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
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
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
A Brutal Genocide in Colonial Africa Finally Gets its Deserved Recognition
Activist Israel Kaunatjike journeyed from Namibia to Germany, only to discover a forgotten past that has connections to his own family tree
A Holocaust Survival Tale of Sex and Deceit
One Jewish woman’s personal story reveals what it took to elude capture in Nazi Germany
Did an Auction of Hitler’s Art Go Too Far?
A collection of Hitler’s paintings just sold for $450,000
This Company is Turning Holocaust Survivor Interviews into Holograms
Researchers are using new technology to keep Holocaust testimonies alive
Germany Just Opened a Nazi Museum in the Party’s Former Headquarters
70 years later, Munich’s mayor says the city is ready to “face up to its Nazi past”
There’s New Information About Anne Frank’s Death
New research challenges the notion that if the Frank sisters had lived a few days more, they’d have survived the war
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See Jewish Life Before the Holocaust Through a Newly Released Digital Archive
Roman Vishniac’s extensive work, now open to the public, is ready for some crowd-sourced historical detective work
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