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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide
A detailed explanation of the origin and meaning of the term "genocide."
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sobibor
A description of the Nazi concentration camp at Sobibor in Poland, and of the prisoner uprising there.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Treblinka
A description of the Nazi development and use of the extermination camp at Treblinka in Poland during World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jehovah's Witnesses
Article about the Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany during World War II, their attitudes toward the Nazis and the war, and their subsequent treatment by the Nazis.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jehovah's Witnesses: Persecution 1870 1936
A brief history of the Jehovah's Witnesses, especially in Germany, and the persecution they faced in Germany from the Nazis.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Westerbork
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Drancy
A description of the Nazi development and use of Drancy, a former police barracks in Paris, as a transportation camp for deporting Jews to extermination camps.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Raoul Wallenberg and Rescue of Jews in Budapest
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who worked to save Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps late in World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Soviet Prisoners of War
This article details the Nazi treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in World War II. Though it is not frequently discussed, there were almost as many Soviet prisoners killed by the Nazis as there were Jews.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Displaced Persons
Article about the establishment of centers for displaced persons, especially Jews who survived the Holocaust, and about the subsequent emigration of most of those people in the decade following the end of World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Timeline
A chronology of the conspiracy theory deliberately created in a book, probably by Russian secret police in the late 19th century, and how that text has been used in the last 100+ years by various groups to justify antisemitic actions.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide Timeline
A chronology of the development of the idea of "genocide" and the legalities which have developed since the mid 20th century to prosecute perpetrators of genocide around the world.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: White Rose
A brief history of "The White Rose," a student resistance group in Germany during World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Hadamar Trial
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Propaganda
Article about the Nazis' systematic use of propaganda as a way of controlling the ideas of the German people prior to, and throughout World War II. Propaganda was primarily created against Jews, Communists, and any groups which were not...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jasenovac
Article about the concentration camps established by the Nazis in the area around Jasenovac in Croatia, and their use in eliminating political and religious opponents, as well as Jews shipped in from other places in Eastern Europe.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gardelegen
Article about the massacre of concentration camp prisoners at the end of a "death march" in the Gardelegen region of Germany at the end of World War II.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Ohrdruf
Article about the concentration camp at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Ohrdruf was the first camp to be liberated by the Allied forces, in April 1945.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz Through the Lens of the Ss
A collection of photographs taken by an SS officer, Karl Hocker, who was stationed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Use the links on the page to go to related articles and the photographs
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda
Exhibit documents the critical role of propaganda in the Nazi effort to turn Germany into a totalitarian state driven to annihilate its enemies. Includes a gallery of primary source documents and artifacts, such as posters, books,...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Parachutists From Palestine
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum features the Jewish Parachutists from Palestine who volunteered to join the British Army. Describes their role in organizing resistance to the Germans and aiding in the rescue of Allied captives....
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Anne Frank
This website gives a short biography of Anne Frank. There are links to maps and photographs.
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Camps
Extensive site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the people involved with the Nazi concentration/death camps. Learn about who was targeted, and how those who led the camps were ultimately punished. Site provides...
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U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Killing Centers: An Overview
A disturbing accounting of the Nazis' Final Solution, the extermination camps where millions of Jews and others were gassed during the Holocaust. Included are hyperlinks to photographs, personal stories, and film footage.