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.

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/

Jetzt anhören: Im WDR 5-Feature geht es um unsere Zusammenarbeit mit den Staatlichen Archiven Bayerns im Projekt #lostwords. Erfahre, wie der erste Brief an Angehörige übergeben wurde. www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/s...

Caught while trying to escape: Stephanie Wolfthal and her son Louis were trying to flee from the Nazis when the German Security Police registered them in Brussels. We’re digitizing 58,000 documents like theirs this week for #everynamecounts. Join in! everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/

The Nazis deported 17-year-old Kurt Fuchs, his sister Edith, and his father Nathan to Auschwitz. Kurt was the only one to survive. Take part in the #everynamecounts challenge now to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember their fate: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/

58,000 Documents. In one week. Be part of the #everynamecounts challenge for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Join in now and help us build the world’s largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazi persecution! everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/

Through a partnership with Ancestry, eight million names from historical concentration camp lists have been fully digitized. The records are available now free of charge on Ancestry and will be integrated into the Arolsen Archives online archive by 2027. More: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/inte...

58,000 historical documents in one week. The #everynamecounts challenge to mark this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day starts today! Join in now – help us build the world’s largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazi persecution! arolsen-archives.org/en/news/the-...

Save the date: January 26! We’re launching this year’s #everynamecounts challenge the day before International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Help us build the world’s largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazi persecution! #StayTuned

#LastSeen geht auf Tour: Die Projekt-Ausstellung „Festgehalten. Verschleppt aus Deutschland 1938-1945“ ist seit gestern im Foyer des Bayerischen Rundfunks zu sehen. Wir danken der Projektleiterin Alina Bothe und dem ganzen #LastSeen-Team für die Ausstellung! www.lastseen.org

Buchenwald survivor Borys Romantschenko would have turned 100 today. When he was 16, the Nazis deported the young Ukrainian to Germany, where he survived 4 concentration camps. In 2022, he died in a Russian missile attack on his home in Kharkiv. #SlavaUkraini

Anna Pavlivna Horbenko survived deportation to Germany and forced labor. We have kept her wristwatch safe to this day. Her story, along with many others, is told in the #StolenMemory traveling exhibition touring Ukraine right now. www.stolenmemory.org

Krisen, Spaltung, Unsicherheit: Wie blickst du in die Zukunft? Bist du optimistisch oder besorgt? Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ sprechen Menschen unterschiedlicher Generationen über ihre Ängste: youtu.be/a_yo9wWU4Hc

Wir alle sind ihnen schon begegnet – vielleicht auch ohne es zu bemerken: Bildern auf Social Media, die mit KI erstellt wurden. Diese meist hochemotionalisierenden Darstellungen zeichnen ein verzerrtes Bild der NS- Verbrechen. Zum offenen Brief der Gedenkstätten: arolsen-archives.org/news/konsequ...

Kennst du schon unsere neue Graphic Novel „Wo ist Lotte?“. Die Graphic Novel entstand in Kooperation mit dem Grimmelshausen-Gymnasiums Gelnhausen, der Künstlerin Hannah Brinkmann und dem Bildungsteam der Arolsen Archives. Mehr erfährst du hier: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...

Yesterday, in cooperation with the NGO Kyiv Educational Center TolerSpace and the Ukrainian Catholic University’s Sheptytsky Center, we launched the #StolenMemory exhibition tour in Lviv, its first Ukrainian venue. Thank you! www.stolenmemory.org/en/exhibitio...

The ICRC oversees compliance with international humanitarian law in armed conflicts. Under Nazi rule, however, concentration camp inmates like activist Käthe Leichter weren't seen as prisoners of war. Tracing Käthe exposes the limits of humanitarian organizations arolsen-archives.org/en/news/anxi...

Family pays emotional tribute to 'devoted Holocaust educator, tireless in her work for remembrance, understanding and peace'

„Was kommt nach dem Ende der Zeitzeugen?“, fragt die Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaftlerin Aleida Assmann in ihrem Grußwort in unserer Graphic Novel „Wo ist Lotte?“. Zum ganzen Text: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...

The Nazis deported Marija Botschij, Hryhorij Melnyk, and Olena Krit to Germany for forced labor. They sent postcards with photos to their families back home. The photos show them wearing vyshyvanka, traditional Ukrainian clothing – a quiet but powerful act of resistance.

Jewish girls Sonja and Betty Feinkuchen arrived in England in 1939 on a child rescue transport. Their parents Julius and Hedwig waved from the platform. They would never see each other again. Read the full story: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/mess...

Wie viel NS-Vergangenheit steckt in unserem Alltag? Mit dieser Frage beschäftigen wir uns auf Social Media und bei arolsen school. Unsere Direktorin Floriane Azoulay spricht darüber mit Anna Peterson im didacta-Bildungspodcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5uXW...

Light after darkness: In the Fürstenfeldbrück DP camp, two children and Yaakov Goldman, the chief rabbi of the U.S. Army in Europe, join to light the third candle on the hanukkiah. It is 1945, and they are celebrating Hanukkah for the first time since the Holocaust.

Floriane Azoulay will conclude her tenure as Director of the Arolsen Archives this year. Under her leadership, the Arolsen Archives has evolved into a digitally oriented and innovative institution with a far-reaching impact on society. arolsen-archives.org/en/press-rel...

Happy birthday, Eva Umlauf! The Jewish paediatrician and psychotherapist survived Auschwitz as an infant. Today, she is a committed contemporary witness. You can read her story in German in her book “Die Nummer auf deinem Unterarm ist blau wie deine Augen”

Der Medizinstudent Tim Simon Goldmann hat in den Anatomischen Sammlung Erlangen sterbliche Überreste von Opfern der NS-Justiz gefunden. Jetzt möchte er gemeinsam mit den Arolsen Archives die Familien der Hingerichteten finden. Zum Interview: arolsen-archives.org/news/von-der... #lostwords

At least 15 people were killed last night in an antisemitic gun attack in Sydney at an event marking the beginning of Hanukkah. Our thoughts are with the victims, the survivors, and their families. Antisemitism doesn’t end with words – it kills.

85 years ago, the Nazis deported many Catholic clerics to Dachau concentration camp in the framework of the “Intelligenzaktion.” One of them: Polish priest Józef Bigus. He survived the horrors of the camps and the pseudo-medical experiments carried out on him. arolsen-archives.org/en/news/fath...

Irene Butter survived Nazi persecution when she was a child, but she lost her father. At 14, she arrived in the USA all alone and wasn’t reunited with her mother and brother until later. Today is her 95th birthday. 📷Irene Butter

Am Tag der Menschenrechte fragen wir: Was treibt dich an, dich gegen Diskriminierung, Rassismus und Antisemitismus einzusetzen? Und wie hältst du durch, wenn es schwierig wird? Bei „Meine, Deine, Keine Geschichte“ beantworten unsere Gäst*innen diese Fragen: youtu.be/EyU45w6yyEc

Am 08.12. waren wir bei der Eröffnung der neuen Dauerausstellung "Du bist Teil der Geschichte" im Haus der Geschichte in Bonn. Ein Teil der neuen Ausstellung beschäftigt sich mit den Gegenständen, die wir mit #StolenMemory an Angehörige von NS-Opfern zurückgeben wollen. Der Eintritt ist frei.

Today, on the International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of Genocide, we remember the systematic murder of half a million Sinti and Roma by the Nazis. Ramona Sendlinger told us the story of her family’s long fight for recognition of their suffering: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/day-...