Article about the Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany during World War II, their attitudes toward the Nazis and the war, and their subsequent treatment by the Nazis.
Data by country of the Jewish population in Europe prior to World War II.
Article describes the various organized and individual resistance movements and actions taken by Jews in Germany and throughout Europe during World War II.
Article about the German takeover of the Polish city of Lodz early in World War II.
An analysis of the scope of Nazi persecution during World War II, including the Jews, Poles, Roma, and any groups people who did not support the Nazi cause.
Extensive site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the people involved with the Nazi concentration/death camps. Learn about who was targeted, and how those who led the camps were ultimately punished. Site provides information through photographs, personal stories, maps, and archival film footage.
A description of the use of concentration camp prisoners for medical experimentation by the Nazis during World War II.
This article details the Nazi treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in World War II. Though it is not frequently discussed, there were almost as many Soviet prisoners killed by the Nazis as there were Jews.
An overview of the various resistance and partisan groups who fought against or sabotaged the Nazis throughout Europe during World War II.
Article about the concentration camp at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Ohrdruf was the first camp to be liberated by the Allied forces, in April 1945.
Article about the Nazi movement to annihilate as much of the Polish population as possible during World War II. This article focuses particularly on the non-Jewish portion of the Polish populaton.
A chronology of the conspiracy theory deliberately created in a book, probably by Russian secret police in the late 19th century, and how that text has been used in the last 100+ years by various groups to justify antisemitic actions.
An explanation of the term "racism" and how it impacted the rise of Nazism and World War II.
The story of how the plight of postwar Holocaust survivors brought about the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel.
Available in Spanish only: From the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Resistencia espiritual en los ghettos" or "Spiritual Resistance in the Ghettos" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.
Article about the genocide of the Tutsi population in Rwanda and the prosecution of Jean-Paul Akayesu for genocide.
Available in Spanish only: from the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Historias personales" or "personal stories" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet exist which would allow for trials for crimes against humanity.
An overview of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany prior to World War II.
Article about the coverage and response that news of the Holocaust received at various times throughout World War II.