Marcel Drimer was born Marceli Drimmer on May 1, 1934 in Drohobycz, Poland (today Drohobych, Ukraine). His father, Jacob, worked as an accountant in a lumber factory while his mother, Laura (Gruber), ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Council was established by Congress in 1980 to lead the nation in commemorating the Holocaust and to raise private funds for and build the United States Holocaust ...

In 1942, members of the Schwarz family packed their belongings, hid them in the attic for safekeeping, and left their home. Like many Jews who received ...

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. In 2019 Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would open the archival record of Pope Pius XII ...

Three decades after the end of the devastating 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which included genocide and crimes against humanity, this multiethnic Balkan country is in the grips of an ...

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 ...

“If a conflict breaks out in South Sudan now, it will be like no other. The destruction and suffering will be unprecedented.” — Ambassador Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, from remarks ...

These videos and accompanying lesson plans have been curated by Museum historians and educators for use in middle and high school classrooms to support accurate and effective teaching about the ...

One Survivor Remembers is Gerda Weissmann’s account of surviving the Holocaust. This film was produced in 1995 by HBO and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Transcript [Text on screen] In ...

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Because the Holocaust involved people in different roles and situations living in countries across Europe over a period of time—from Nazi Germany in the 1930s to German-occupied Hungary in 1944—one ...