Virtual Program: Holocaust in the Soviet Union: A New Online Exhibition from Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

For Grades 7-12

Illinois Holocaust Museum’s new online exhibition, The Holocaust in the Soviet Union, addresses the wave of destruction the Nazi invasion brought to 4 million Jews residing in the Soviet Territories (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Bessarabia, North Bukovina, and the Soviet Union). Approximately 1.5 million Jews were able to evacuate or escape deeper into the Soviet Union, leaving around 2.5 million Jews under German occupation. The Nazis and their collaborators murdered the majority of those left behind.

For decades, these stories of murder, persecution, and displacement of Jews in the Soviet Union at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators sat behind an iron curtain of silence from both the east and the west. In this workshop, educators will use Illinois Holocaust Museum’s new online exhibition and accompanying teaching material to explore the Nazi invasion of Soviet Territories and address the topic in the classroom through age-appropriate activities.

Workshop Includes:

• 1.5 Clock Hours/CPDUs
• Classroom Resources