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The Holocaust: Museums

A selection of resources relating to the Holocaust.

 

 

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum

 

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

 

The authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former camp: Auschwitz and Birkenau.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by an act of the Polish parliament on July 2, 1947, and includes the grounds of two extant parts of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camps. The Museum grounds cover 191 hectares, of which 20 are at Auschwitz I and 171 at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. On the museum grounds stand several hundred camp buildings and ruins, including the ruins of the gas chambers and crematoria, over a dozen kilometers of camp fence, camp roads, and the railroad spur ("ramp") at Birkenau. In 1979, the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was entered on the UNESCO international list of world heritage sites.

US Holocaust Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


 

A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.

Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem

The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

 

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, is situated on a 45-acre campus comprising museums, exhibitions, monuments, sculptures, and memorial sites. It includes the Holocaust History Museum, the Museum of Holocaust Art, personal diaries and artifacts, survivor testimonies and personal stories.

National Holocaust Centre

National Holocaust Centre & Museum, UK

 

 

Since the Centre opened in 1995, many Holocaust survivors have shared their stories to a whole range of audiences. The National Holocaust and Museum Centre in the UK has endeavoured to capture their testimony, secure their artefacts and gather historical information about each of them in order to preserve their memory and ensure its longevity.  

Sydney Jewish Museum


The Sydney Jewish Museum

                                                                                     

 

The Sydney Jewish Museum is a world class historic and cultural institution dedicated to documenting and teaching the history of the Holocaust and fostering understanding of the Jewish faith and culture.

The museum site has many videos from holocaust survivors and their families. Click here to access the videos

Click here to access the museum website. 

Museum of Jewish Heritage


The Museum of Jewish Heritage

 


The Museum of Jewish Heritage
– A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is New York’s contribution to the global responsibility to never forget.
 The Museum is committed to the crucial mission of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.

As a place of memory, the Museum enables Holocaust survivors to speak through recorded testimony and draws on rich collections to illuminate Jewish history and experience. As a public history institution, it offers intellectually rigorous and engaging exhibitions, programs, and educational resources.

The Museum protects the historical record and promotes understanding of Jewish heritage. It mobilizes memory to teach the dangers of intolerance and challenges visitors—including more than 60,000 schoolchildren a year—to let the painful lessons of the past guide them to envision a world worthy of their futures.