
Antisemitism
& the Holocaust
Booklist by Topic
The following materials relate to antisemitism and the Holocaust. To learn more about an item or to purchase a book, please click on its title. As an Amazon Associate, up to 15% of all book purchases made through Amazon.com (by clicking a link below and ordering the book online) will go toward supporting this web site.
Historic Antisemitism
- Cornwell, J. (2008). Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII. Penguin Books.
- Kertzer, D. I. (2001). The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism. Alfred A. Knopf.
- Lindemann, A. S., & Levy, R. S. (2010). Antisemitism: A History. Oxford University Press.
- Marcus, I. G. (2025). How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500 (paperback ed.). Princeton University Press.
- Prager, D., & Telushkin, J. (2025). Why the Jews? The Reason for Antisemitism. Touchstone.
- Probst, C. J. (2012). Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany. Indiana University Press.
- Sarna, J. D. (2012). When General Grant Expelled the Jews. Schocken.
- Spencer, R. (2025). Antisemitism: History and Myth. Bombardier Books.
- Teter, M. (2025). Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism (paperback ed.). Princeton University Press.
- Wistrich, R. S. (2010). A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism From Antiquity to the Global Jihad. Random House.
- Woeste, V. S. (2012). Henry Ford’s War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech. Stanford University Press.
Contemporary Antisemitism
- Baddiel, D. (2022). Jews Don’t Count (paperback ed.). TLS Books.
- Baum, S. K. (2011). Antisemitism Explained. University Press of America.
- Burley, S., & Lorber, B. (2024). Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. Melville House.
- Cosgrove, E. (2024). For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today. Harvest.
- Horn, D. (2021). People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present. W. W. Norton & Company.
- Lipstadt, D. E. (2019). Antisemitism: Here and Now. Shocken Books.
- Rosenfeld, A. H. (2019). Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Delegitimization. Indiana University Press.
- Schumer, C. (2025). Antisemitism in America: A Warning. Grand Central Publishing.
- Shabi, R. (2026). Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism (paperback ed.). Oneworld Publications.
- Shore, R. (2024). Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew-Hatred. Beverly House Press.
- Weiss, B. (2021). How to Fight Anti-Semitism (trade paperback ed.). Crown.
The Holocaust
- Batalion, J. (2022). The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos (paperback ed.). William Morrow.
- Bartov, O. (2019). Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz (trade paperback ed.). Simon & Schuster.
- Bergen, D. L. (2024). War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Cadbury (2024). The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler (U.S. trade paperback ed.). PublicAffairs.
- Clifford, R. (2022). Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust (paperback ed.). Yale University Press.
- Dwork, D., & Van Pelt, R. J. (2002). Holocaust: A History. W.W. Norton and Company.
- Hayes, P. (2018). Why? Explaining the Holocaust (paperback ed.). W. W. Norton and Company.
- Hilberg, R. (2019). The Destruction of the European Jews (reprint ed.). Martino Fine Books. (Original work published 1961)
- Publications International. (2017). Holocaust Chronicle.
- Rees, L. (2018). The Holocaust: A New History. PublicAffairs.
- Shirer, W. L. (2011). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. Simon & Schuster. (Original work published 1960)
- Stone, D. (2025). The Holocaust: An Unfinished History (paperback ed.). Mariner Books.
America and the Holocaust
- Black, E. (2012). IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation (expanded ed.). Dialog Press.
- Dinnerstein, L. (1995). Antisemitism in America (rev. ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Dobbs, M. (2020). The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between (paperback ed.). Vintage Books.
- Greene, D., & Phillips, E. (Eds.). (2022). Americans and the Holocaust: A Reader. Rutgers University Press.
- Kakel, C. P., III (2013). The American West and the Nazi East: A Comparative and Interpretive Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Medoff, R. (2021). The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust (paperback ed.). Jewish Publication Society.
- Morse, A. D. (1968). While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy. Random House.
- Norwood, S. H. (2009). The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses. Cambridge University Press.
- Reuter, D. & Lowery, C. & Chester, K. (2021). The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America’s Deal with the Devil. Regnery History.
- Wallance, G. J. (2012). America’s Soul in the Balance: The Holocaust, FDR’s State Department, and the Moral Disgrace of an American Aristocracy. Greenleaf Book Group Press.
- Wyman, D. S. (2007). The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945. The New Press.
Psychological Aspects of the Holocaust
- Arendt, H. (2006). Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Penguin Books.
- Browning, C. R. (2017). Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (revised ed.). Harper Perennial.
- Goldhagen, D. J. (1997). Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust. Vintage Books.
- Jacobs, J. (2016). The Holocaust Across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance Among Descendants of Survivors (paperback ed.). New York University Press.
- Katz, R. L. (2023). A Life Inherited: Unraveling the Trauma of a Second-Generation Holocaust Survivor. Wilbur & Dolce Books.
- Lifton, R. J. (2017). The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide. Basic Books.
- Mastroianni, G. R. (2019). Of Mind and Murder: Toward a More Comprehensive Psychology of the Holocaust. Oxford University Press.
- Monroe, K. R. (2006). The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice During the Holocaust (paperback ed.). Princeton University Press.
- Seiselmyer-Snyder, S. (2025). Trauma Beyond Time: Temporal Constructs in Holocaust Testimonies. Purdue University Press.
- Staub, E. (1992). The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence. Cambridge University Press.
Holocaust Memoirs
- Eger, E. E. (2018). The Choice: Embrace the Possible (trade paperback ed.). Scribner.
- Heller, F. G. (2015). Love in A World of Sorrow: A Teenage Girl’s Holocaust Memoirs (3rd ed.). Gefen Publishing House.
- Frank, A. (2022). The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. Anchor Books. (Original work published 1947)
- Jaku, E. (2022). The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor (paperback ed.). Harper.
- Klein, G. W. (2019). All But My Life: A Memoir (paperback ed.). Hill and Wang.
- Levi, P. (1996). Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity. Touchstone.
- Spiegelman, A. (2011). The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (25th anniv. ed.). Pantheon Books.
- Szpilman, W. (2000). The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 (paperback ed.). Picador.
- Wiesel, E. (2006). Night (revised ed.). Hill and Wang.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the War in Gaza
- Beinart, P. (2025). Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. Alfred A. Knopf.
- Mishra, P. (2025). The World After Gaza: A History. Penguin Press.
- Scott-Baumann, M. (2023). The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (revised ed.). The Experiment.
- Stern-Weiner, J. (Ed.). (2024). Deluge: Gaza and Israel from Crisis to Cataclysm. OR Books.
- Thrall, N. (2024). A Day in the Life of Abed Salam: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy (paperback ed.). Metropolitan Books.
- Tibon, A. (2024). The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands. Little, Brown and Company.
- Sokatch, D. (2022). Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Waxman, D. (2019). The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press.
- Yaron (2025). 10/7: 100 Human Stories (paperback ed.). St. Martin’s Griffin.
Scholarly Journals
Magazines and E-Zines
- B’nai B’rith Magazine (international information and analysis)
- Commentary (neoconservative magazine on politics and culture)
- Gleanings: A Dialog on Jewish Education (Jewish Theological Seminary)
- Hadassah Magazine (Jewish women’s magazine)
- Jewcy (magazine for young Jews today)
- Jewish Action (quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union)
- Jewish Currents (magazine on politics, culture, and ideas of the Jewish left)
- Jewish World Review (free access e-zine on faith, culture, and politics)
- Lilith (independent, Jewish, and feminist magazine)
- Moment Magazine (print magazine and multi-platform community)
- New Voices (justice-focused magazine for young adults)
- Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas (covers matters critical to contemporary Judaism)
- Tablet (magazine on the Middle East, news, politics, art, science, and more)
- The Jewish Quarterly (literary journalism on politics, religion, history, and culture)
Other Publications
Jewish Newspapers and News Sources
- Haaretz (English edition of Israeli daily newspaper)
- Jerusalem Post (English-language Israeli daily newspaper)
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency (offers global news and analysis)
- The Forward (Jewish nonprofit independent news and commentary)
- The Jewish Chronicle (world’s oldest Jewish newspaper)
- The Jewish Press (daily news online and in print)
- Historical Jewish Press (searchable archive of Jewish newspapers )
Jewish Newsletters
- B’nai B’rith IMPACT (newsletter of B’nai B’rith International)
- EJC Newsletter (news from the European Jewish Congress)
- Haaretz Daily Brief (page also offers other Haaretz newsletters)
- Jewish Action Newsletter (monthly newsletter of the Orthodox Union)
- Jewish Currents Newsletter (news, analysis, art, and culture)
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency Newsletter (daily, weekly, and special newsletters)
- My Jewish Learning Newsletter (on Judaism and Jewish life)
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Newsletter (free online access letter)
Special Reports on Antisemitism
- American Jewish Committee. (2025). The State of Antisemitism in America: 2024.
- Anti-Defamation League. (2025, April). Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2024.
- Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry. (2024). Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2024. Tel Aviv University.
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. (2024, July). Jewish People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Antisemitism.
- Global Engagement Center. (2024, January). More Than a Century of Antisemitism: How Successive Occupants of the Kremlin Have Used Antisemitism to Spread Disinformation and Propaganda. U.S. Department of State.
- J7: The Large Communities Task Force Against Antisemitism. (2025). J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism 2025.
- Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism. (2025, April). Antisemitism Report (Israeli Government Summary Report).
Articles, Essays, and Legislation
- Abrams, C. M. (2024). Conversations with Jewish scholars on institutional antisemitism: A delphi study. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 8(4), 62-86.
- An Act to Provide Redress for Inadequate Restitution of Assets Seized by the United States Government During World War II Which Belonged to Victims of the Holocaust, and for Other Purposes, Public Law 105-158 (1998, February 13).
- Anti-Defamation League. (2025, August 5). Anti-Jewish hate crimes comprised nearly 70% of all religion-based hate crimes in 2024, FBI reports [Press release].
- Bock, G. (1983). Racism and sexism in Nazi Germany: Motherhood, compulsory sterilization, and the State. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 8, 400-421.
- Hersh, E., & Royden, L. (2022, June). Antisemitic attitudes across the ideological spectrum. Political Research Quarterly, 76(2), 697-711.
- Orwell, G. (1945, April). Antisemitism in Britain. Contemporary Jewish Record.
- Sloyan, G. S. (2007). Christian persecution of Jews over the centuries. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Videos
The following videos relate to antisemitism, the Holocaust, eugenics, and associated topics. To suggest other videos, please use our Contact Us page. [WARNING: Some videos contain scenes of graphic violence, hate speech, and highly disturbing images.]
Auschwitz Through the Lens of Nazi Officers
This video offers a unique look at how Nazi officers viewed Auschwitz. The documentary shows previously unreleased photos taken by the officers in which they appear carefree and unperturbed by the events around them. The disturbing implication is that people who appear ordinary are capable of committing monstrous acts.
The Lodz Ghetto: A Comparison of Nazi and Jewish Photographs
In this interview, the Chief Photo Archivist for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum compares two sets of photos taken of the Lodz Ghetto: one by a high-ranking Nazi official, and another taken by a Jew imprisoned in the ghetto. As the comparison shows, the very same scene often appears quite different depending on who is taking the photograph.
War on the Weak: Eugenics in America
This brief documentary describes the early 20th Century eugenics movement in the United States, including its historical connection to animal breeding. Not only did the eugenics movement result in the forced sterilization of 60,000 Americans, it became a blueprint for the eugenics movement that followed in Nazi Germany.
Contemporary Antisemitism on Lebanese Television
In this 2018 clip from Lebanese television, a Palestinian Member of Parliament refers to Jews as apes, pigs, dogs, and donkeys, and tells fellow legislators in Gaza that Allah has gathered “those corrupters” in Palestine “to annihilate their corruption at the hands of His servants of great might.” For a another reference to Jews as apes and pigs, see this 2018 excerpt from Palestine TV.
Cyber Antisemitism: The Democratization of Extremism
In this installment of Faith Complex, David Friedman of the Anti-Defamation League discusses the growth of Internet-based antisemitism. According to Friedman, an unintended consequence of the Internet has been a “democratization of extremism” that is at the heart of modern antisemitism.
Additional Resources and Searchable Databases
Holocaust survivor accounts:
- “That’s the Last Time I Saw Mom” (3:13 minutes)
- Arrival at Auschwitz Concentration Camp (2:01 minutes)
- Squeezing Through a Rain Hole to Buy Food (2:51 minutes)
- Description of the Treblinka Death Camp (5:34 minutes)
- 7 Prisoners of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau Camp (33:21 minutes)
- Teaching with Holocaust Testimonies (further resources here)
Nazi leaders and antisemitic propaganda:
- The Power and Lessons of Nazi Propaganda (5:46 minutes)
- The Eternal Jew (10:00 minutes; Part 1 of 7, 1940)
- The Nuremberg Trials (50:05 minutes; 1947)
- The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler (52:46 minutes; 1958)
- The Goebbels Experiment (1 hour, 46 minutes; 2005)
- A Film Unfinished (2:00 minutes; trailer for full-length film)
Arabic children’s TV shows promoting antisemitism:
- Beloved Farfour Mouse Being Killed by Jews (Hamas TV)
- Bunny Vowing to “Get Rid of the Jews” (Hamas TV)
- Teacher Referring to Jews As Disgusting (Egyptian TV)
- Boys Killing Bloodthirsty Jews in a Suicide Attack (Iranian TV)
YouTube channels:
- MEMRI TV
- Yad Vashem
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- USC Shoah Foundation Institute
- Jewish Virtual Library
For other films, clips, and reviews, please see:
- Docuseek2 Film and Video Finder
- Video Librarian Online
- MediaRights: Media That Matters
- Internet Movie Database
- Rotten Tomatoes
Links
Antisemitism
Definition of Antisemitism
- Five Definitions of Antisemitism (Union of Reformed Judaism)
- Defining Antisemitism (IHRA definition adopted by U.S. Department of State)
- Controversy Over IHRA Definition of Antisemitism (Wikipedia)
- UN Urged to Reject Antisemitism Definition Over “Misuse” to Shield Israel (The Guardian)
- Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (alternative to IHRA definition)
- The Nexus Document (another alternative to IHRA definition)
Historic Antisemitism
- Why the Jews? History of Antisemitism (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum video)
- Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide to Old Myths in a New Era (from the ADL)
- Ancient Antisemitism (beginning with the first recorded incidents)
- Antisemitism: A Historical Survey (Museum of Tolerance teaching resource)
- The Holocaust Explained: Medieval Antisemitism (The Wiener Holocaust Library)
- Historic U.S. Antisemitism (General Grant’s 1862 order expelling Jews from 3 states)
- Classical and Christian Antisemitism (Remember.org teacher’s guide)
- We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah (Vatican document)
Contemporary Antisemitism
- Simon Wiesenthal Center (Jewish human rights activist organization)
- Museums of Tolerance (museums established by the Simon Wiesenthal Center)
- Anti-Defamation League (fighting antisemitism, extremism, and hate)
- Project Shema (building bridges through understanding)
- Foundation To Combat Antisemitism (nonprofit anti-hate organization)
- U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism (government initiative)
- Exploring Hate: Dialogue for Change (PBS video on antisemitism after October 7)
Research on Antisemitism
- Antisemitism Studies (Gratz College; world’s only PhD/MA in antisemitism studies)
- Antisemitism Studies Lab (Baruch College)
- Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (Birkbeck University)
- Center for Research on Antisemitism (Technical University of Berlin)
- Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (Indiana University)
- Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism (Tel Aviv University)
- Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (nonprofit)
- International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (Hebrew University)
- Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism (University of Toronto)
- Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI TV monitors and translates hate speech)
- NYU Center for the Study of Antisemitism (New York University)
- UCLA Research Hub on Antisemitism (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism (Yale University)
The Holocaust
Holocaust Research, Education, and Remembrance
- Yad Vashem (“World Holocaust Remembrance Center” in Israel)
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (research, education, and more)
- International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (intergovernmental organization)
- USC Shoah Foundation (collects, preserves, and shares survivor testimonies)
- Arolsen Archives (largest archive on victims and survivors of Nazi persecution)
- Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies (Yale University)
- Wiener Holocaust Library (archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide)
- Zekelman Holocaust Memorial Center (museum, research library, and archives)
- Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum (former Nazi concentration camp)
- Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site (museum, library, and archive)
- Remember.org (site dedicated to Holocaust survivors and their stories)
- HolocaustSurvivors.org (personal stories, photos, and voice recordings)
- Ann Frank House (museum, archive, and research center in Amsterdam)
Holocaust Denial
- Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion: A Guide for Teachers (from UNESCO)
- The Lantos Archive on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial (MEMRI TV)
- The Nizkor Project (organization dedicated to countering Holocaust denial)
- Holocaust on Trial (PBS NOVA program on Holocaust denial)
- Holocaust Denial (overview from the Jewish Virtual Library)
- Holocaust Denial and Distortion (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- Holocaust Denial on Trial (a remarkable legal decision against Holocaust denial)
- “Stop Denial” Campaign (Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum)
Judaism
Jewish History
- American Jewish Historical Society (has archive and research library)
- National Museum of American Jewish History (has online exhibits)
- American Jewish Archives (over 10 million pages of documents)
- Center for Jewish History (enormous cultural and historic repository)
- Jewish History (from ancient times to current times)
- The Jewish Museum (largest Jewish museum in the U.S.)
Jewish Studies
- American Academy for Jewish Research (membership organization)
- Association for Jewish Studies (promotes academic Jewish studies)
- Association of Jewish Libraries (international network)
- Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (international)
- European Association for Jewish Studies (umbrella organization)
- World Union of Jewish Studies (more than 1,000 members)
National/International Jewish Organizations
- American Jewish Committee (promotes pluralism and understanding)
- American Jewish Congress (50,000-member social justice group)
- B’nai B’rith (Jewish service organization, “children of the covenant”)
- European Jewish Congress (federation of national European Jewish communities)
- Hadassah (American women’s Zionist organization)
- Hillel International (world’s largest Jewish campus organization)
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs (social justice and rights group)
- Jewish Education Service of North America (agency of Jewish Federation)
- Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (nonprofit)
- National Council of Jewish Women (Jewish feminist civil rights organization)
- National Foundation for Jewish Culture (cultural preservation & renewal)
- United Jewish Communities (serves 400 Jewish communities)
- World Jewish Congress (federation of communities and groups)
Other Jewish Resources
- My Jewish Learning (wide coverage of Judaism and Jewish life)
- Jewish Virtual Library (everything from Antisemitism to Zionism)
- JDC Archives (massive collection of Jewish documents, photos, and recordings)
- JewishGen (millions of searchable Jewish genealogy records)
- Adamah (environmental organization connecting Jewish life with the planet)
- Jewish Helping Hands (community volunteers helping people in need)








































































