Ruth Cohen was born Renee Friedman on April 26, 1930, to Herman and Bertha Friedman in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia. Herman and his brother were wholesale wine and beer manufacturers. Ruth, her older ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Suitable for classroom use or by families and individuals, this virtual tour, hosted on Google Arts & Culture, allows visitors to explore nine interactive galleries at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum ...

The claim of Jesus’ followers that their Master was the sole authentic interpreter of Mosaic Law was not unusual. What set his followers apart was the claim that God had raised him up from the dead.

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 ...