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 ...

What can I not do at the Museum? To respect the dignity of the Museum as a living memorial, and for the safety and comfort of all of our guests, in the Museum building, you may not: Chain, lock, or ...

The camp complex was central to the Nazis' plan to murder all European Jews.

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 ...

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 ...

With Sihanouk restored to the throne and the Vietnamese-installed government out of power, US relations with Cambodia began to improve in the 1990s. US aid resumed, and in 1994 President Clinton ...

Curator Susan Snyder shares the story behind the donation of a young girl’s green sweater—a gift the girl received from her grandmother and wore while hiding from the Nazis in the sewers of Lvov, ...

Mr. Christian Goeschel earned an M.A. in European studies from Cambridge University and a B.A. with first class honors in history from York University. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was a Ph ...

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 ...

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 ...

During her tenure at the Center, Ms. Schnepf-Kolacz researched the attitudes of Polish peasants and other villagers toward aiding Jews in the General Government during World War II. She identified ...