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Learn about the Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Learn more in the Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia.
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Introduction to the Holocaust
Learn more about why Nazi Germany and its collaborators targeted Jews and other victims of the Holocaust era.
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Learning Site for Students
Get an overview of the Holocaust told through historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and testimony clips.
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The Path to Nazi Genocide
Watch a 38-minute film exploring the Nazi rise to power and the path Nazis and their collaborators took to war and the murder of millions of people.
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Online Exhibitions
Explore the online versions of current and past exhibitions, such as Americans and the Holocaust and Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity in the Holocaust.
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Survivor Reflections and Testimonies
Listen to or read Holocaust survivors’ experiences, told in their own words through oral histories, written testimony, and public programs.
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Timeline of Events
Learn about key events related to the Holocaust from before 1933 through 1945 and beyond.
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