Supplemental Educational Resources

Ochberg’s Orphans

My Dear Children (please note this is not a free resource)

Americans and the Holocaust (USHMM)

America and the Holocaust (PBS) and suggested educator activities

Americans and the Holocaust: The Refugee Crisis (Facing History and Ourselves)

Historical Resources

Historic Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers Project

Pittsburgh Historic Maps

Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh City Directories, 1815-1945

Books by Dr. Barbara Burstin, eminent historian of Pittsburgh Jewish History

Newspapers.com (account required)

Ancestry.com (account required)

Resources from the Rauh Jewish Archive

Rauh Jewish Archive Organizational Timeline

Selected Family Histories

Burial RecordsConnecting Pittsburgh Jewish Youth with Their Local Jewish Heritage: A curriculum for teaching the history of the Jews in Pittsburgh to upper elementary, middle school, and high school students