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The American Bar Association and its German counterpart co-hosted a discussion on the fate of thousands of lawyers of Jewish origins during the Nazi regime. Speakers included author Douglas…

Jewish history Professor James Loeffler talked about his book, Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century. In his talk, Professor Loeffler profiled two Jewish…

Curator Daniel Greene gave a tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit which uses films, artifacts, and documents to explore how the U.S. public and government officials reacted…

Second lady Karen Pence and Polish first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence and Polish President Andrzej Duda visited the original gas chambers and…

Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence, accompanied by the president and first lady of Poland, visited Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Vice President Mike Pence and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid wreaths at the Warsaw Uprising Monument, followed by remarks from the vice president.

Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence laid a wreath at the site of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising against the Nazis.

Holocaust survivor Emanuel “Manny” Mandel recalled his experiences as a young boy after the Nazi’s occupied his hometown of Budapest, Hungary, in March of 1944. Mr. Mandel and his family…

Holocaust survivor Josiane Traum recalled her family’s experiences after Germany invaded Belgium and imposed anti-Semitic laws. Ms. Traum talked about her parents' resistance to the Nazi regime and her…

Holocaust survivor Estelle Laughlin recalls how she survived in her book, Transcending Darkness: A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust. She was 10 years old when Nazi forces invaded her home of…

President Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Veshem, the Israeli national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. He was introduced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…

President Trump delivered remarks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Congress established the Days of Remembrance as an…

A complete reading of the late Elie Wiesel’s Night at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. This is part three of three.

A complete reading of the late Elie Wiesel’s Night at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. This is part two of three.

A complete reading of the late Elie Wiesel’s Night at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. This is part one of three.

Peter Hayes talked about his book Why?: Explaining the Holocaust. He also responded to viewer comments and questions on the Holocaust. He spoke at the 9th annual Tucson Festival of Books.…

Peter Hayes talked about his book Why?: Explaining the Holocaust, in which he provides his thoughts on why the Holocaust happened.

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 confined, along…

Holocaust survivor Julius Menn described his experiences growing up in Poland and Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. Ten year-old Julius Menn and his family were on an extended stay in…

Holocaust survivor Louise Lawrence-Israels recalled going into hiding with her family after German forces invaded the Netherlands. Ms. Lawrence-Israels celebrated her second and third birthdays in an Amsterdam apartment…