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“In America, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. ... I understand. That’s America. But there is no place on any campus in America--any place in America--for antisemi…

Jochen “Jack” Wurfl, author of My Two Lives, talked about surviving as a Jew in Nazi Germany and his later life and success in the United States. Mr. Wurlf and his brother were baptized Cath…

Authors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 I…

Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during World War II. Unbeknownst to his government, he issued hundreds of transfer visas to Jewish families trying to escape Nazi occupie…

The U.S. Holocaust Museum held its annual remembrance ceremony honoring the Holocaust’s estimated 12 million victims. The program included a keynote address on combating antisemitism from Am…

Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) held a news conference to honor Holocaust rescuers.

Author and Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland detailed the life of Rudolf Vrba, who spent two years at Auschwitz and became the first Jew to break out of the concentration camp. The Museu…

Holocaust survivor Anna Grosz recalled her family’s experiences after Hungary annexed a portion of Romania that included their hometown, and then imposed anti-Semitic laws. The family was co…

President Biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israel.

Journalist Charlie Inglefield and Yifat Cohen-Meir, daughter of Holocaust survivor Thomas Geve, reflected on Mr. Geve’s over 80 illustrations he made as a young adult that document his life …

Historians Alexandra Richie and Michael Neiberg discussed war and genocide. This program was part of the 14th annual International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War…

Author Matthew Rozell recounted U.S. 743rd Tank Battalion’s interception of a train with 2,500 people being transported to a concentration camp and the reunion of the troops and survivors si…

Judy Batalion recounted the Jewish women who served as resistance fighters against the Nazis in Poland during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage i…

Judy Batalion, the daughter of Holocaust survivors and author of The Light of Days, and Rebecca Donner, author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, shared the stories of women who fough…

During the summer of 1942, Nazis and French collaborators began rounding up Jews living in the unoccupied region of France and deporting them to concentration camps in Poland. While he was a…

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National World War II Museum hosted an online event with survivor Steven Hess. Hess and his sister Marion are one of the few set…

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted an online panel discussion titled, “How Did Young Americans Respond to the Nazi Threat?” Museum historians Edna Friedberg and Rebecca Erbelding wer…

The National World War II Museum hosted a panel discussion on Holocaust denial and the importance on continued education and scholarship of World War II history. This talk was part of the mu…

In a 1961 televised proceeding seen around the world, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was put on trial in Israel for his role in the Holocaust. Historians Edna Friedberg and Elizabeth White…

National Book Award-winning historian Wendy Lower recounted the mass killings in Ukraine that occurred during the Holocaust. This was a virtual event hosted by Harvard Book Store in Cambridg…