Jewish history
The Holocaust
An umbrella website covering all aspects of the Holocaust of World War II, including a chronology (1923 to present) and information on victims and survivors, war crimes trials and later controversies.
- 1936 Cable Street Riots
The day when East End Jews decided to confront Oswald Mosley’s Fascist blackshirts. - Battle for the Holocaust
Jewish historians look at how understanding the Holocaust has changed since the end of World War II, and ask whose agenda is being served by the proliferation of museums, memorials and commemoration events. - Herod the Great
King of the Jews, said to have ordered the ‘slaughter of the innocents’. - The Holocaust
An umbrella website covering all aspects of the Holocaust of World War II, including a chronology (1923 to present) and information on victims and survivors, war crimes trials and later controversies. - The Holocaust and apartheid
Part of A Guide to the 20th Century, these are two examples of how new technologies and ancient prejudices have combined in oppressive regimes. - Immigration
Accessible history of immigration into Britain from the time of the Romans to the present. - Judaism
The basic history and beliefs of this religion. - The Nazi Officer’s Wife
An extract from the autobiography of Edith Hahn, a Jew who married a Nazi during World War II and survived to tell the tale. - The Nuremberg Trials
Examines the origins of the Nuremberg trials and their counterparts in Tokyo, how they were carried out, the sentences they passed and their legacy. - Secret History: Search for the Struma
Brief account of the ill-fated ship torpedoed by the Soviets in 1941, killing almost 800 Jews, plus a chronology of anti-Semitism in Britain. - Secret History: Television in the Third Reich
A brief account of the TV service run by the Nazis 1935-44 and its spreading of anti-Semitic propaganda. - Tit for tat
Acts of vengeance and their consequences, including the murder of the Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972. - The War of the World
According to historian Niall Ferguson, the 20th century was by far the bloodiest in history. In this website, he explains why this came about, and there is an extensive chronology of the events that made this the ‘age of hatred’.
