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MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRACION CAMP MEMORIAL

The Mauthausen Memorial in Austria honors victims of the Nazi concentration camp (1938–1945). Known for brutal forced labor and mass deaths, it now educates on the Holocaust with exhibitions and monuments. A center for remembrance, it promotes tolerance and human rights.

How did the Germans know who was Jewish?

Anyone with 3+ Jewish grandparents was labeled a “Jew,” . The Nazis tracked Jews using census data, police reports, and even tips from neighbors. They didn’t care about religion—just ancestry.

SURVIVOR LILY EBERT

Lily Ebert MBE BEM (born Lívia Engelman, 29 December 1923 – 9 October 2024) was a British writer and Holocaust survivor, who in her later life became notable for her memoir, and social media videos and media appearances documenting her life as a survivor of the genocide.

BUCHENWALD CONCENTRACION CAMP MEMORIAL

Buchenwald was one of the first and largest Nazi concentration camps. The prisoners came from all over Europe including political prisoners, war prisoners as well as Jews, Poles, Slavs, Roma, Sinti, Jehovah’s Witnesses, conscientious objectors, people with prior criminal convictions and those perceived as sexual deviants.

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA

Founded in 1961 by Holocaust survivors, the Holocaust Museum LA is the oldest museum of its kind in the United States. Its mission is to commemorate those murdered in the Holocaust, honor those who survived, educate about the Holocaust, and inspire a more dignified and humane world.

NEUENGAMME CONCENTRACION CAMP MEMORIAL

The Neuengamme Memorial near Hamburg honors victims of the Nazi concentration camp (1938–1945). It preserves barracks, exhibitions, and educates about forced labor, Nazi persecution, and the Holocaust. The site promotes reflection, remembrance, and awareness of human rights.

Did the world know about the Holocaust?

During WWII, news spread about Nazis targeting Jews. Reports detailed ghettos, camps, and mass killings. Headlines like “1,000,000 Jews slain by Nazis” appeared in 1942. Jewish groups and governments warned of Nazi plans for genocide, but early media coverage often downplayed the scale of the atrocities.

ANNE FRANK HOUSE

The Anne Frank House is a biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The museum preserves the hiding place of the Frank Family in Amsterdam with its permanent exhibition on the life and times of Anne Frank, and an exhibition space about all forms of persecution and discrimination.

SURVIVOR TOVA FRIEDMAN

Tova Friedman (née Tola Grossman; born September 7, 1938) is a Jewish American therapist, social worker, author, and academic born in Poland. She is a Holocaust survivor who was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

UK HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST

The Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) is a British charity, based in London, whose aim is to "educate young people of every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today.

What was the Shoah?

Shoah is the Hebrew term for Holocaust and describes one of the darkest chapters in history, where Nazi Germany tried to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Over six million Jews were murdered during World War II simply because of who they were.

WARSAW GHETTO MUSEUM

The mission of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum is to disseminate knowledge about everyday life, survival strategies, resistance and extermination of Polish Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and other ghettos on territory of the occupied Poland.

keine.erinnerungskultur

Susanne Siegert uses her social media presence to make knowledge about the Nazi era accessible to younger audiences. Since launching her first Instagram post in December 2020, she has been sharing insights drawn from public archives, including original documents, witness testimonies, court records, and photographs, helping to shed light on this critical period in history

ZIKARON BE SALON

Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew: זיכרון בסלון, lit. "A memory in the livingroom") is a social initiative of informal gatherings in private homes in Holocaust Remembrance Day, in which on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day participants listen together to the testimonies of Holocaust survivors.

SURVIVOR GIDEON LEV

Gidon Lev is a Czechoslovakian-born Israeli Holocaust survivor and author who was interned at the Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt between the ages of 6 and 10. Of the 9,000 children imprisoned in or transported through Theresienstadt, he was one of the approximately 2,000 children estimated to have survived. In social media, he advocates tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

Were perpetrators forced to kill?

After the Holocaust, many claimed they "had no choice" and were just following orders. But there’s no evidence anyone was punished for refusing to kill. In fact, people across Europe willingly joined in. Why did so many choose hate?

FONDAZIONE MUSEO DELLA SHOAH

The Fondazione Museo della Shoah in Rome is a Holocaust museum dedicated to preserving the memory of Italy's Jewish community and the atrocities of the Holocaust. Through its exhibits, the foundation commemorates the victims and educates visitors about the importance of tolerance, human rights, and the lessons of history to prevent future atrocities.

AMIA

AMIA is the main institution of the Jewish community in Argentina. It was created in 1894 by a group of Jewish immigrants.

Were Jews the only victims of nazi persecution?

The Nazis didn’t just target Jews—they also went after groups they saw as inferior, like Roma people, the disabled, and Poles. They killed millions, including Communists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and LGBTQ+ people. POWs were also victims, with over 3 million murdered during the war.

MEMORIAL DE LA SHOAH

The Memorial de la Shoah is Europe’s largest research, information and awareness centre on the history of the genocide of the Jews during the Second World War. It is a place of memory, pedagogy and transmission.

Why did the Nazis hate Jews?

For centuries, Europe’s story has been marked by hatred of Jews—pogroms and expulsions shadowed nearly every nation, and Nazi hate of Jews is a sad continuation of this.

AJCF POLAND

The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation commemorates and preserves the Jewish heritage and history of the town of Oświęcim and educates about the Holocaust and the dangers of prejudice and hatred today.

MUSEO DEL HOLOCAUSTO BUENOS AIRES

Museo Del Holocausto de Buenos Aires integrates the history of the Holocaust and its repercussions in Argentina, with the aim of educating new generations and preserving its memory.

Where Germans the only perpetrators of the Holocaust?

The Germans were assisted in the persecution and killing of Jews by collaborators and accomplices in virtually every Nazi-occupied country.

GHETTO FIGHTERS HOUSE MUSEUM

Founded by Jewish partisans, the Ghetto Fighters' House was the world's first museum commemorating the Holocaust and Jewish heroism with a focus on Jewish resistance in the ghettos and concentration camps.

Why were some Jews and other inmates tatooed during the Holocaust?

Jews were tattooed in Nazi concentration camps, mainly Auschwitz, as a way to dehumanize them and replace their identity with a number. It served both as a control method and a symbol of stripping away their humanity.

JOHANNESBURG HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE CENTRE

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre explores the history of genocide in the 20th century, focusing on case studies from the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Did Jews try to resist the Nazis?

Jews resisted the Nazis in different ways: physically, spiritually and morally. In many ghettos and camps, there was armed resistance.

MELBOURNE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum is the largest institution in Australia solely dedicated to Holocaust education, research and remembrance. Built by a community of survivors, it’s mission is to champion kindness, bravery, and fairness.

MUSEO JUDIO DE CHILE

The Museo Judio de Chile’s mission is to educate and share the history, culture, and traditions of the Jewish people with Chilean society, within the context of universal history, in order to understand the impact of the integration of minorities into Western culture.

How did Jewish women experience the Holocaust?

The perpetrators of the Holocaust treated Jewish women and children every bit as brutally as Jewish men. However, Jewish women were subjected to additional degradation and oppression, including sexual violence and rape.

STUTTHOF CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL

The Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo serves the past and present by properly utilizing the testimony of former times, entrusted to the Witnesses of History. To fulfill a duty to history and to the ever-younger generations who are its recipients.

WDR

WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) is a German public broadcasting institution as part of the ARD network. Through its TikTok initiative wahr_so, WDR focuses on individuals persecuted under the Nazi regime, sharing deeply emotional stories to engage young audiences and contribute to a living culture of remembrance.

Who liberated the Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers?

In Eastern Europe the camps were liberated by the “Red Army” of the Soviet Union in Western Europe it was mainly American and British troops.

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