Whether you are just beginning to learn about the Holocaust or you are looking for more in-depth stories about the subject, this page is for you. The beginner will find a glossary, a timeline, a list of the camps, a map, and much more. Those more knowledgeable about the topic will find interesting stories about spies in the SS, detailed overviews of some of the camps, a history of the yellow badge, medical experimentation, and much more. Please read, learn, and remember.

Holocaust Basics A yellow Star of David badge bearing the German word 'Jude' (Jew). Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images This is the perfect place for the beginner to start learning about the Holocaust. Learn what the term "Holocaust" means, who the perpetrators were, who the victims were, what happened in the camps, what is meant by "Final Solution," and so much more. Holocaust Facts

Timeline of the Holocaust

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah)

Ghettos A child works at a machine in a Kovno Ghetto workshop. George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Pushed out of their homes, Jews were then forced to move into tiny, overcrowded quarters in a small section of the city. These areas, cordoned off by walls and barbed wire, were known as ghettos. Learn what life was really like in the ghettos, where each person was always awaiting the dreaded call for "resettlement." Lodz Ghetto

Theresienstadt: The "Model Ghetto"

Warsaw Ghetto

Museums and Memorials Photographs of Jewish victims of the Nazis are displayed in the Hall of Names exhibit in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Lior Mizrahi / Getty Images For many people, history is a difficult thing to understand without a place or an item to connect it with. Thankfully, some museums focus solely on collecting and displaying artifacts about the Holocaust. There are also some memorials, located around the world, that are dedicated to never forgetting the Holocaust or its victims. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington DC)

Sobibor Memorial

Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York City)