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  • Disembarking from the St. Louis in Antwerp

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    A Jewish refugee couple poses on the gangway of the MS St. Louis as they disembark from the ship in Antwerp. Belgium, June 17, 1939.  

    Disembarking from the St. Louis in Antwerp
  • Personal Stories: Jewish Partisans

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    The following list of Jewish partisans features personal stories from the Jewish Partisan Educ...

    Personal Stories: Jewish Partisans
  • The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students

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    Learning about the Holocaust is one way to honor those lost. Browse our learning site for students as a resource for Holocaust-education projects.

    The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students
  • Women's History Month

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    The history of women during the Holocaust is complex.

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    Women's History Month
  • Diaries and Journals

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    Diaries reveal some of the most heart-wrenching accounts of the Holocaust. They record the feelings of loss, fear, and sometimes hope of those facing extraordinary peril.

    Diaries and Journals
  • The Holocaust and World War II in Ukraine

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    Explore the history of Jews in Ukraine before, during, and after the Holocaust through articles, personal stories, historical photographs, artifacts, maps, and more.

    Tags: Ukraine
    The Holocaust and World War II in Ukraine
  • Nazi Propaganda

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    Key principles, strategies, and people in the history of Nazi propaganda during the Nazi rise to power, the Third Reich, "Final Solution," and World War II.

  • North Africa

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    Learn about North Africa's Jewish communities; WWII military campaigns in North Africa; Vichy's introduction of race laws; and networks of labor camps in North Africa.

  • Adolf Hitler

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    Read a series of articles about Adolf Hitler's ideology and strategies. Under Hitler, the Nazi regime was responsible for the mass murder of 6 million Jews and millions of other victims

  • Theresienstadt

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    Learn about the Theresienstadt camp/ghetto, which served multiple purposes from 1941-45 and had an important propaganda function for the Germans.

  • Warsaw

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    Before World War II, Warsaw was a major center of Jewish life and culture in Poland. Browse articles describing the German invasion, the Warsaw ghetto, deportations, and resistance.

  • World War II

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    The mass murder of Europe’s Jews took place in the context of World War II. Browse a series of articles about key events and military campaigns during WWII and the Holocaust.

  • Flight and Rescue

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    Explore the story of over 2,000 Polish Jewish refugees who fled east to escape war-torn Europe. They sought safety in such distant places as China and Japan.

  • Concentration Camps

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    Browse articles about the creation, administration, and functions of concentration camps in the 1930s and 1940s, and the brutal conditions camp prisoners experienced during the Holocaust.

  • Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS

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    Learn about an album of rare images of the Auschwitz complex, taken during a period when the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were operating at maximum efficiency.

  • Allied Military Advances in the West

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    Browse articles about some of the Allied military campaigns in western Europe during World War II, including D-Day and the Rhine crossings.

    Allied Military Advances in the West
  • Auschwitz

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    Learn more about the Auschwitz camp complex in German-occupied Poland. More than 1.1 million people died at Auschwitz, including nearly one million Jews.

  • Auschwitz Subcamps

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    The Auschwitz camp complex had more than 40 subcamps that brutally exploited prisoner labor. Learn more about these subcamps, including Althammer, Blechhammer, Budy, and Fürstengrube.

  • Children during the Holocaust

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    Children were especially vulnerable to Nazi persecution. Explore a series of articles about the plight of children during the Holocaust, including experiences in hiding.

    Children during the Holocaust
  • Ghettos

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    The creation of ghettos was a key step in the Nazi process of brutally separating, persecuting, and ultimately destroying Europe's Jews during the Holocaust. Learn more.

  • Deadly Medicine

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    From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to "cleanse" German society of individuals viewed as biological threats to the nation's "health." Learn more

  • Roma (Gypsies)

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    Series of articles about the history of discrimination against Roma in Europe and how the Nazi regime committed genocide against European Roma during WWII.

  • World War I

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    The trauma of WWI would profoundly shape the attitudes and actions of both leaders and ordinary people during the Holocaust. Learn more about the war and its aftermath.

  • Jewish Community of Monastir

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    Explore a rare photograph collection capturing a view of the Sephardic Jewish community of Monastir on the eve of its destruction during the Holocaust.

    Jewish Community of Monastir
  • 1936 Olympics

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    Explore key themes about the Olympic Games held in Berlin in 1936, including debates over participation in the Games, the choices facing African American athletes, and the role of Nazi propaganda.

    1936 Olympics

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