UN designates January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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...

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...