Holocaust survivor Ninetta Feldman remembers fleeing her aunt’s house and hiding in an ancient Greek fortress to keep safe ...
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 ...
La Nona Kanta is a tale of survival and courage. This program is a celebration of the life and work of Flory Altarac Jagoda (1923–2021), the National Heritage Award–winning, Bosnian-born, Sephardic ...
Workshop Dates: August 4–15, 2025 Application deadline: February 14, 2025 Applications must be submitted in English via our online application. While much scholarship has examined the communication ...
Andrew “Andy” Jampoler was born Andrzej Jampoler on January 15, 1942 in Lwów, German-occupied Poland (present day: Lviv, Ukraine) to Karol and Hanka (Awin) Jampoler. Andy’s father Karol attended the ...
12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933–1945. Listen below or on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and ...
Elie Wiesel, the Museum’s founding chairman, was deported to Auschwitz with his family in May 1944. He was selected for forced labor and survived. He later said, “I thought in 1945 antisemitism died ...
The Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition addresses important themes in American history, including Americans’ responses to refugees, war, and genocide in the 1930s and ‘40s. Americans and ...
This video provides an overview of the Holocaust, Days of Remembrance, and why we as a nation remember this history. Transcript Estelle Laughlin, Holocaust Survivor: Memory is what shapes us. Memory ...
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 ...