Holocaust History

Jewish Leadership during the Holocaust was evident in many different forms. There was the Judenrat which was organized over Nazi occupied...

"Night Witches", also known as Nachthexen, were female military aviators for the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air F...

From their earliest days of power, beginning in 1933, the Nazis began to target minority groups like the mentally and physically disabled. ...

Henry Foner was a child of the Kindertransport. A rescue missions to ensure the safety of thousands of Jewish children. The postcards belo...

  The Edelweiss Pirates were a small, loosely-organized group of German youth to old for the Hitler Youth and still young enough to avoi...

On May 19th, 1909, Nicholas Winton was born. In December of 1938, Winton was asked to visit a refugee camp, filled to capacity with...

Georges Andre Kohn was born on April 23rd, 1932 as the youngest of four children. During the final week of the German occupation of Par...

On Rosh Hoshanah (September 30th, 1943), Ina Soep and her family were deported to Westerbork concentration camp. On arrival to their living...