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...
“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...
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.
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
The interview is also available in Ukrainian: arolsen-archives.org/uk/news/%d0%...
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-...
You 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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
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...
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.
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)
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)
“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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
#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.
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/
Our 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.
Final 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/
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...
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/
