The Holocaust: Nazi Germany's Genocide of the Jewish People

Wars & Conflicts 1941 AD Modern 🇩🇪 Germany 4,650 views

Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazi regime systematically murdered six million Jewish people alongside millions of Roma, disabled people, and others, in the most documented genocide in human history.

The Road to GenocideThe Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers. It began with words: the sustained, state-sponsored dehumanisation of Jewish people in Germany and across Nazi-occupied Europe. When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, the Nazi Party immediately began strippin...

Subscribe to Read More

This exhibit contains full historical analysis, image galleries, and multimedia archives accessible to members only.

View Membership Plans

Already a member? Log in

LOCATION — 🇩🇪 Germany

Open World Map →

Related Exhibits

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of Adwa: Africa Defeats a European Army

In 1896 Ethiopia decisively defeated the Italian army at Adwa, becoming the only African nation to repel a European colonial invasion during the Scramble for Africa.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

1896 AD

Wars & Conflicts

The Fall of Constantinople

On 29 May 1453, Sultan Mehmed II's Ottoman army breached the walls of Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire and shifting the balance of world power.

🇹🇷 Turkey

1453 AD

Wars & Conflicts

The Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest

On 14 October 1066, William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, changing the English language, legal system, and culture forever.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

1066 AD

Wars & Conflicts

The American Civil War: Union, Slavery, and a Nation Torn

From 1861 to 1865, the United States fought the bloodiest conflict in its history, a war that killed 620,000 soldiers and ended with the abolition of slavery and the question of what kind of nation America would be.

🇺🇸 United States

1861 AD