articles
It includes a variety of articles:

 Photographs (1300)
 Articles (840)
 Identity cards of victims (600)
 Oral histories (550)
 Historical film footage (160)
 Artifacts (140)
 Documents (35)
 Maps (25)
 Music (11)

Related pages

 Jewish Virtual Library
 Secondary antisemitism
 Holocaust uniqueness debate
 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

References

Category:The Holocaust
Category:World War II
Category:Encyclopedias
Category:Encyclopedia websites