Carter establishes the President’s Commission on the Holocaust

The Knesset passed the Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Law, establishing Yad Vashem as Israel’s Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Authority. The law directed the institution to commemorate Jewish...

Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann, a central organizer of deportations, in Buenos Aires and brought him to Israel for trial. The operation raised questions about Argentina’s sovereignty and the...

The trial of Adolf Eichmann opened in Jerusalem. Prosecutors presented documents and extensive survivor testimony, bringing witnesses’ accounts into international public view. The proceedings helped...

After finding Eichmann guilty of crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced him to death. The judgment addressed an organizer...

Eichmann was hanged after his conviction and appeals. His trial and execution did not end the broader impunity of many perpetrators or answer all claims for restitution. The public record from the...

President Carter signed Public Law 96-388, establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. The council was charged with creating a national museum, organizing Days of Remembrance, and...

US President Ronald Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl visited the Bitburg military cemetery after a ceremony at Bergen-Belsen. The visit sparked protest when it became known that Waffen-SS...

The trial of John Demjanjuk opened in Israel, where he was accused of having served as a guard at Treblinka under the name Ivan the Terrible. Survivors identified him in court, and the proceedings...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC, with speeches by President Bill Clinton, Israeli President Chaim Herzog, and survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. Its...

Forty-four participating states endorsed nonbinding principles to identify Nazi-confiscated art and seek just and fair solutions for claims. The principles recognized that theft, coercion, forced...