Holocaust
Reclaiming Nazi-Looted Art Is About to Get Easier
HEAR Act removes legal loopholes that prevented victims of Nazi art plunder to restore what’s rightfully theirs
The First Moments of Hitler's Final Solution
When Hitler solidified his plan to exterminate Jews – and why it matters 75 years later
Gate Stolen From Dachau Concentration Camp Recovered in Norway
The metal gate bearing the slogan <i>Arbeit Macht Frei</i>was recently found outside the city of Bergen
Oskar Schindler’s Factory Will Become a Holocaust Memorial
Long abandoned, the dilapidated factory is where the industrialist put over 1,200 threatened Jews to work during World War II
Use the Phrase “Polish Death Camps” in Poland and You May Go to Jail
Soon, saying that Nazi death camps were Polish could earn you three years in prison
Germany Is Reworking the Commission That Handles Restitution for Nazi-Looted Art
A lackluster track record and controversial comments led to a shift
Diaries of Holocaust Architect Heinrich Himmler Discovered in Russia
The man who designed the Nazi concentration camps switched easily between recording domestic life and mass murder
Archaeologists Found a Hand-Dug Holocaust Escape Tunnel
The tunnel was dug by desperate prisoners using spoons
Former SS Guard Convicted on 170,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder
Reinhold Hanning a 94-year-old retired dairy farmer served as a guard at Auschwitz during World War II
Thousands of Objects Taken From Holocaust Victims Have Been Rediscovered
Almost 16,000 items were forgotten for decades
Auschwitz Museum Finds Victim's Jewelry in False-Bottomed Mug
A women’s ring made of gold and a necklace was carefully wrapped in a piece of canvas
Virtual Reality Film Will Simulate Anne Frank’s Hiding Place
'Anne' will give audiences a sense of what it was like to be in the "Secret Annex"
New Project Uncovers What Americans Knew About the Holocaust
You can help historians learn how newspapers in the U.S. documented the persecution of European Jews
In "Solomonic Solution," Museum Returns Two Nazi-Looted Artworks to 95-Year-Old Descendant
After nearly 20 years of fighting, the Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to return the watercolors
Spared From the Holocaust by His Countrymen, a Jewish Refugee Hopes That Denmark Can Regain Its Humanity
Leo Goldberger will never forget how his fellow Danes kept him safe, but the reaction to today’s refugee crisis gives him pause about his former homeland
Last Survivor of Treblinka, Final Destination for Up to 925,000 People, Has Died
Samuel Willenberg devoted the rest of his life to honoring those murdered at the camp
France Is Making Thousands of Vichy-Era Documents Public
Archives regarding the Vichy regime’s collaboration with the Nazis made “freely accessible”
How Anne Frank's Diary Changed the World
The most famous account of life during the Holocaust has been read by tens of millions of people
Watch Rarely Seen Footage of Life in Nazi Austria, Thanks to a New Video Archive
The Ephemeral Films Project offers the public a chance to see what Jews experienced during the Anschluss
The Centuries-Old History of Venice's Jewish Ghetto
A look back on the 500-year history and intellectual life of one of the world's oldest Jewish quarters
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