Elie Wiesel, the Museum’s founding chairman, was deported to Auschwitz with his family in May 1944. He was selected for ...

Concert and Program La Nona Kanta is a tale of survival and courage. This program is a celebration of the life and work of ...

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Council was established by Congress in 1980 to lead the nation in commemorating the Holocaust and to raise private funds for and build the United States Holocaust ...

For years, they could not speak about the Holocaust. Teenagers Ruth Cohen, Steven Fenves, and Irene Weiss were deported in ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust. As ...

The following databases provide access to original primary sources related to the Holocaust. They are intended for research being conducted at the Museum. This page lists primary source electronic ...

For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Minimizing its antisemitic agenda and plans for ...

In anticipation of both the Winter Olympics and the Summer Games, Hitler directed that signs stating "Jews not wanted" and similar slogans should be removed from primary traffic arteries. In some ...

Holocaust survivors are Jews who experienced the persecution and survived the mass murder that was carried out by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. This included those who were ...

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 ...