World War 2 / Holocaust

A Holocaust survivor recounts his memories from pre-war Poland to liberation, honoring lost family and culture.These are the memories of a man who had been a young Jewish boy in Central Poland. His...

Explores Auschwitz's construction, revealing architectural plans and documents that expose the SS's role in orchestrating genocide.Commemorating 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau,...

Dr. Günther Niethammer, an ornithologist, conducted bird surveys at Auschwitz, ignoring atrocities, earning the title "Birdman of Auschwitz."When Soviet troops were liberating Auschwitz concentration...

In July 1938, the United States, Great Britain and thirty other countries participated in a vital conference at Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the persecution and possible emigration of the European Jews, specifically those caught under the anvil of Nazi atrocities.

The first comprehensive account of how the Northern Ireland government responded to Jewish appeals for help on the eve of the Holocaust.

After over half a century of secrecy, a Swiss bank safe was opened, it contained the long-lost research notes of Josef Mengele, as well as those of his chief assistant in Auschwitz. They had been deposited...

Winner, 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award "This deeply personal and extremely informative portrait of a man of indomitable will to live, as Hersch emphasizes, reminds us of why we must never...

During WWII, Heinrich Himmler's murder squads, the Einsatzgruppen, carried out mass executions in the Baltic states that significantly altered the Holocaust.During the Second World War, Lithuania, Latvia...