J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Annual Lecture Jewish resistance during the Holocaust is still mostly understood as rare armed-group opposition in the ...

The Programs on Religion and the Holocaust fosters scholarship, teaching, and reflection on the complex ethical, theological, and historical questions raised by the Holocaust.

As a young Jewish child, Joan Da Silva had to move from family to family to stay safe from the Nazis in German-occupied Poland, usually without her parents. She ...

The Museum’s David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation houses an unparalleled repository of Holocaust evidence that documents the fate of victims, survivors, rescuers, ...

Why was man created alone? Is it not true that the creator could have created the whole of humanity? But man was created alone to teach you that whoever kills one life kills the world entire, and ...

This photograph shows Auschwitz fence posts and a quote from ... Exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Never shall I forget that night, the first ...

The Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database will be unavailable from 6 PM ET on Friday, February 15th, 2019 to 12 PM ET on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for ...

I was born a few years before Hitler and his Nazi Party took control of Germany. At first, Jewish youngsters were still allowed to attend German public and high schools. But with Hitler assuming power ...

The Museum’s exhibitions are supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.

Britain's response to the mass violence against Jews on Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass”) on November 9-10, 1938, was to offer a safe haven to children at risk living under the Nazi yoke, ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide seeks applicants from early career scholars for its Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research ...

Students have questions while learning about the Holocaust. These short answers are meant to help educators address these questions. This page includes additional resources for educators and students, ...