Modern Jewish History

During World War II, the Nazis established more than 400 ghettos for the purpose of isolating and controlling the Jews.

How the Nazis planned and executed the systematic murder of European Jewry.

How the Nazis incorporated genocide into their conquest of Europe.

How Hitler laid the groundwork for genocide.

An introduction to historical scholarship about the Holocaust.

During the interwar period, the two populations struggled to lay claim to the land.

The Great War had a profound impact on world Jewry.

The story of who went to Palestine, and how these successive waves of Jewish immigration shaped Jewish life there from 1881-1939.

Migration--within and from Europe--as a decisive factor in Jewish life.

Faced with state-endorsed anti-semitism, Russian Jews attempted to make their own emancipation.