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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Refugee Crisis and Establishment of Israel
The story of how the plight of postwar Holocaust survivors brought about the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel.
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Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Antisemitism
An explanation of the term "antisemitism" and its particular reference to the Holocaust.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz Camp Complex
Information about Auschwitz Camp Complex of camps, including a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Landscapes of Experience
The maps and visualizations represented in this case study are a representative sample of the methodologies employed to explore the spatial, temporal, and experiential dimensions of the evacuations of more than 57,000 Jewish and...
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Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Budapest Ghetto
This article examines the process of ghettoization of the Budapest Jewish population as it unfolded between May 1944 and January 1945.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Holocaust in Italy
The history of the Holocaust in Italy is generally well known, but to date there has been little systematic analysis of its spatial dimensions. The objective of this case study is to examine the Holocaust in Italy from a geographical...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Einsatzgruppen and Other Ss and Police Units
Article about the use of the Einsatzgruppen by the Nazis, especially in the Soviet Union, to commit mass murder in their effort to defeat the Soviet Union in World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Population of Europe in 1945
Article describing in statistical form the devastating effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish population and the flight of Jewish refugees during and after World War II in post-war Europe.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Raphael Lemkin
An article about Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who emigrated to the U.S. at the beginning of World War II. As a lawyer and scholar, he documented Nazi atrocities and coined the word "genocide."
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Rwanda: The First Genocide Conviction
Article about the genocide of the Tutsi population in Rwanda and the prosecution of Jean-Paul Akayesu for genocide.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Anchluss, March 1938
A map showing the expansion of Germany into Austria in 1938, which resulted in the Anschluss, the unification of Germany and Austria.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Chelmno
The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides a detailed article on Chelmno, an extermination camp located in Poland, describing the location, facilities, and extermination methods. Includes a collection of photos, a timeline, and links to related...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Antisemitism in History: Nazi Antisemitism
A brief description of Nazi antisemitism. The site also provides links to the entire United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: War Crime Trials
Informative encyclopedia article describing the trials of major war criminals of World War Two. Most of these trials took place before representatives of the Allied powers known as the International Military Tribunal although some of the...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Eichmann Trial
Describes the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann that took place in Israel in the early 1960s. He was indicted on 15 counts of 'crimes against humanity' and in 1962 was executed by hanging.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Do You Remember When?
This online exhibit about is about the experience of being a young Jew in Berlin in the early 1940's. Includes real life stories and images of the personal belongings of real people.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Doctors Trials
Excerpts from official transcripts and photos from the trial evidence against twenty-three German doctors and administrators.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Nuremberg Trials and Their Legacy
A comprehensive, multimedia look at the Nuremberg Trials and their results.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The November 1938 Pogroms
From the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum, this resource describes the anti-semitic pogroms, or race riots, in Germany on Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) in November of 1938.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Stories of Holocaust Survivors
Stories of six Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the US after World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
An online exhibit that displays many artifacts and documents relating to the medical experiments done to European Jews by the Nazis.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: America and Nazi Book Burning
A comprehensive history of the purification of Nazi Germany by burning objectionable books.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Map: European Rail System, 1939
Map showing the network of railroads in Europe that facilitated the transport of Jews to extermination camps in German-occupied Poland.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Hardships
Describes the hardships children faced in trying to hide from the Nazis, whether openly with false identity papers, or in a hiding place. These included hiding their Jewish faith and practices, being victimized by unscrupulous 'rescuers'...