The Museum's Collections

Images of life and activities before, during, and after the Holocaust by official photographs and individuals.

Responses to the persecution and murder of European Jews by the US government and American citizens.

Documentation of resistance efforts to Nazi-sponsored persecution and mass murder throughout the Third Reich and occupied Europe.

Evidence of camp facilities established to confine those whom the Nazis defined as political, ideological, or racial opponents of the regime.

Documentation of the Holocaust and prewar Jewish life in Ukraine.

Personal accounts providing readers with a varied and complex view of people who lived and died during the Holocaust.

Thousands of paintings, drawings, and collages created during and after the Holocaust.

Collections documenting the enormous obstacles refugees faced finding safe havens during World War II.

Interviews and memoirs from survivors of the Holocaust, liberators, non-Jewish witnesses, rescuers, and perpetrators.

Historical footage and contemporary films about the Holocaust.

Materials created to spread the ideals of National Socialism, including racism, antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism.

Documentation, evidence, and film from the war crimes trials of leading German officials before the International Military Tribunal beginning on November 20, 1945.