ALD Jewish Communities

• Die Weimarer Republik bis zum Ende des Dritten Reiches: A 20th century multi-cultural dilemma is a lesson plan for 4th year German students (PDF format).

Information for Teachers:

• "Wir sind da" - Jews in Germany since Reunification

  This file consists of a twenty-three page paper with illustrations and charts that describes the resurgence of Jewish communities in the Federal Republic since 1990. The main focus is on the Jewish Community in Berlin. The paper is based on a conference presentation and does not include a bibliography.

Course Syllabi:

• http://www.msu.edu/course/grm/863/Jewish.htm
  This is the syllabus for a graduate course taught at Michigan State University in 2004, "Jewish Communities in Berlin." The syllabus includes various links (not all of which are still active) and a comprehensive bibliography.

Useful Links:

The following is a potpourri of websites designed to help enhance and enrich your classroom instruction. They are varied in the attempt to help all teachers/instructors keep all students interested in the area of German studies.

• http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/germ/courses/german201/friedrich/friedrich.html - not currently available
  This website provides teachers with a supplemental teaching guide for the book Damals war es Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter.

• http://www.kafka-franz.com - not currently available
  This website is dedicated to the eccentricities and genius which define and explain author Franz Kafka.

• http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/pro/cohen/home.htm
  This website links you to an exciting history through the life of Hilda Stern Cohen, a talented poet and a survivor of the Holocaust.

• http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/JNSEQM,0,0,Wiedergutmachung.html
  This website gives information concerning the monetary "compensation" for those who were victims of the Holocaust and survived.

• http://www.yiddishradioproject.org
• http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/yiddish
  These two websites are wonderful links to exciting and fun connections to original radio broadcasts from the '30s through the '50s created by Yiddish actors, musicians, producers, and directors. It also provides history and little-known anecdotes about the well-known songs and songwriters of that time period.