Elie Wiesel, the Museum’s founding chairman, was deported to Auschwitz with his family in May 1944. He was selected for ...

For years, they could not speak about the Holocaust. Teenagers Ruth Cohen, Steven Fenves, and Irene Weiss were deported in ...

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 ...

在第二次世界大战期间，平民的死亡人数达到了前所未有的数字。尽管许多人丧生于军事行动中，但还是有数以百万计的无辜受害者遭受到蓄意的灭绝。纳粹德国（由阿道夫•希特勒领导）在 ...

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hatred of Jews. The Holocaust, the state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, is history’s most extreme example ...

This educational module aims to help students think more deeply about what it means to be an outsider. Using material from the Museum’s Voices on Antisemitism, the module: Illustrates the existence ...

Croom, Emily Anne. Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to Genealogy. White Hall, Va.: Betterway Publishers, 1983. Doane, Gilbert H. and James B. Bell. Searching for ...

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum teaches that the Holocaust was preventable and that by heeding warning signs and taking early action, individuals and governments can save lives. With this knowledge, ...

This video provides an overview of the Holocaust, Days of Remembrance, and why we as a nation remember this history. Transcript Estelle Laughlin, Holocaust Survivor: Memory is what shapes us. Memory ...

Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story is the Museum’s primary exhibition program for young people and their families. The exhibition tells the story of one family’s experiences during the Holocaust ...

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 ...