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    Holocaust Victims and Survivors

    On International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023, Holocaust survivors shared their stories at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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    Holiday Hope During the Holocaust

    The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum highlighted stories of Jewish people who defied the Nazi regime to celebrate the holidays amid occupation and the Holocaust.

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    1936 Berlin Olympics - Defying the "Master Race"

    The 1936 Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany, despite concerns about the racist Nazi government and Adolf Hitler. In an event hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, participant…

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    Escaping the Holocaust

    Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during World War II. Unbeknownst to his government, he issued hundreds of transfer visas to Jewish families trying to escape Nazi occupie…

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    U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Remembrance Ceremony

    The U.S. Holocaust Museum held its annual remembrance ceremony honoring the Holocaust’s estimated 12 million victims. The program included a keynote address on combating antisemitism from Am…

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    World War II Military Intelligence and the Ritchie Boys

    General Mark Milley, chair of the Join Chiefs of Staff, spoke about the Ritchie Boys, a World War II U.S. military intelligence unit which included many Jewish refugees from Nazism. This eve…

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    Holocaust Survivor Anna Grosz

    Holocaust survivor Anna Grosz recalled her family’s experiences after Hungary annexed a portion of Romania that included their hometown, and then imposed anti-Semitic laws. The family was co…

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    African American Soldiers and World War II

    During World War II, over one million African Americans served in the armed forces. Washington Post writer DeNeen Brown and education consultant Lynn Williams discussed the challenges these …

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    Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered that the horrors of the Holocaust be documented as World War II came to an end, determined that the evidence be preserved for future generations. It was …

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    Holocaust Survivor Peter Feigl

    During the summer of 1942, Nazis and French collaborators began rounding up Jews living in the unoccupied region of France and deporting them to concentration camps in Poland. While he was a…

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    Young Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat

    The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted an online panel discussion titled, “How Did Young Americans Respond to the Nazi Threat?” Museum historians Edna Friedberg and Rebecca Erbelding wer…

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    Quest for Justice after the Holocaust

    In a 1961 televised proceeding seen around the world, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was put on trial in Israel for his role in the Holocaust. Historians Edna Friedberg and Elizabeth White…

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    Women Spies of World War II

    Entertainer Josephine Baker, Baltimore resident Virginia Hall, and Muslim pacifist Noor Khan were recruited as spies during World War II. CIA Museum Deputy Director Janelle Neises and profes…

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    Seeking Justice for Holocaust Crimes

    The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a panel discussion looking at the continuing quest to bring former Nazis to justice. They explored questions raised by recent trials, such as if per…

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    Nuremberg Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz

    At age 27, Benjamin Ferencz served as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials for the case against 22 leaders of the Einsatzgruppen, which were mobile Nazi death squads responsible…

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    Remembering the Holocaust

    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., hosted a commemorative ceremony to remember those who perished and to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day - observed…

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    Holocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody

    Holocaust survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody recalled her family’s experiences after the Soviet Union’s 1939 invasion of Poland and eventual German occupation. Her father was deported to Sibe…

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    Holocaust Survivor Theodora Klayman

    Holocaust survivor Theodora Klayman recalled her family’s experiences after Nazis forces invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. Three-years-old at the time, she was visiting her grandparents in a small…

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    Holocaust Survivor Albert Garih

    Holocaust survivor Albert Garih recounted his family’s experience after the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. When he was about four-years- old, his father was deported to a forced labor camp…

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    Surviving the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia

    Holocaust survivor Irene Weiss recalled what happened to her family after Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939. She was 13 when her family was forced into an overcrowded ghetto and th…

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