In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote that "a piece of paper with a stamp on it" was "the difference between life and death." The Unwanted is the intimate ...
The Museum provides free research services to those seeking information about the fates of specific people. Our experienced staff conducts research in more than 25 languages and uses all the resources ...
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 Museum offers a wide selection of online resources about the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities. These tools provide a variety of ways to learn and teach about this important ...
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, ...
Mr. Jochen Böhler received an M.A. in medieval and contemporary history at the University of Cologne in Germany. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was a Ph.D. candidate in history at the ...
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 ...
The Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Jewish History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities “There are No Jews in Morocco, Only Moroccan Subjects”: Mohammed V’s Response to Vichy’s Anti-Jewish ...
Violent antisemitism and hatred did not end with the Holocaust and are on the rise. Using examples from Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, this seven-minute film explains how antisemitic ...