
Illinois Holocaust Museum: “Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust”
In fleeing persecution, nearly 20,000 European Jewish refugees found an unexpected safe haven in the Chinese port city of Shanghai between 1937 and 1945.
In fleeing persecution, nearly 20,000 European Jewish refugees found an unexpected safe haven in the Chinese port city of Shanghai between 1937 and 1945.
ZAP! POW! BAM! These words jump off the page as Captain America and Superman attack the comic book version of Adolf Hitler, who in reality was anything but an imaginary evil.
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies presents their virtual Summer Symposium from July 18 – 23, 2021.
Join the USHMM to explore this inspiring story, and how preserving Holocaust evidence and researching our own family trees can deepen understanding of history.
Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to Nazism.
Thousands of Jewish refugees spent months crossing the ocean, fleeing the Nazi regime, hoping to find safety when they reached Latin American countries on the other side of the world.