Genocide: The Holocaust

Days of Remembrance description and list of events throughout the country.

The calendar for the United States' annual commemoration of the Holocaust.

Yad Vashem, together with its partners, has collected and recorded here the names and biographical details of two thirds of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices. Two million more still remain unidentified: It is our collective duty to persist until all their names are recovered.

Remembering and honoring the over 5 million people killed during the Holocaust who were of different ethnic, religious, and societal groups

As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations. Established in 1953, as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust.

An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature.

Poland was once the home of the largest Jewish community in the world and until World War II was one of the great centers of Jewish political, cultural, and religious life. Explore this world here through manuscripts, posters, photographs, music and other artifacts.