I was screaming and crying … I didn’t want to go,” remembers Holocaust survivor Josie Traum about the day strangers came to ...

With false French papers, Rose-Helene Spreiregen, age 12, and her grandmother fled German-occupied Paris on an overnight train. “Make believe you are sleeping. I will take care of it,” Rose-Helene ...

Ayana Touval was born Ayana Horovic in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on March 4, 1939. Her father, Ernest, managed Nashichka, a successful timber company. Her mother, Herta, was a piano teacher. She had been a ...

Holocaust survivor Joël Nommick was born into danger in December 1942 in the midst of World War II. Just months earlier, Joël’s father had been arrested and taken away from the family. Authorities ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide (SCPG) seeks applications for a fellowship to assess risks of mass atrocities in Mozambique. The Early ...

Non, rien de rien, Non, je ne regrette rien. (No, nothing at all, No, I do not regret anything.) —Édith Piaf There have been many moments in my adult life when I have had to make a decision. Sometimes ...

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, ...

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 ...

This three-minute video explains Holocaust denial and the different forms it takes. Transcript Holocaust denial is a form of antisemitism. The only reason to deny the Holocaust is to inculcate and ...

Learn about the Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the Museum or request to hear a survivor share his or her experiences in person.

Because the Holocaust involved people in different roles and situations living in countries across Europe over a period of time—from Nazi Germany in the 1930s to German-occupied Hungary in 1944—one ...

The Museum’s American and the Holocaust Initiative focuses on Americans’ responses to the Holocaust in the 1930s and 40s. The film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, The U.S. and the ...