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 ...

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 ...

Ruth Cohen was born Renee Friedman on April 26, 1930, to Herman and Bertha Friedman in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia. Herman and his brother were wholesale wine and beer manufacturers. Ruth, her older ...

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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.

Tamar Hendel was born Rut Hendel on April 26, 1935 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Her father, Isac (Eisig), owned a successful dry goods store. Her mother, Hana Surah Weissman, helped run the store. While the ...

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 ...

Lisa Kraft was born Elisabeta Ernestina Renata Rosenthal on April 24, 1938 in Trieste, Italy. Her father, Nandor Rosenthal, worked at a Hungarian-Jewish-owned asbestos company. The company closed due ...

American Witnesses shares stories of men and women serving in the US Army who encountered the Nazi camps at the end of World War II. This exhibition is located in the Gonda Education Center. It is ...

Three decades after the end of the devastating 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which included genocide and crimes against humanity, this multiethnic Balkan country is in the grips of an ...