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Holocaust

Holocaust Events

2001 Monument to Children Killed at Babi Yar
Babi Yar, a ravine near Kiev, was the scene of possibly the largest shooting massacre during The Holocaust. After the war, commemoration efforts encountered serious difficulty because of ...
2001 Nov 9 Children's Holocaust Memorial is Unveiled
The Children's Holocaust Memorial consists of an authentic German transport car (which arrived in Baltimore on September 9, 2001) surrounded by a small garden.The railcar is filled with 1...
2004 Dec 15 Completion of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin t...
2009 Apr 19 Opening of New Museum Building of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is the main memorial and educational center for The Holocaust in the Midwestern United States. Its foundation cost was 45 million dollar...
2009 Jun 10 Gunman Opens Fire at Holocaust Museum, Killing Guard
Some 200 people attended an interfaith gathering Thursday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to mourn the death of security guard Stephen Johns. Johns was killed Wednesday when a gu...
2009 Sep 28 DNA Tests Reveal Skull Fragment Thought to Belong to Adolf Hitler is Actually from an Unidentified Female
US archaeologist Nick Bellantoni found fragments from the skull believed to be Hitler's were too thin to be from a male, and suspected it was the remains of a much younger woman, The Sun ...
2009 Dec 18 Notorious 'Arbeit Macht Frei ' Sign Stolen from Site of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Thieves stole the notorious sign bearing the cynical Nazi slogan "Work Sets You Free" from the entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp on Friday, cutting through rows of barbed wire a...
2009 Dec 22 Stolen 'Arbeit Macht Frei' Sign Retreived and Returned to Auschwitz Former Nazi Death Camp
Polish police found the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign that was stolen from the gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz after an intensive three-day hunt and arrested five susp...
2011 May 18 Notorious 'Arbeit Macht Frei ' Sign Restored to Site of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free) sign was stolen by a gang of Polish thieves acting at the behest of a Swedish far-right-winger. Technicians unveiled the restored sign in t...