U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Soviet Prisoners of War

The Nazi government had many "racial enemies" foremost being the Jews. In this exhibit, The United States Holocaust Museum takes a look at one of the other groups targeted for persecution, homosexuals. Read the fascinating and tragic...

Ninth graders visit the US Holocaust Museum to witness the actions of the Nazis against the Jews during World War II. A great lesson if you are located near the museum or are planning a trip to the DC area.

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...

Article about the Nazis' systematic use of propaganda as a way of controlling the ideas of the German people prior to, and throughout World War II. Propaganda was primarily created against Jews, Communists, and any groups which were not...

A description of the use of concentration camp prisoners for medical experimentation by the Nazis during World War II.

This Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition site looks at the controversial 1936 Olympics held in Berlin.

A moving online exhibit of photographs from an album of a Nazi officer who was the commandant at Auschwitz. The accompanying commentary includes a video, podcast, and comparison of the photos of Nazi officials to those of the inhabitants...

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...

An account of the role the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland played both in providing labor for the Nazi war effort and in the "final solution" the Nazis planned.

Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.