Resources

Resource Packs

in Cooperation with NLI​

Centropa has a unique family history database. The National Library of Israel has an outstanding Judaica collection. We discovered it’s even better if we put the two together. In our cooperation, we develop resource packs with films, posters, photographs, documents, maps, worksheets teaching suggestions and creative activities – for various subjects and age groups, created by educators for educators. Our aim is to facilitate and promote the creation of meaningful, challenging, and enjoyable learning experiences, and to provide knowledge and strengthen Jewish identity and connections to Jewish culture and tradition, Israel, and the Jewish people around the world.

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Centropa

Centropa is a historical institute aiming to preserve Jewish memory. Since 2000, we have interviewed 1,200 elderly Jews in 15 countries from Central and Eastern Europe, and digitized 25,000 family photographs. The result is an open database, which paints a vivid picture about 20th century Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe.

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The National Library of Israel

The National Library of Israel is experiencing a surge of renewal aimed at making it a central and active player in the cultural and intellectual life of all citizens of the State of Israel, of Diaspora Jewry, and of the general public worldwide. The treasures of the Library will be integrated into the curriculum, which will be enriched with original documents in subjects such as history, Bible, Talmud, literature, civics, and art.
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Lesson Plans

  • Ronen Cohen

Teofila Silberring

The main goal of this lesson is to help students see Teofila Silberring as a whole person rather than only as a victim of the Holocaust.
  • Beverly Abulaf, Hadar Vitman Baram, Yaron Yaniv, Rosalinn Cohen, Liza Vasserman-Slutsky

Bringing History to Life – Fania Brantsovskaya

The lesson addresses the challenge of understanding the complexities of resistance and survival during the Holocaust through a personal story.
  • Yulia Drabkin, Maya Ashkenazi, Chen Haya Kapluto, Etti Or, Tammy Segal

Bringing History to Life – Elvira Kohn

The lesson aims to help students connect with Elvira Kohn’s personal story and reflect on how people can find strength and resilience in times of challenge.
  • Elena Vikman, Kamal Abu Salha, Lucy Fried, Yonathan Baron

Coming of Age in a Time of War

This lesson is aimed at making the Holocaust more relevant to students. Comparing the Holocaust to the events of October 7 makes the topic more relatable to their own experiences.
  • Rakefet Cohn, Anzi- Damla Doğru

One Story, Many Connections

History is often taught through facts and dates, making it difficult to understand the personal experiences and emotions behind historical events. This lesson addresses this by using Teofila Silberring’s testimony to explore how individual memories, family experiences, trauma, and historical places shape our understanding of the past.
  • Ronen Cohen, Karolina Szykier-Koszucka, Marganit Levy Kfir, Lucy Fried, Liza Vasserman-Slutsky

Dual Identity – Krakow Jewish Artists 

Students are not aware of the different identity dilemmas Jewish people have faced. The lesson explores Jewish identity through the works of Jewish artists and encourages students to reflect on identity, self-expression, and different ways of being Jewish.
  • Yahel Ox, Lauren Glen, Lucy Fried, Agnieszka Lisowska, Zsuzsa Ligeti

Slice of Rosa Rosenstein

Finding dynamic ways to engage students and deepen their understanding of others and the past.
  • Tetyana Ibrahimova, Yonat Gross, Nir Nadler , Ronen Cohen

Lisa Pinhas

Connecting students to history through Lisa Pinhas’s story, helping them understand her need to express herself and learn about the Thessaloniki Jewish community.
  • Lital Vital, Hanna Krezel, Marek Mrozowski, Jona van der Schelde, Eszter Régner

Quest for home

Students explore what it feels like not to belong, connect it to others affected by displacement, and reflect on creating a sense of belonging in a new place.

Webinar Recordings

Creating Family History Projects from Primary Sources

Centropa Jewish Network (CJN) and the National Library of Israel (NLI) are delighted to share our joint webinar, which was held on January 29, 2026.

The webinar, Creating Family History Projects from Primary Sources, explores how educators can guide students through meaningful family history projects, work with primary sources, and use Centropa materials to support entries in the CJN Student Competition’s Family History category.

Sephardic Jewish life in the Balkans- webinar recording & resources

During the webinar educators came together to explore Centropa’s resources on the Sephardic Jewish world of the Balkans and to listen to a successful cross-border project on how to enable students from Greece, Croatia, and Turkey to interpret the migration stories of Sephardic Jews through their own perspectives.

Please enjoy these webinar support materials:

Resources about Sephardic Jewish life

Centropa’s The lost Sephardic word website