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Holocaust

Bagage.

Leiden, Netherlands

'Bagage'

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

Grave of Rudolf Kwiek

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.

The entrance to Auschwitz.

Musical Arrangements Made at Auschwitz Have Been Uncovered in an Archive

Polish political prisoners played a song called “The Most Beautiful Time of Life" for the SS.

Sarah Laskow November 27, 2018

Manfred Anson's Liberty menorah.

objects of intrigue

A Menorah That Honors an Immigrant's Story

After escaping the Holocaust, Manfred Anson paid tribute to his new home.

Matthew Taub November 22, 2018

Exterior of livestock car.

Shoah Memorial of Milan

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Frankfurt, Germany

IG Farben Haus

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

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The ovens.

Oranienburg, Germany

Abandoned SS Brotfabrik

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

Stumbling Stones of Rome

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The Jewish deportations memorial at platform 16.

Florence, Italy

Platform 16 Holocaust Deportation Memorials

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

Bagels on a tray at Xoho Cafe in Tel Aviv.

The Bagel's Complicated Journey Into Israeli Cuisine

The quintessential Jewish breakfast item is a trendy, foreign food in Israel.

Shira Rubin November 15, 2017

The 'Furrow' monument at the Stratište Memorial Complex

Stratište Memorial Complex

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

Berlin, Germany

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Mauthausen Memorial.

Marbach, Austria

Mauthausen Memorial

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

The memorial church and two guard towers overlooking The Valley of the Dead.

Flossenbürg, Germany

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

On the evening of April 26, 1945, 6,887 prisoners are assembled in the roll call area before setting off on a “death march."

The Prisoner Who Painted Dachau's Horrors

Georg Tauber's sketches and paintings are now the subject of an exhibition at the very site where he was imprisoned between 1940 and 1945.

Sukhada Tatke July 17, 2017

The building where Otto Weidt made brushes and hid Jews

Berlin, Germany

Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

Glen Cove, New York

Welwyn Preserve

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

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MAV 424, the "Red Star."

Budapest, Hungary

Istvántelek Train Yard

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.