Congress established the Days of Remembrance and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims of the ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has spent more than 30 years sharing history’s timeless lessons and educating the world about the dangers of ...

Digital index of oral histories from survivors includes separate groupings of eugenics policies survivors, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish survivors, liberators, political prisoners, rescuers ...

Suitable for classroom use or by families and individuals, this virtual tour, hosted on Google Arts & Culture, allows visitors to explore nine interactive galleries at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum ...

Beginning in 1933, the German Government revoked German citizenship for tens of thousands of German Jews as well as persons seen as political opponents, e.g. communists. This affected not only persons ...

Electronic indices of Holocaust survivors and victims, from various sources.

Through First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust survivors have had the opportunity to share their remarkable personal stories of hope, tragedy, and survival. In the interview ...

Records of the Displaced persons camps and centers in Germany, 1945-52. Entries include lists of Holocaust survivors for Amberg, Berchtesgaden, Bergen-Belsen, Berlin, Deggendorf, Feldafing, ...

Vladimir Solonari received a Ph.D. in history at Moscow State University in Russia and a B.A. cum laude in history at Moldova State University in Chisinau. During his tenure at the Museum, he was ...

As a percentage, Dutch Jews probably perished at a higher rate than any other West European country. Prior to WWII, the community consisted of about 150,000 persons, including Jews who had fled there, ...

The impact of World War II on Iran was devastating. Iranian neutrality was ignored and the country lost its de facto independence to occupying forces. British and Soviet authorities dominated the use ...

On May 13, 1931, the International Olympic Committee, headed by Count Henri Baillet-Latour of Belgium, awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. The choice signaled Germany's return to the world ...