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Documenting the Holocaust

Despite their attempts to cover up the evidence of genocide, the Nazis left behind thousands of documents, camps and killing sites, and eye witnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust (1933-1945). Explore more content related to this documentation of the Holocaust and Nazi crimes. 

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A group of five children standing in front of a fence. All of them are wearing heavy outerwear and caps. The child in the center is holding the youngest in their arms.
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A group of children in the Kovno ghetto
Synagogue in Slonim on river Szczana. Slonim, Poland, 1943. [LCID: 07086]
Article
About Life after the Holocaust
The cover of the photograph album. [LCID: 34579]
Media Essay
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS
SS female auxiliaries getting off the bus on a day trip in July 1944; this image contrasts starkly with the arrival of a transport ... [LCID: 34763]
Article
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: A Tale of Two Albums
Media Essay
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: A Tale of Two Albums
This photograph, part of the Auschwitz Album, was used as evidence in the Frankfurt trial. [LCID: 77404]
Article
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: Frankfurt Trial
Four S-S officers stand around with other uniformed soldiers. The second from the left is pointing towards the left while talking to the officer closest to him.
Article
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Album
Media Essay
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Album
Media Essay
Auschwitz Through the Lens of the SS: The Frankfurt Trial
This folio contains the compilation of German orders in Kovno from July 1941 to May 1943, most of which were delivered orally. [LCID: n04411]
Article
Avraham Tory
A bright blue paper pass that’s been filled out using a typewriter. The top left includes a black and white photograph of a man with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a suit. The pass has been stamped. The signatures are written in blue ink.
Media Essay
Ben Ferencz - Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfa0601m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes collecting evidence
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfr0602m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes collecting evidence against alleged war criminals
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfd0603m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes collecting evidence of death marches
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfi0600m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes early war crimes investigations
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfe0609m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes evidence collected at the Mauthausen camp

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