The Museum's self-described mission is to "promote education about the history of the Holocaust and its implications for our lives today." Its extensive resources include library, archive, and photographic holdings pertaining to the history of the Holocaust. You can search them online using the Museum's query system. This web site also provides access to the Museum's academic programs and publications, exhibits, and wealth of print, audio, and video materials for learning and teaching about the Holocaust. You can visit on-line exhibitions, access transcripts of recent presentations, trace missing relatives, and connect with other institutions belonging to the Association of Holocaust Organizations.

Yad Vashem is the Holocaust memorial of the Jewish people, located in Israel. It has the world's largest collection of Holocaust documents and artifacts. The Yad Vashem site features general information on the Day of Remembrance, an introduction to its wealth of museums (historical and art) and memorials (for communities, children, and victims of the camps), as well as its information and research centers. The Hall of Names contains the names of Jewish Holocaust victims and biographical profiles. Non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust are honored as "The Righteous Among Nations." In addition to the library and general archives, there are photo archives (including both photographs and moving pictures). Educators may be interested in learning more about Yad Vashem's School for Holocaust Education, which includes a special Resource and Teaching Center.

Interested in learning more about the history and culture of Eastern European Jews and their descendants? YIVO is dedicated to preserving that heritage. Its web site describes the collections and projects that have made YIVO "the world's pre-eminent research institute and academic center for East European Jewish studies." YIVO's library contains more than 350,000 books and periodicals and its archives more than 22 million documents -- dealing with sweeping historical movements as well as the rich details of everyday life. YIVO itself is an "institutional survivor" of the Holocaust. At this web site, you can track the loss and remarkable rediscovery of the Vilna collection, dating back to the 16th century. You can preview photographs depicting Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the Holocaust -- online for the first time! Here, you can also secure sound scholarly advice to guide genealogical research.

This cyber-library site offers a variety of opportunities and media for exploring multiple dimensions of the Holocaust. There are moderators for different parts of the site, which offers forums for sharing experiences, photo descriptions (including images of the camps and eastern Europe), survivor stories, a CD-ROM titled "Lest We Forget," a teachers' guide, poetry, paintings, music, mentors, essays, books, and additional web sites. It also features a whole new section devoted to the five million non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

The Virtual Shtetl offers a wealth of resources related to Yiddish language and culture. Shtetl is the Yiddish word for town, and this site features many places to visit: a library, a synagogue, school, memorial, post office, historical "station," art center, and even a kitchen. The quotation found on its home page suggests the site's purpose: "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again." (Job 14:7). The shtetl library holdings include Yiddish alphabets, books, articles, newspapers, dictionaries, linguistic statistics, referrals to other libraries, bibliographies, and an online bookstore. The synagogue section lets you explore Chasidim, examine the components of an online course about Judaism, and view images of Polish synagogues. Links under Chasidim connect you with multimedia exhibits, audio clips of Jewish songs, art galleries, videos of the Rebbe, and related religious activities. The school emphasizes Yiddish teaching and learning, with links to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Yiddish courses at colleges and universities in North America, and Yiddish organizations, clubs, and cultural centers. Visit the memorial for links to Jewish genealogical resources, and to Holocaust remembrance sites, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and Yad Vashem in Israel. The post office provides access to Yiddish mailing lists, news and discussion groups as well as links to Yiddish radio shows. Tour the station for information about the history, life, and culture of Jews from long before World War II to the present day, including Jews from both Poland and Lithuania. Wander through the art center's galleries; appreciate Yiddish musical classics; and connect with contemporary theatre. Finally, before leaving town, visit the kitchen for recipes, links to gourmet discussion groups, and restaurant listings.

Maven is a search engine for accessing thousands of Jewish/Israel Internet sites. Maven highlights links related to: business and economics, communities and synagogues, computers and the Internet, education, entertainment, food and drink, government and politics, Holocaust and Anti-Semitism, hospitals and medicine, Judaism, Passover, law, news and information, regional resources, science and technology, gifts, social and personal, sports and hobbies, arts, travel, women and feminism, youth and students. It also offers the option of "adding a link."