Explore diverse experiences of people during the Holocaust
Read a last letter thrown from a deportation train. Page through a handwritten diary. View photos and films of families living under Nazism. Hear the testimony of an American liberator. Discover the richness of first person accounts by:
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"Perhaps this was the only way to live..."
Remembering the Role of Humor in Survival
Inge Deutschkron was a teenager in Berlin when the Nazis' anti-Jewish policies banned Jews from many public places and subjected them to daily harrassment by Stormtroopers and police. In this interview, she recalls how laughter helped to relieve the strain caused by Nazi persecution.
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
View sources that highlight Jewish responses to persecution and genocide under Nazism.
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- Holocaust Diaries
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- Diary of Elisabeth Ornstein
Americans and the Holocaust
Explore sources that reveal how Americans understood and responded to Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust.
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- Black Americans and World War II
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- Oral History with Leon Bass
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Find sources exploring the difficult choices and pressures that confronted people during the Holocaust.
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Examine sources that show how the Nazis and their supporters transformed Germany to align with theories about race and national unity.
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- Targets of Eugenics
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- Self-Portrait by Franz Karl Bühler
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