John Demjanjuk trial opens in Jerusalem

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 Jimmy Carter established a commission chaired by survivor and writer Elie Wiesel to recommend how the United States should remember and teach the Holocaust. The commission proposed a...

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 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...

Delegates at the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust adopted a declaration affirming commitments to remembrance, research, and education. The forum brought national governments and...

Germany and participating companies established the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future to provide compensation to survivors of Nazi forced labor and other victims of National...

The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 60/7, designating January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urging education about the Holocaust to help prevent future genocide. The...