The text is also available in Polish: www.stolenmemory.org/pl/wspolczes...
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The text is also available in Polish: www.stolenmemory.org/pl/wspolczes...
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Group photo with around 20 people standing next to each other. They are wearing blue T-shirts with the words “#StolenMemory” printed on them. On the right-hand side of the picture is a blue roll-up banner with #StolenMemory written on it.
Polish-Ukrainian #StolenMemory Volunteer Meeting in Warsaw: Over the past 10 years, since #StolenMemory was launched in 2016, the Polish Tracing Team at the Arolsen Archives has worked with volunteers to locate more than 400 families in Poland. www.stolenmemory.org/en/polish-uk...
04.03.2026 16:12 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic with a letter in the center. It is a draft of a reply letter to Richard Plant. His name is written in white on a blue background at the bottom left, and the Arolsen Archives logo is at the bottom right.
“I emigrated as a Jew in order to survive as a gay man.” Survivor Richard Plant was one of the first researchers to request documentation from the Arolsen Archives on the systematic Nazi persecution of homosexuals. The Nazis convicted around 53,000 men under §175 arolsen-archives.org/en/news/nazi...
03.03.2026 13:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
As a teenager, Karl Rom survived a ghetto, several concentration camps, and a death march. The Nazis persecuted him because he was Jewish. Karl Rom died on February 28, 2023, aged 97.
28.02.2026 11:32 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Eine russische Drohne dringt in den polnischen Luftraum ein. Oder war es doch eine ukrainische Drohne? Plötzlich wirkt es, als stünde Aussage gegen Aussage und schon sind Desinformationen gestreut. Wie du dich dagegen wappnen kannst, erfährst du bei „Wusst‘ ich nich‘“: youtu.be/QMS-hgqTKzM
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The interview is also available in Ukrainian: arolsen-archives.org/uk/news/%d0%...
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Today is the anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia continues to destroy the country’s civilian infrastructure. Kyiv is particularly badly affected. Anna Lenchovska, head of Ukrainian NGO TolerSpace, lives and works there. Read the interview: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/you-...
24.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1You can learn more about him at an exhibition on Jewish Members of Parliament in the early years of the German Bundestag to be shown in the Paul Löbe House in Berlin until March 6.
24.02.2026 05:52 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic showing a yellowed prisoner ID card for Erik Blumenfeld. The card contains personal details such as his name, reasons for imprisonment, transfers, prisoner number, and a “red triangle” in the upper right corner. The name “Erik Blumenfeld” is written in white letters on a blue background in the lower left corner, and the Arolsen Archives logo is in the lower right corner.
Erik Blumenfeld was the only Member of Parliament in the German Bundestag to have survived Auschwitz. He took his seat alongside ex-Nazi officials and people who had gone along with the regime — and yet he never stopped believing in a future.
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Foto von einem Teil der #StolenMemory Ausstellung der Arolsen Archives. Auf einer roten Wand steht links ein Text, mittig im Bild ist eine Kennzeichentafel für KZ-Häftlinge abgebildet. Rechts im Bild sieht man, das ein Hakenkreuz und eine 88 auf die Fläche gemalt wurden.
Hakenkreuze und rechtsextreme Codes: Unbekannte haben vergangene Woche in Torgau unseren #StolenMemory-Container beschädigt. Die Polizei hat eine Anzeige aufgenommen und der Vorfall ist bei RIAS Sachsen gemeldet.
20.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic showing a list of prisoners released from the Auschwitz concentration camp infirmary in 1941. Bronisław Czech's name is also on the list.
Bronisław Czech went from three-time Olympian to resistance fighter. During WWII, the Polish winter sportsman acted as a courier, bringing people & documents through the Tatra Mountains. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1940, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he died after 4 years of inhumane treatment.
17.02.2026 14:51 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic showing an index card from the Buchenwald concentration camp. It contains personal data on Jura Soyfer, listed there as “Juri.” His name is written in white on a blue background at the bottom left, and the logo of the Arolsen Archives is at the bottom right.
On February 16, 1939, the Nazis murdered author and satirist Jura Soyfer in Buchenwald. Persecuted as a “political Jew”, they arrested him while trying to flee to Switzerland. Documents relating to his persecution are available in our online archive: collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/1...
16.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of a hockey game. On the left is Rudi Ball in a dark jersey. He shoots the puck into the goal with his stick. The opposing goalkeeper lies in front of the goal and watches the puck.
Rudi Ball was one of Germany’s first ice hockey stars in the 1930s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics, the Nazis used him for their propaganda, presenting Germany as welcoming, even though his father was Jewish. Rudi agreed to play so his parents could emigrate. In 1948, he followed them to South Africa.
16.02.2026 09:17 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Black-and-white photograph of a young couple outdoors. A man in military uniform has his arm around a smiling woman. They are sitting close together and both looking at the camera. Bushes and a wall can be seen in the background.
Edith Steiner and John MacKay spent 71 Valentine's Days together – the last in 2017, the first shortly after the war in a DP camp. The Hungarian Holocaust survivor and the Scottish soldier met there at a dance. They got married in 1946 and spent the rest of their lives together. #ValentinesDay
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Four men and three women are standing next to each other. They are holding skis in their hands or leaning on their ski poles. They are standing in the snow, with more snow and hills visible in the background. At the bottom left, “Birger Ruud” is written in white on a blue background.
In 1936, Norwegian ski jumper Birger Ruud won his second Olympic Gold Medal in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. As he refused to take part in their propaganda competitions, the Nazis imprisoned him for several months in a concentration camp near Oslo in 1943.
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The Nazis persecuted millions of people. After the war, the Federal Compensation Act determined who received compensation. People persecuted by the Nazis as “anti-social elements” weren’t included. Their suffering wasn’t officially acknowledged until 2020: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/pers...
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On February 13, 1940, Anna, Arthur, and Adolf Grüneberg were forced to leave their home. They were deported to occupied Poland along with around 1,100 other Jews from Pomerania. Only 19 survived.
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Helene Braun ist angehende Rabbinerin aus Berlin. Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ spricht sie mit dem Zeitzeugen Peter Finkelgrün über Jüdisch sein in Deutschland. Schau dir hier alle Folgen an: youtu.be/cSDWJWz8Vcs?... (2/2)
10.02.2026 15:40 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic showing a Nazi transport list to the Theresienstadt ghetto. It contains several names with dates and places of birth and other personal details. Further down are the names “Regina Jonas” and “Sara Jonas.”
Regina Jonas was the world’s first female rabbi. Born in Berlin in 1902, she fought to be ordained. Even when the Nazis came to power, she stayed in Germany. In 1944, the Nazis murdered Regina in Auschwitz. Her story wasn’t rediscovered until the 1990s. (1/2)
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“When the work you do truly matters, that helps you endure,” says Natalia Svitla, the Director of the V.H. Zabolotnyi Architecture and Construction Library in Kyiv. She spoke to us about life during the war and why exhibitions like #StolenMemory matter right now: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/when...
10.02.2026 09:46 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A group of young people and adults are standing in a large hall with tall windows and blue curtains. In the middle stands an older man in a suit, surrounded by young people. Some of them are holding folders or files in their hands. Everyone is looking at the camera. In the background, rows of seats, a lectern with microphones, and the Greek flag can be seen. At the bottom left is the name “Christos Taktikos,” and at the bottom right is the logo of the Arolsen Archives.
In Thessaloniki this week we were able to return 2 rings belonging to Christos Taktikos to his son Antonio. The Nazis had confiscated them from Christos when they arrested him for helping a Jewish couple. When the rings were returned, Antonio said they were the best gift he had ever received.
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Ninety years ago today, the Winter Olympics opened in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Staged by the Nazi state as a “festival of peace,” the February 1936 Games were one thing above all: propaganda. Read more about it in the interview with Alois Schwarzmüller: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/ther...
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Damit die Visionen der Arolsen Archives nicht nur Visionen bleiben, brauchen unsere Mitarbeitenden die notwendige Unterstützung der Central Services. Dafür suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n Lohnbuchhalter*in (m/w/d). Bewirb dich bis zum 08.03.2026: arolsen-archives.org/ueber-uns/jo...
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Auf dem Foto: Unsere Partnerin Ljudmila Sukowata (links) in Sdolbuniw, die sich um rund 50 NS-Überlebende kümmert, darunter auch Marija Hunjat (rechts im Bild sowie auf dem Titelbild) Alle Fotos © Kostyantyn Chernichkin
Wärme und ein Gefühl von Sicherheit geben
– NS-Überlebende in der Ukraine mit einer Spende unterstützen
Es ist der vierte Winter mit Stromausfällen, eisigen Temperaturen und unbeheizten Wohnungen durch die gezielten russischen Angriffe auf die ukrainische Energieversorgung.
The picture shows Dietrich Bonhoeffer with confirmation candidates on March 21, 1932, in Friedrichsbrunn.
#otd 120 years ago, theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born. He had criticized the Nazi regime in 1933 already. The Nazis murdered him in 1945 in Flossenbürg. Today, his name stands for courageous resistance against National Socialism.
04.02.2026 14:18 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with a blue background on which names can be read very easily. On it are two bars, one in red with “Thank you!” written on it. Below it is one in white with “11,000 volunteers” written on it. At the bottom left is the #everynamecounts logo.
A huge thank you to the 11,000 volunteers who took part in this year’s #everynamecounts challenge! We didn’t quite reach our target of 58,000 digitized documents – but remembrance isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon we run together. Are you joining in again? everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/
03.02.2026 12:20 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Our online archive is currently unavailable due to a technical issue. We’re working hard to fix the problem. The necessary maintenance is expected to continue until Sunday. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
30.01.2026 14:45 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Final sprint: Only two days left to take part in our #everynamecounts challenge! Help us build the world’s largest digital memorial to the victims and survivors of Nazi persecution. Are you in? Let’s go: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/
30.01.2026 14:24 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Gestalte mit, wie Millionen Schicksale bewahrt werden. Als Archivmitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) bei den Arolsen Archives unterstützt du den Umzug des weltweit größten Archivs zur NS-Verfolgung & sorgst dafür, dass Geschichte zugänglich bleibt. Bewirb dich bis zum 22.02. arolsen-archives.org/ueber-uns/jo...
30.01.2026 14:17 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
Graphic with index card. It contains information about Tobias Schiff, such as his nationality and place of residence. At the bottom left, “Tobias Schiff” is written in white letters on a blue background. At the bottom right is the logo of the Arolsen Archives.
When he was 17, Tobias Schiff and his parents were deported by the Nazis on a transport bound for Auschwitz. He was the only member of his family to survive. Take part in the #everynamecounts challenge to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember their fate everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/
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