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The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook provides a comprehensive selection of high quality resources in the field of Holocaust studies. The
Sourcebook's 17 chapters cover general reference works; narrative histories; monographs in the social sciences; fiction, drama, and poetry; books for children and young adults; periodicals; primary sources; electronic resources in various formats; audiovisual materials; photographs; music; film and video; educational and teaching materials; and information on organizations, museums, and memorials. In addition, each chapter begins with a concise overview essay. The book also includes a preface, and index, and an appendix listing general distributors and vendors of Holocaust materials.
Drawn from a wide array of scholarly disciplines ranging across the humanities and social sciences, the items included in each chapter were selected using the following criteria: (1) current availability for use or purchase; (2) availability in English, unless a non-English item was too significant to exclude; (3) scholarly legitimacy, meaning it is recognized as a work of authentic scholarship that contributes to advancement of knowledge in the field; (4) relationship to topical categories for study of the Holocaust as noted in the Curriculum Guidelines of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, as listed in major bibliographic works, and as used as topics in the contents of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the leading journal in the field; and, (5) in the case of online resources (Internet sites), adherence to standards of scholarly documentation established by learned societies or recognized by reputable scholarly institutions, as well as the display of accurate and credible content about the Holocaust drawn from reputable scholarship.
List of contents
Preface
General Print ResourcesGeneral Reference Works
Narrative Histories
Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Other Fields
Drama, Fiction, and Poetry
Books for Children and Young Adults
Periodicals
Primary Sources: Print and Related ResourcesCollections and Anthologies of Documents and First-Person Accounts
Individual Works: First-Person Accounts and Biographies
General Electronic ResourcesInternet-Based Resources
CD-ROMs
Audiovisual ResourcesArt of the Holocaust and Its Legacy
Photographs
Film and Videotape
Audiobooks about the Holocaust
Music: Archives and Collections, Books, Compositions, and Sound Recordings
Educational and Teaching MaterialsPrint and Electronic Educational and Teaching Materials
Institutions and Organizations about the HolocaustMuseums, Memorials, and Organizations for Study and Remembrance of the Holocaust
Appendix: General Distributors and Vendors
Index
About the author
WILLIAM R. FERNEKES is supervisor of social studies at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Co-author with Beverly C. Edmonds of
Children's Rights: A Reference Handbook (1996), he has published widely in the fields of Holocaust and genocide studies, human rights education, and social studies education. He has served as a consultant to the Education Department of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, and numerous other scholarly institutions.
