genocide | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/genocide/RSS feed for genocideenWed, 12 Nov 2025 16:04:14 +0000Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide's Oldest Victims?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elderly-jews-were-among-the-most-likely-to-die-in-the-holocaust-why-has-history-forgotten-about-the-genocides-oldest-victims-180987666/A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over the age of 55 during World War IIWed, 12 Nov 2025 16:04:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elderly-jews-were-among-the-most-likely-to-die-in-the-holocaust-why-has-history-forgotten-about-the-genocides-oldest-victims-180987666/This Heroic Japanese Diplomat Defied His Government to Save Thousands of Jewish Refugees From the Holocausthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-heroic-japanese-diplomat-defied-his-government-to-save-thousands-of-jewish-refugees-from-the-holocaust-180987067/Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan as they sought safety abroadThu, 31 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-heroic-japanese-diplomat-defied-his-government-to-save-thousands-of-jewish-refugees-from-the-holocaust-180987067/The Daring Polish Resistance Fighter Who Volunteered to Be Sent to Auschwitz So He Could Sabotage the Nazi Death Camp From the Insidehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-polish-resistance-fighter-who-volunteered-to-be-sent-to-auschwitz-so-he-could-sabotage-the-nazi-death-camp-from-the-inside-180986559/Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by bombing the camp. But his warnings went unheededThu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-polish-resistance-fighter-who-volunteered-to-be-sent-to-auschwitz-so-he-could-sabotage-the-nazi-death-camp-from-the-inside-180986559/Survivors and World Leaders Gather to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/survivors-and-world-leaders-gather-to-commemorate-80th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation-180985917/The Nazis murdered an estimated 1.1 million people at the death camp in southern Poland before its liberation on January 27, 1945Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:30:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/survivors-and-world-leaders-gather-to-commemorate-80th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation-180985917/Why Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Are Replicating Auschwitz Tattooshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-descendants-of-holocaust-survivors-are-replicating-auschwitz-tattoos-180983648/Those who choose to put the numbers on their bodies hope the act will spark conversation about the Holocaust and pay tribute to loved ones who survivedThu, 25 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-descendants-of-holocaust-survivors-are-replicating-auschwitz-tattoos-180983648/The Couple Who Fell in Love in a Nazi Death Camphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-couple-who-fell-in-love-in-a-nazi-death-camp-helen-spitzer-david-wisnia-auschwitz-180983603/A new book chronicles the unlikely connection between Helen Spitzer and David Wisnia, both of whom survived AuschwitzMon, 22 Jan 2024 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-couple-who-fell-in-love-in-a-nazi-death-camp-helen-spitzer-david-wisnia-auschwitz-180983603/The Real History Behind 'The Zone of Interest' and Rudolf Hösshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-the-zone-of-interest-and-rudolf-hoss-180983531/Jonathan Glazer's new film uses the Auschwitz commandant and his family as a vehicle for examining humans' capacity for evilThu, 04 Jan 2024 18:21:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-the-zone-of-interest-and-rudolf-hoss-180983531/How 'Schindler's List' Transformed Americans' Understanding of the Holocausthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-schindlers-list-transformed-americans-understanding-of-the-holocaust-180983408/The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' storiesThu, 14 Dec 2023 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-schindlers-list-transformed-americans-understanding-of-the-holocaust-180983408/The Unsung Hero Who Saved Thousands of Children During the Holocausthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsung-hero-who-saved-thousands-children-during-the-holocaust-180983211/Truus Wijsmuller spirited Jewish refugees to safety and stood up to the architect of Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution"Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsung-hero-who-saved-thousands-children-during-the-holocaust-180983211/When the Nazis Massacred Greek Civilians to Send a Warning to Those Who Resistedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nazis-massacred-greek-civilians-send-warning-those-who-resisted-viannos-180982862/Eighty years ago, German soldiers killed an estimated 500 Cretans in Viannos and Ierapetra in retaliation for an attack by local partisansThu, 14 Sep 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nazis-massacred-greek-civilians-send-warning-those-who-resisted-viannos-180982862/