Holocaust survivor Joël Nommick was born into danger in December 1942 in the midst of World War II. Just months earlier, Joël ...

The Amos S. Deinard Memorial Chair in Jewish History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities “There are No Jews in Morocco, Only Moroccan Subjects”: Mohammed V’s Response to Vichy’s Anti-Jewish ...

The religious reactions to Kristallnacht show an awareness of what was happening that would shape subsequent church statements as the Holocaust unfolded and eventually led some denominations—such as ...

Through the Museum’s First Person program, Holocaust survivors have the opportunity to share their remarkable personal stories of hope, tragedy, and survival with thousands of visitors. Watch ...

It is recommended to conduct a 30- to 40-minute discussion with students soon after their visit to help them recall what they have learned and to reflect upon the Holocaust and its implications. The ...

In this episode of Curators Corner, Suzy Snyder discusses materials, including photographs and letters, that were donated to the Museum by members of the Kusserow family. As Jehovah's Witnesses, the ...

Echoes of Memory provides survivors who volunteer at the Museum with a powerful outlet to share their experiences and memories—through their own writing. In these videos, survivors who participated in ...

In this episode, Chief Acquisitions Curator Judy Cohen shares items from the recently acquired Katz Ehrenthal Collection. Judy explains how this collection of antisemitic materials, some around 500 ...

Is my donation going to be immediately publicly accessible or displayed on exhibit? In telling the story of the Holocaust we depend on a large collection, of which only a small percentage can ever be ...

The first day of Chanukah fell on December 23, just 42 days after the infamous “Night of Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht). That night most of Vienna’s synagogues were torched, Jewish stores were looted ...

On April 28, 1945, in Garmish Parten Kirchen, Germany, the 179 Hungarian women had 179 opinions of their whereabouts, what to do, and where to go. My mother, sister Shosha, and I looked at one another ...

Barbara Milewski received her doctorate in musicology from Princeton University, a master’s degree in music history from SUNY Stony Brook, and a bachelor’s degree in government and legal studies from ...