The Museum’s Bringing the Lessons Home Program introduces Washington, DC, area public high school students to Holocaust history and encourages them to share its lessons with their family, friends, and ...

A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.

The monument commemorates victims of the massacre carried out on July 10, 1941, when Polish residents of Jedwabne, a small town located in then German-occupied Poland, participated in the murder of ...

For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Minimizing its antisemitic agenda and plans for ...

Watch to find out how Manny and his mother escaped Nazi-occupied Budapest and what happened after they arrived at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In these uncertain times, amid the dangerous surge ...

Teaching Holocaust history requires a high level of sensitivity and keen awareness of the complexity of the subject matter.

The Museum’s American and the Holocaust Initiative focuses on Americans’ responses to the Holocaust in the 1930s and 40s. The film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, The U.S. and the ...

Find lesson plans and training materials that match your curricular needs for teaching about the Holocaust.

The following databases provide access to original primary sources related to the Holocaust. They are intended for research being conducted at the Museum. This page lists primary source electronic ...

These short videos, produced by Museum educators and historians, provide guidance on how to teach about the Holocaust. They cover Museum resources, guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, ...

Learn about the Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the Museum or request to hear a survivor share his or her experiences in person.

These answers are meant to assist with questions frequently asked by students when learning about the Holocaust.