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The Nazis established many types of camps, including concentration camps, forced-labor camps, transit camps, and five killing centers, among others. By the end of the Holocaust and World War II, ...
“Every German athlete should voluntarily participate in strengthening the military might of the German people.” —Hans von Tschammer und Osten, Reich Sports Office Director, April 30, 1933 Hitler ...
Jorge Rosario is a PhD candidate in history at Brown University, where he also earned a master’s degree in history. He also holds a bachelor’s degree with a double concentration in history and foreign ...
Eugenia Mihalcea is a researcher at the “Theodor Herzl” Center for Israeli Studies at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest. She also teaches ...
Nadège Veldwachter is an associate professor of Francophone studies at Purdue University and a founding member of the Center for Genocide and Human Rights Research in Africa and the Diaspora at ...
Search for “early warning signs fascism” in: All Collections Library Photo Archive Film Archive Name List Catalog ...
The Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database will be unavailable from 6 PM ET on Friday, February 15th, 2019 to 12 PM ET on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for ...
The Museum offers a wide selection of online resources about the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities. These tools provide a variety of ways to learn and teach about this important ...
For more than three decades, Rachel and David Sternberg have demonstrated their unwavering commitment to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s mission. The Sternbergs have twice served as vice ...
As a token gesture to mollify the West, German authorities allowed the half-Jewish fencer Helene Mayer to represent Germany in Berlin. She had been studying at Mills College in California. No other ...
The presence of the German military at the Winter Games dampened visitors' mood at the festival. Here, Hitler inspects troops in Garmisch during the Games. February 1936.
On August 1, 1936, Hitler opened the XIth Olympiad. Musical fanfares directed by the famous composer Richard Strauss announced the dictator's arrival to the largely German crowd. Hundreds of athletes ...
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