U.S. Jew produces $100,000 YouTube clip on the HolocaustVIDEO / The five-minute clip, ‘Rainbow in the Night’, aims to combat Holocaust denial and increase awareness of the atrocity among American teenagers
Rainbow in the Night, a short YouTube clip, is a brief but exceptionally powerful video created specifically for today’s fast paced generation. [...]
The Sketchbook from Auschwitz.
A unique work preserved in the collections of the Auschwitz Memorial has been published by the Museum in its entirety for the first time. It is the only set of drawings made in the camp depicting the extermination of Jews deported by German Nazis to Auschwitz. The unknown author documented in his [...]
Justice and Accountability in the Face of Genocide: What Have We Learned?
“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to [...]
The 2011 Days of Remembrance begin this Sunday, May 1.
Why do we remember? The President’s Commission on the Holocaust states: “Remembering can instill caution, fortify restraint, and protect against future evil or indifference.”
Over the coming days, our US Holocaust Museum will provide many opportunities for you to participate in the Days of Remembrance, [...]
Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center.
Holocaust Tracing, Family Searches and Wartime Documentation
The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center is a national clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath. We assist U.S. residents searching for proof of internment, forced/slave labor, or evacuation from former Soviet territories on [...]
Washington — A Holocaust survivor who teaches children the value of citizenship is among those who will be honored by President Obama with a Medal of Freedom.
Gerda Weissman Klein, who survived the notorious death march at the end of the war designed by Nazis to keep Jews from being rescued, recently founded Citizenship Counts, “an [...]