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World War I: Aftermath | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The trauma of WWI would profoundly shape the attitudes and actions of leaders and ordinary people during the Holocaust. Learn more about the aftermath of the...
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The SS (Schutzstaffel) | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about the SS (Schutzstaffel), the Nazi regime's elite guard, and how it operated as a virtual state within the Third Reich.
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Nazi Political Violence in 1933 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
After Adolf Hitler became German chancellor on January 30, 1933, the SA and the SS unleashed waves of violence against political opponents and Jews. Learn more.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Evidence from the Holocaust | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Prosecutors before the IMT based the case against 22 leading Nazi officials primarily on thousands of documents written by the Germans themselves. Learn more.
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Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch) | Holocaust Encyclopedia
On November 8–9, 1923, Hitler and the Nazi Party led an attempt to overthrow the German government. This attempted coup came to be called the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Glossary | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Racism: An Overview | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn more about Nazi racism and racial antisemitism. These prejudices were at the core of Nazi ideology, policies, and practices. They led to murder on a mass...
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The Nuremberg Race Laws | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Nazi regime’s Nuremberg Race Laws of September 1935 made Jews legally different from their non-Jewish neighbors. The laws were the foundation for future...
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Warning signs | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was the largest, symbolically most important Jewish uprising, and first urban uprising in German-occupied Europe.
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Warsaw Ghetto Sealed | Holocaust Encyclopedia
November 15, 1940. On this date, German authorities ordered the Warsaw ghetto to be sealed.
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Nazi Killing Centers: An Overview | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Nazi Germany established killing centers in order to murder Jews in gas chambers. Killing centers are sometimes called “death camps” or “extermination camps.”
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Browse A to Z | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and... | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Reichstag Fire Decree of February 1933 restricted individual freedoms, and allowed Hitler's government to overrule state and local laws and overthrow state...
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Adolf Eichmann | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Charged with managing the mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and killing centers, Adolf Eichmann was a key figure in the
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Timeline of Events | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.
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Elie Wiesel: Days of Remembrance excerpts | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Excerpts from Elie Wiesel's addresses during US Holocaust Memorial Museum Days of Remembrance commemorations in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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Hitler Youth | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls were developed as Nazi Party youth groups to indoctrinate children and youth in Nazi ideology and policy.
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Weimar-era police search SA men for weapons | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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The Oneg Shabbat Archive | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Begun as an individual chronicle by Emanuel Ringelblum in October 1939, the Oneg Shabbat underground archive became the secret archive of the Warsaw ghetto.
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Emanuel Ringelblum and the Creation of the Oneg Shabbat Archive | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Emanuel Ringelblum was a Warsaw-based historian and social welfare worker before WWII. Learn about the secret archive he would establish in the Warsaw ghetto.
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Nazi Party | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Holocaust Encyclopedia | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Start learning today.
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Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about the history of discrimination against Roma in Europe and how the Nazi regime committed genocide against European Roma during WWII.
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Mein Kampf: Hitler's Manifesto | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is the best known and most popular Nazi text ever published with over 12 million copies sold from 1925 to 1945.
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Audio Narrations of Holocaust Encyclopedia Articles | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Concentration Camps, 1933–1939 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about early concentration camps the Nazi regime established in Germany, and the expansion of the camp system during the Holocaust and World War II.
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World War I | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The experiences of World War I and its aftermath would profoundly shape the attitudes and actions of leaders and ordinary people during the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Encyclopedia | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Start learning today.
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Nazi propaganda election poster titled "Our Last Hope—Hitler" | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Nazi propaganda poster for 1932 elections, declaring Adolf Hitler to be the last hope of impoverished Germans.
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Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was the first major piece of Nazi legislation targeting Jews simply because they were Jewish.
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Nazi rise to power | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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“Euthanasia” Killings | Holocaust Encyclopedia
August 24, 1941. On this date, Adolf Hitler ordered the cessation of centrally coordinated
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The Nazi Party | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the Nazi Party, was the far-right racist and antisemitic political party led by Adolf Hitler.
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Hitler Campaign Speech | Holocaust Encyclopedia
July 22, 1932. On this date, Adolf Hitler delivered a campaign speech promising salvation for Germany.
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Mein Kampf: Hitler's Manifesto | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is the best known and most popular Nazi text ever published with over 12 million copies sold from 1925 to 1945.
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Recognition of US Liberating Army Units | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about US Army Divisions that have been recognized as liberating units by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the US Army's Center of Military...
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The Enabling Act of 1933 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about the Enabling Act of 1933 and how it allowed Adolf Hitler to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament.
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Hitler campaign speech | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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World War II: In Depth | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Germany started World War II in Europe on September 1, 1939, by invading Poland. War would continue until 1945. Learn more about key events in the history of...
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Nazi Territorial Aggression: The Anschluss | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Anschluss, Germany's annexation of Austria in March 1938, was the Nazi German regime’s first act of territorial aggression and expansion. Learn more.
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Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, Case #12, The High Command Case | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The High Command Case was Case #12 of 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings against leading German industrialists, military figures, SS perpetrators, and others.
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Lithuania | Holocaust Encyclopedia
As part of the Holocaust, the Germans murdered about 90% of Jews in Lithuania. Read more about the tragic experience of Lithuanian Jews during World War II.
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Making a Leader | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Nazis used propaganda to to facilitate persecution, war, and ultimately genocide. Read more about the cult of the leader around Adolf Hitler.
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Germany | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power, 1918–1933 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Nazi Party was one of a number of right-wing extremist political groups that emerged in Germany following World War I. Learn about the Nazi rise to power.
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Identification Cards | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Start learning today.
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The Weimar Republic | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Weimar Republic was a liberal democratic republic founded in Germany in the aftermath of WWI. Learn about the era’s political and economic crises and...
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An Antisemitic Conspiracy: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is the most widely distributed antisemitic publication of modern times. Although repeatedly discredited, it continues to...
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Antisemitism and Henry Ford’s “The International Jew” | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford used his position and wealth to promote hatred of Jews. Learn more about Ford and his antisemitism.
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How Many People did the Nazis Murder? | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Behind the number of victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution are people whose hopes and dreams were destroyed. Learn about the toll of Nazi policies.
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Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, Case #10, The Krupp Case | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Krupp Case was Case #10 of 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings against leading German industrialists, military figures, SS perpetrators, and others.
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Nuremberg Laws | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn more about the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, collectively known as the Nuremberg Race Laws.
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Third Reich | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The “Third Reich” is another name for Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. Learn more about life under Nazi rule before and during World War II.
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Great Depression | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about causes, scope, and impacts of the Great Depression, including how it played a role in Adolf Hitler's emergence as a viable political leader in...
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Antisemitism | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The word antisemitism means prejudice against or hatred of Jews. The Holocaust is history’s most extreme example of antisemitism. Learn more.
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Liberation of Nazi Camps | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The liberation of concentration camps toward the end of the Holocaust revealed unspeakable conditions. Learn about liberators and what they confronted.
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Nazi Camps | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about the camps established by Nazi Germany. The Nazi regime imprisoned millions of people for many reasons during the Holocaust and World War II.
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Third Reich | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Mittelbau (Dora) / Main Camp | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about conditions and forced labor in Dora-Mittelbau, the center of an extensive network of forced-labor camps for the production of V-2 missiles and...
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World War II in Europe | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Germany started World War II in Europe on September 1, 1939, by invading Poland. War would continue until 1945. Learn more about WWII and genocide in Europe.
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Weimar Germany | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Volksgemeinschaft (People’s or National Community) | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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The Third Reich | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Joseph Goebbels | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi politician, propagandist, and radical antisemite, was Reich Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment from 1933 until 1945.
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Adolf Hitler | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Beer Hall Putsch | Holocaust Encyclopedia
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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An Overview of the Holocaust: Topics to Teach | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Recommended resources, topics, context, rationale, and critical thinking questions if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust.
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Encyclopedia of the Holocaust - Wikipedia
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