A detailed article covering the establishment of the euthanasia program initiated by Adolf Hitler's regime.

This is a link from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on "Kristallnacht." Learn more about this unthinkable crime against Germany's Jewish population.

Text details the planned methods of moving Holocaust victims from ghettos and labor camps to extermination camps during World War II.

An explanation of the term "pogrom" and examples of pogroms in both 19th and early 20th century Russia, and in Germany and Eastern Europe during World War II.

An explanation of the plight of refugees, especially Jewish refugees trying to emigrate from Germany just prior to and during World War II.

A brief overview of the course of World War II in Europe.

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.

Spanish content: From the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Mauthausen" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.

A description of the role of the euphemistically-titled Einsatzgruppen as mobile killing units by the Nazis, including both where and how they were employed.

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.

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 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 brief analysis of the Axis powers during World War II, and the causes they had in common.

A detailed explanation of the origin and meaning of the term "genocide."

A description of the role forced labor played in the Nazi treatment of Jews and Russian POWs during World War II.

Article detailing the development and use of concentration camps in pre-World War II Germany to detain political enemies, subversives, and so-called "social deviants."

A description of the Nazi use of poison gas to eliminate "undesirable" persons, whether because of their physical or mental health, or because of their religious or ethnic dispositions.

A description of the Nazi development and use of Drancy, a former police barracks in Paris, as a transportation camp for deporting Jews to extermination camps.

A brief history of "The White Rose," a student resistance group in Germany during World War II.

On this comprehensive website is the history of Auschwitz. You can click on maps, photographs, personal histories, and film footage.

This article details the life of war criminal Adolf Eichmann from his youth to his capture and execution.

A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.

In spite of the great risk, many non-Jewish people across Europe undertook rescue operations, both great and small, to hide or remove people persecuted by the Nazis, especially Jews. This article discusses some of the most notable efforts.

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum features the Jewish Parachutists from Palestine who volunteered to join the British Army. Describes their role in organizing resistance to the Germans and aiding in the rescue of Allied captives....