New York Times: Lesson of the Day: 'The Lost Diaries of War'

Volunteers have begun an effort to transcribe the pages of more than 2,000 diaries written by ordinary people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate powerfully today. In this lesson, you'll consider the value that first-person accounts like diaries and letters can have when it comes to understanding history. Then, you'll be invited to start your own journal that may one day help future historians learn what it was like to live during our times.