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The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Learn more in the Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia.
- Introduction to the Holocaust
Learn more about why Nazi Germany and its collaborators targeted Jews and other victims of the Holocaust era.
- Learning Site for Students
Get an overview of the Holocaust told through historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and testimony clips.
- The Path to Nazi Genocide
Watch a 38-minute film exploring the Nazi rise to power and the path Nazis and their collaborators took to war and the murder of millions of people.
Holocaust Encyclopedia
This resource contains more than 850 articles about the Holocaust, antisemitism, and current-day mass atrocities in 19 languages, including:
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- Online Exhibitions
Explore the online versions of current and past exhibitions, such as Americans and the Holocaust and Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity in the Holocaust.
- Survivor Reflections and Testimonies
Listen to or read Holocaust survivors’ experiences, told in their own words through oral histories, written testimony, and public programs.
- Timeline of Events
Learn about key events related to the Holocaust from before 1933 through 1945 and beyond.
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Learn About the Holocaust
Watch videos and read articles about the Holocaust and the conditions that made it possible.