History: Conflict in Europe 1935-1945

This document is the student handout produced by Dr Michael Molkentin, Shellharbour Anglican College & University of NSW Canberra for a HSC Study 2016 on International Studies in Peace and Conflict - Conflict in Europe 1935-45.

This website is produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Organised by theme (Nazi Rule; Jews in Prewar Germany; The 'Final Solution'; Nazi Camp System; Rescue and Resistance), this learning site presents an overview of the Holocaust through historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and testimony clips.

Holocaust Encyclopedia website produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. Holocaust Encyclopedia is produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This site includes videos and map of Eastern Europe after the German-Soviet Pact.

The Nazi Party was one of a number of right-wing extremist political groups that emerged in Germany following World War I. Beginning with the onset of the Great Depression it rose rapidly from obscurity to political prominence, becoming the largest party in the German parliament in 1932. This website is the Holocaust Encyclopedia, produced by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The Nazi drive to strengthen the German 'master race' for generations to come took several forms, including the military conquest of new territories. The foreign policy of the German government aimed to incorporate ethnic Germans living outside Germany into the Reich; dominate western Europe; and acquire a vast new empire of 'living space' in eastern Europe.

This article by Ian Carter was published on 9 January 2018 on Imperial War Museums website.

The IWM is a leading authority on conflict and its impact, focusing on Britain, its former Empire and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present.

Bomb Sight: Mapping the WW2 Bomb Census makes available maps from the UK National Archives, allowing people to explore where the bombs fell on London during World War 2 and discover memories and photographs from the period.

In the aftermath of World War Two the Allies sought to bring the aggressors to justice. How did the surviving Nazi leaders give account for their actions? This article is published on BBC website.

This article written by Jan Lemnitzer for The Conversation includes links to further readings on the topic of Nuremberg War Crimes.