Holocaust survivor Peter Gorog has no memories of his father, Árpád. Sent away in August 1940 by Hungarian authorities to ...

J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Annual Lecture When National Socialist Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, it sought to ...

These videos and accompanying lesson plans have been curated by Museum historians and educators for use in middle and high school classrooms to support accurate and effective teaching about the ...

One Survivor Remembers is Gerda Weissmann’s account of surviving the Holocaust. This film was produced in 1995 by HBO and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Transcript [Text on screen] In ...

After the devastation of the Holocaust, survivors collaboratively authored yizker bikher, memorial books, devoted to the lives and deaths of the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. Over a thousand ...

Read reflections and testimonies written by Holocaust survivors in their own words.

A grainy photo captures a cold-blooded murder in action. Men in uniform shoot a woman and two children for the “crime” of being Jewish. This rare photographic evidence shows how Jewish families were ...

We invite you to join us for an exclusive visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This two-day experience will feature docent-led tours of the Museum’s main exhibition, The Holocaust, ...

Professor Jeffrey Herf received a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University and an M.A. in history from the Sate University of New York at Buffalo. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was ...

Dr. Michael Berkowitz received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison under the guidance of the late George L. Mosse, eminent scholar and 1994-1995 J.B. and Maurice C.

Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif are co-founders of the ‘Of Many’ Institute for Multifaith Leadership at New York University. They teach a course together and lead service trips to cultivate ...

Holly Case received a Ph.D. in history and humanities and an M.A. in history from Stanford University, and a B.A. in European studies from Mount Holyoke College. During her fellowship at the Museum, ...