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    • The US and the Nazi Threat: 1933–1937
    • The US and the Refugee Crisis: 1938–1941
    • The US and the Holocaust: 1942–1945
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    • Americans Who Dared
    • In Danger
    • Political Voices
    • Public Voices
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Americans and the Holocaust
ChaptersPersonal Stories
  • Americans Who Dared
  • In Danger
  • Political Voices
  • Public Voices
  • Americans Who Dared
  • In Danger
  • Political Voices
  • Public Voices
Infographics

Personal Stories

Learn more about individuals who tried to escape Nazism in the 1930s and 40s, people and organizations who took risks to help others, and public and political voices who left a lasting impact in the United States.

Americans Who Dared

  • The United States Committee for the Care of European Children
  • The American Friends Service Committee
  • Varian Fry exits a building in Marseilles in the fall of 1940.
    Varian Fry
  • Lois Gunden
  • Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus
  • Martha and Waitstill Sharp

In Danger

  • Anthony “Tony” Acevedo in his army uniform, ca. 1943.
    Anthony Acevedo
  • The Frank family: (left to right): Margot, Otto, Anne, and Edith Frank, Amsterdam, 1941.
    Otto Frank
  • Franz Goldberger
  • Herta Griffel
  • Kurt Maier
  • Richard Schifter
  • Max and Fanny Valfer
  • A newspaper photograph of Marianne Winter and Jane Bomberger.
    Marianne Winter

Political Voices

  • Raymond Geist
  • Hiram Bingham IV
  • A portrait of Henry Morgenthau Jr.. He is bald and wearing wire-framed glasses and a suit and tie.
    Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • Breckinridge Long
  • A portrait of Frances Perkins at her desk. She wears a hat with a net and black suit. The American flag is behind her.
    Frances Perkins
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

Public Voices

  • Charles Coughlin
  • Dorothy Thompson
  • Stephen Wise

Americans and the Holocaust
An online exhibition from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • Chapters
    • The US and the Nazi Threat: 1933–1937
    • The US and the Refugee Crisis: 1938–1941
    • The US and the Holocaust: 1942–1945
    • Personal Stories
    • Americans Who Dared
    • In Danger
    • Political Voices
    • Public Voices
    • Infographics
    • Obtaining a U.S. Visa
    • Number of Refugees
    • Public Opinion
    • More Resources
    • About This Site
    • Teacher Resources (opens in new tab)
    • All Online Exhibitions from USHMM (opens in new tab)
    • Holocaust Encyclopedia: The United States and the Holocaust (opens in new tab)
    • Experiencing History: Americans and the Holocaust (opens in new tab)
    • History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust (opens in new tab)
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