The Museum offers a wide selection of online resources about the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities. These tools provide a variety of ways to learn and teach about this important ...

In 1942, members of the Schwarz family packed their belongings, hid them in the attic for safekeeping, and left their home. Like many Jews who received deportation orders during the Holocaust, they ...

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The Museum is committed to reaching all students by providing teachers with tools for various classroom needs. This page shares resources that support differentiation, modification, and accessibility.

Marcel Drimer was born Marceli Drimmer on May 1, 1934 in Drohobycz, Poland (today Drohobych, Ukraine). His father, Jacob, worked as an accountant in a lumber factory while his mother, Laura (Gruber), ...

The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish ...

Jill Pauly was born Gisella Berg on May 1, 1933 in Cologne, Germany. She lived in a small ancient town outside Cologne called Lechenich, where her family had been living since the 17th century. Her ...

The US Congress established Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust. The Museum leads the national ceremony in the US Capitol and encourages observances throughout ...

Julie Keefer was born Jula Weinstock on April 19, 1941, in Lwów, Poland (present day: Lviv, Ukraine). Her father, Herman, was a tinsmith. Her mother, Sala (née Eisen), was an opera singer and ...

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WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. In 2019 Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would open the archival record of Pope Pius XII ...