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On July 15, 1941, the Nazis murdered lawyer Martin Gauger at the Pirna-Sonnenstein killing center. In 1934, he had refused the oath of allegiance required of all civil servants, which meant swearing loyalty to Adolf Hitler. Later, he had refused military service. Martin was born 121 years ago today.
Dir fehlt noch eine Idee für die nächste Projektwoche? Zum Launch unseres neuen Lernmoduls starten wir das Mitmach-Projekt „Deine Geschichte hinter den Dingen“! Du willst mehr erfahren? Dann melde dich zu unserer Online-Infoveranstaltung an. Alle Infos: arolsen-archives.org/anmeldung-ar...
82 years after the beginning of the Warsaw Uprising, we are looking for the relatives of Józef Więtczak. Born on 12.03.1912, he was deported by the Nazis to the Stutthof concentration camp in August 1944 and shortly thereafter to the Neuengamme concentration camp where his trace is lost.
Ninety years ago today, Adolf Hitler declared the Olympic Games in Berlin opened. You can read on our website how the Nazi state averted a boycott of the Olympic Games and how the world allowed itself to be deceived by Hitler: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/the-...
The 1936 Olympics: A Victory for Propaganda | Arolsen Archives
With the aim of warding off a threatened boycott of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the Nazi regime presented itself as peace-loving. Adolf Hitler assured the international community that the Games ...
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Kann man einfach entscheiden, nicht jüdisch zu sein? Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ beantworten Tanya und Leah diese und mehr Fragen über das Judentum. Außerdem erklären sie, warum Vergleiche zwischen Chanukka und Weihnachten nicht sinnvoll sind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjh1...
Dürfen Nicht-Juden in eine Synagoge? | Generationengespräch
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15 years ago, Pawel Sawicki and his wife Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka started compiling the names of Holocaust victims, laying the foundation of the digital database of victims “Book of Names”. In an interview with us, Pawel speaks about challenges and his motivation: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/brin...
Bringing the Victims’ Names to Light: The Book of Names for Treblinka | Arolsen Archives
The Memory of Treblinka Foundation is dedicated to commemorating those who were murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp. Its mission is to restore the names and identities of the victims and ensu...
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Odd Nansen helped hundreds of Jews flee to Norway. That is why the Nazis imprisoned him in Grini and Sachsenhausen. He secretly kept a diary documenting the Nazis’ crimes. In 1946, he published this most important eye witness report in his home country Norway.
In 1920, Alfred Mottard, a Belgian cyclist, competed in the Tour de France. But he crashed on the first stage and had to withdraw from the race early. After Germany’s occupation of Belgium, the Nazis arrested Alfred and deported him to Buchenwald. They murdered him in Mittelbau-Dora on 24.01.1945.
The Nazis persecuted many of their political opponents. Oskar Müller was one of them. He was imprisoned by the Nazis for over five years. He survived and was elected to the German Bundestag in 1949. Today marks the 130th anniversary of his birth.
„Ich weiß, dass das utopisch ist.“ So beschreibt Tanya Raab ihren Wunsch, dass ihre Tochter in einer Welt ohne Antisemitismus aufwächst. Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ erklärt Tanya, wie sie ihre Tochter trotzdem auf die Zukunft vorbereitet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JviU...
Ihr Wunsch: Eine Zukunft ohne Antisemitismus | Generationengespräch
Was wünschst du dir für die Zukunft?Leah Czollek hofft, dass zwischen Gruppen, die Diskriminierung erleben, Brücken entstehen und Kämpfe gemeinsam statt getr...
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If the attempt to take Adolf Hitler’s life on July 20, 1944 had been successful, Dr Fritz Elsas would have become head of the Reich Chancellery. But the attempt failed. The Nazis arrested, interrogated, and tortured Fritz.
For Eugen Seidt, fighting on the side of the Republic also meant fighting against the Nazis. The German national joined the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Read the whole story on our website: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/90-y...
„Wenn man hier in Deutschland aufwächst, dann wächst man mit Antisemitismus auf.“ Nach dem Überfall der Terrororganisation „Hamas“ auf Israel am 7. Oktober 2023 bricht für Leah ihre wissenschaftliche Community um sie herum weg, sie verliert Freund*innen und Kolleg*innen. youtu.be/1sshDQcYOZo
Muss man als Jüdin Antisemitismus erwarten? | Generationengespräch
Bei Tanya sorgte eine antisemitische Anfeindung dafür, dass sie monatelang Postboten nicht die Tür öffnete. Leah prägte der Überfall der Terrororganisation „...
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“I'll keep going until there are no more Nazis.” Esther Bejarano survived Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and a death march. In Auschwitz, she played the accordion in the women’s orchestra. Explore documents relating to her persecution in our online archive: collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/...
Following their liberation, former prisoners took control in some concentration camps. For the liberated prisoners, this form of self-organization was a first step toward reclaiming their dignity and autonomy. Find out more: arolsen-archives.org/stories/en/s...
Was hat Ikkimel mit Jiddisch zu tun? Und warum war der Reisepass der BRD so besonders für Leah? Darum geht’s in der neuen Folge „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“. Tanya Raab und Leah Czollek spielen eine Runde Memory und klären, welcher Feiertag ihr liebster ist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQig...
Was hat Ikkimel mit Jiddisch zu tun? | Generationengespräch
Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ spielen Tanya und Leah eine Runde Memory. Dabei geht’s um jüdische Feiertage und welche sie am liebsten mögen, Klischees...
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#everynamecounts continues to grow! The participation of tens of thousands of volunteers and their enthusiastic sharing of the campaign on social media helped triple user numbers in 2025. Together they processed twice as many documents as in 2024. arolsen-archives.org/stories/en/a...
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” This quote by Elie Wiesel is engraved in stone at the entrance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Elie was a Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to defending human rights. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
„Die Sieger schreiben die Geschichte“ ist einprägsam und klingt schlau. Immer wieder taucht er im Zusammenhang mit den Verbrechen der Nazis auf. Aber was steckt wirklich dahinter? Wir machen den Faktencheck bei einer neuen Folge „Bullshit vs. Belege“: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7hb...
Der Sieger schreibt die Geschichte? | Faktencheck
„Die Sieger schreiben die Geschichte“ ist einprägsam und klingt schlau. Einer historischen Prüfung hält er zwar nicht stand, taucht aber trotzdem immer wiede...
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830,000 searches were carried out in our online archive in 2025. Anyone can explore more than 40 million documents online, and thousands of people now access this resource every day. For more facts and figures, see our annual report: arolsen-archives.org/stories/en/a...
We’re extending our #StolenMemory tour in Ukraine! Instead of the 5 venues originally planned, it’s scheduled to visit 17 locations by the end of the year, despite the difficult conditions in the country. Read more in our update: www.stolenmemory.org/en/stolenmem...
#StolenMemory Tour in Ukraine Extended Due to High Demand - #StolenMemory
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National players Alfred Dünnmann, Kornel “Narrio” Hoffmann, and Emil Isidor Weinberg helped shape the early years of Austrian professional football. But the Nazis murdered the three Jewish sportsmen in extermination camps in 1942.
Why do the stories of people persecuted by the Nazi regime still matter today? For Malgorzata Przybyla, who works in the tracing department at the Arolsen Archives, the answer is simple: because their names mustn’t be forgotten – and because their stories help us understand the present.
Sobald über Verbrechen deutscher Soldaten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs aufgeklärt wird, wird ein Argument besonders laut und gerne hervorgebracht: Deutsche Soldaten hätten nur Befehle befolgt. In der neuen Folge „Bullshit vs. Belege“ schauen wir uns diese Erzählung genauer an: youtu.be/pxMkJ1cUdOk
Haben deutsche Soldaten nur Befehle befolgt? | Faktencheck
Sobald über Verbrechen deutscher Soldaten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs aufgeklärt wird, wird ein Argument besonders laut und gerne hervorgebracht: Deutsche...
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85 years ago, on June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The objectives of this war of annihilation were the economic exploitation of the population and the territories, the conquest of “Lebensraum” (living space), and the murder of the Jewish population and the Soviet ruling class.
“After a year of war, this has become a very pressing, painful topic.” Hanna Tarkovska and her students in Ukraine are participating in #StolenMemory. Together with other volunteers, they’re searching for the families of victims of Nazi persecution. Read more: www.stolenmemory.org/en/
The International Commission of the Arolsen Archives met in Rome this week. Arezoo Hersel-Rohila (Israel) takes over as chair for the next 12 months, succeeding Sabrina Mingarelli (Italy). We would like to thank Sabrina Mingarelli for her hard work and dedication this past year!
When Yidele Henechowicz was liberated from the Bergen Belsen, he was not yet three. After the war, he was adopted in Sweden and given a new name: Julius Maslovat. Not until 2010 did he learn that an uncle had escaped Poland before it was too late - with a photo of his parents Sala and Symcha.
The Nazis castrated Kurt Brüssow because he was gay. After 1945, he fought for his suffering to be recognized. But he fought in vain – homosexuals continued to face discrimination under Paragraph 175 after 1945. Not until 1994 was the Paragraph abolished. Too late for Kurt, who had died in 1988.
