Young twins sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau were sometimes spared immediate death for a gruesome fate: to become the subjects of medical experiments by Nazi doctor ...

Irene Weiss was born Perl Ruchel Fogel on November 21, 1930, in Bótrágy, Czechoslovakia (now Batrad’, Ukraine). Her father, Meyer Fogel, owned a lumber yard. Her mother, Leah Fogel, managed their home ...

Professional boxing was among the few integrated sports in the United States, and prize-fighter Joe Louis was a hero to American Blacks. On June 19, 1936, after rain postponed the fight a day, the ...

Learn more about religious leaders, institutions, and communities in German-occupied, neutral, and Axis countries during World War II and the Holocaust. The Holocaust-Era Archives of Pope Pius XII: ...

Ethiopian civilians face a dire risk of mass atrocities as the country’s civil war—now more than a year old—intensifies. The news of the withdrawal of Tigrayan rebel forces from the Afar and Amhara ...

Voices on Antisemitism features a broad range of perspectives about antisemitism and hatred. This podcast featured dozens of guests over its ten-year run. Listen to selected episodes below or view the ...

Pursuing Justice for Mass Atrocities: A Handbook for Victim Groups provides guidance on what victim groups can do to advance justice efforts during and in the aftermath of genocide and related crimes ...

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 ...

“We are in the presence of a crime without a name,” Winston Churchill said in a 1941 speech. At the time of the Holocaust, there was no legal definition for an atrocity on such an enormous scale. And ...

Why should we talk about women’s experiences of genocide? Genocide is defined as the commission of a prohibited act with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or ...

We are Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, sharing our experiences with the public. We are always gratified to see how much interest there is from young ...

Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the risk of mass atrocities has increased for vulnerable groups, including ethnic and religious minorities. Afghanistan currently ranks ...