Matty Dancyg survived the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, in the Nir Oz kibbutz in Israel. His father Alex Dancyg (75) and his uncle Itzik Elgerat (69) were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists durin...

To mark the 85th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kyiv, the Arolsen Archives, in cooperation with the Max Weber Network Eastern Europe, are making around 31,000 documents on Soviet prisoners of war available on the #everynamecounts crowdsourcing platform. Volunteers can now transcribe names and many other personal details from these historical documents […]

When World War II came to an end, hundreds of thousands of young Holocaust survivors were left wandering through the ruins of war-torn Germany and Europe. The United Nations set up a special tracing service for children, tasked with reuniting missing or unaccompanied children with members of their families. Over sixty-four thousand case files created […]

When World War II came to an end, hundreds of thousands of young Holocaust survivors were left wandering through the ruins of war-torn Germany and Europe. The United Nations set up a special tracing service for children, tasked with reuniting missing or unaccompanied children with members of their families. Over sixty-four thousand case files created […]

Through the “Reich Citizenship Law” announced on September 15, 1935, the Nazi regime officially established a two-tier system in German society. The top tier was reserved for “Reich citizens” – people...

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Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution | 15510022b - Wave 29 – 19th Osttransport to Riga, 09/05/1942

Die Arbeit mit historischen Unterlagen kann eine direkte und/oder wiederholte Konfrontation mit extremer Gewalt, systematischer Entmenschlichung und individuellem Leid bedeuten. In Archiven und Ausste...

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Ein Ehering, eine Taschenuhr mit Kette: Es sind persönliche Gegenstände, die Max Feddersen bei sich trägt, als ihn die Nationalsozialisten im August 1944 verhaften. Wenige Tage später deportieren sie ...

What do Leica cameras have to do with Nazi persecution? More than you might think. The Wehrmacht’s propaganda photographers used specially modified versions of these compact cameras to produce heroic ...

How can the memory of people persecuted by the Nazis be kept alive today and remain relevant for young people? A group of young volunteers – many from the local region – explored these questions in de...

Die Graphic Novel vereint historische Recherchearbeit, künstlerische Erzählung sowie pädagogische Praxis und zeigt neue Wege, Geschichte für junge Menschen erfahrbar zu machen.

The families of former concentration camp prisoners are now scattered across the globe. To find them and return these precious mementoes, we rely on the support of local volunteers. Would you like to ...