Holocaust survivor Ayana Touval was just a toddler when Nazi Germany and its allies invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941. Soon ...

Cleveland Community Program Find out how the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is leveraging the power of social media ...

Irene Weiss was born Perl Ruchel Fogel on November 21, 1930, in Bótrágy, Czechoslovakia (now Batrad’, Ukraine) to Meyer and Leah Fogel. Meyer owned a lumber yard, and Leah managed their home and cared ...

“Between the Holocaust and the Cold War: U.S. Army War Crimes Investigations in the Soviet Zone of Germany, 1945-1947” Kevin Conley Ruffner received his A.B. in history at the College of William and ...

“A Global Microhistory of German-Jewish Refugees in Harbin: Integrating East Asian Refugee Communities into the History of the Holocaust.” Susanne Hillman was awarded a Broadening Academia Initiative ...

R. Chris Davis received his PhD in modern history (2013) and MSt in historical research (2006) from the University of Oxford, an MA in cultural studies (2004) from Jagiellonian University, Krakow ...

“We get out and we stood in front of the gate. What did I see? I see a big fence camouflaged by pine branches, braided in the barbed wire, and a gate. On top of the gate is a big sign, black and white ...

These photographs show that the Sobibor killing center was not entirely shrouded in secrecy. Guests were welcomed there, and local people came in to work and even socialize with the SS staff. In their ...

KURT THOMAS: They were expert...trade experts. There were cobblers who made shoes to order, and boots. There were tailors who made clothing to order. There were goldsmiths. There was a shop of over 30 ...

Konstantin Fuks is currently an independent scholar. He holds a PhD in history and Jewish studies (2024) from the University of Toronto (Canada). His dissertation monograph, “The Soviet Latvian War ...

Lauren Rossi was awarded a Broadening Academia Initiative Hybrid Fellowship for her research project, “Family Histories: Child Survivors and Memories of the Holocaust.” Her current project concerns ...

“Mountains and Mountaineering as a Theme in Jewish Lives in the Holocaust and Holocaust Memory” Alison Rose was awarded a Broadening Academia Initiative Hybrid Fellowship for her research project, ...