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Ben Helfgott survived the Holocaust when he was a child, one of the few in his family to do so. After the war, he came to the UK as an orphan and discovered weightlifting. In 1956, he led the British weightlifting team as captain at the Olympics. Today would have been his 96th birthday.
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ben Helfgott survived the Holocaust when he was a child, one of the few in his family to do so. After the war, he came to the UK as an orphan and discovered weightlifting. In 1956, he led the British weightlifting team as captain at the Olympics. Today would have been his 96th birthday.
On October 17, we loaned a watch belonging to concentration camp prisoner Franc Ribič to the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. We are looking for his relatives and those of other Slovenian victims of Nazi persecution to return their personal belongings. #StolenMemory
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On October 17, we loaned a watch belonging to concentration camp prisoner Franc Ribič to the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. We are looking for his relatives and those of other Slovenian victims of Nazi persecution to return their personal belongings. #StolenMemory
The Nuremberg trials began 80 years ago today. Leading Nazis sat in the dock before the International Military Tribunal. One of the journalists at Nuremberg was Ernst Michel – just 22 years old at the time and the only Holocaust survivor reporting from the courtroom. (1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Nuremberg trials began 80 years ago today. Leading Nazis sat in the dock before the International Military Tribunal. One of the journalists at Nuremberg was Ernst Michel – just 22 years old at the time and the only Holocaust survivor reporting from the courtroom. (1/2)
Victor Douillet and René Blondel, both 24 years old, were executed on October 28, 1943, for “theft of small animals”. Their letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. aroa.to/lostwords
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Victor Douillet and René Blondel, both 24 years old, were executed on October 28, 1943, for “theft of small animals”. Their letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. aroa.to/lostwords
Otto Küsel died 41 years ago today. The Nazis imprisoned him as a “career criminal,” which is why he was compelled to wear the green triangle on his prisoner clothes in Auschwitz. He used his role as "prisoner functionary" to save lives. Read his story: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/betw...
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Otto Küsel died 41 years ago today. The Nazis imprisoned him as a “career criminal,” which is why he was compelled to wear the green triangle on his prisoner clothes in Auschwitz. He used his role as "prisoner functionary" to save lives. Read his story: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/betw...
Paris sollte Lotte Sondheimers Zuflucht sein. Doch als Jüdin in den 1930ern ist sie auch dort bald nicht mehr sicher. Während ihre Familie in die USA fliehen kann, bleibt Lotte in Europa zurück. Mehr erfährst du in unserer neuen Graphic Novel "Wo ist Lotte?": arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Paris sollte Lotte Sondheimers Zuflucht sein. Doch als Jüdin in den 1930ern ist sie auch dort bald nicht mehr sicher. Während ihre Familie in die USA fliehen kann, bleibt Lotte in Europa zurück. Mehr erfährst du in unserer neuen Graphic Novel "Wo ist Lotte?": arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...
Johannes Fleischmann, 42 years old, was executed on November 28, 1941, for “dangerous habitual criminality”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives & the Arolsen Archives seek to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Johannes Fleischmann, 42 years old, was executed on November 28, 1941, for “dangerous habitual criminality”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives & the Arolsen Archives seek to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
Wie funktionierte das NS-Rechtssystem? Welche Rolle spielten Sondergerichte? Und was können uns die Hinrichtungsakten heute noch über die Verurteilten sagen? Diese Fragen beantwortet Dr. Alexander Korb im Interview zu #lostwords: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/lo...
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wie funktionierte das NS-Rechtssystem? Welche Rolle spielten Sondergerichte? Und was können uns die Hinrichtungsakten heute noch über die Verurteilten sagen? Diese Fragen beantwortet Dr. Alexander Korb im Interview zu #lostwords: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/lo...
85 years ago today, the Gestapo deported Edgar Kupfer to Dachau concentration camp. He secretly recorded his experiences. His notes, now known as the “Dachau Diaries,” are one of the most important written testimonies of day-to-day life in Dachau. Read his story: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/dedi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
85 years ago today, the Gestapo deported Edgar Kupfer to Dachau concentration camp. He secretly recorded his experiences. His notes, now known as the “Dachau Diaries,” are one of the most important written testimonies of day-to-day life in Dachau. Read his story: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/dedi...
Ab heute bestellen: „Wo ist Lotte?“, die Graphic Novel über den Lebensweg von Lotte Sondheimer. Recherchiert von Schüler*innen aus Gelnhausen, umgesetzt von der Künstlerin Hannah Brinkmann. Erfahre mehr über das Erinnerungsprojekt von arolsen school: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ab heute bestellen: „Wo ist Lotte?“, die Graphic Novel über den Lebensweg von Lotte Sondheimer. Recherchiert von Schüler*innen aus Gelnhausen, umgesetzt von der Künstlerin Hannah Brinkmann. Erfahre mehr über das Erinnerungsprojekt von arolsen school: arolsen-archives.org/mitmachen/ar...
Vor zwei Jahren wurde Halles „Zwangsarbeiter-Meldekartei“ wiederentdeckt. Knapp 4.000 Namen und Schicksale, fast alle in Sütterlin geschrieben. Mach mit bei #everynamecounts und hilf uns, sie für alle auffindbar und sichtbar zu machen. Los geht’s: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Vor zwei Jahren wurde Halles „Zwangsarbeiter-Meldekartei“ wiederentdeckt. Knapp 4.000 Namen und Schicksale, fast alle in Sütterlin geschrieben. Mach mit bei #everynamecounts und hilf uns, sie für alle auffindbar und sichtbar zu machen. Los geht’s: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org
Heute vor 86 Jahren schlug Georg Elsers Bomben-Attentat im Münchner Bürgerbräukeller auf Adolf Hitler und die NS-Führungsspitze fehl. Die Nazis inhaftierten den Widerstandskämpfer & ermordeten ihn im KZ Dachau. Zu seinen Dokumenten im Online-Archiv: collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/pe...
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Heute vor 86 Jahren schlug Georg Elsers Bomben-Attentat im Münchner Bürgerbräukeller auf Adolf Hitler und die NS-Führungsspitze fehl. Die Nazis inhaftierten den Widerstandskämpfer & ermordeten ihn im KZ Dachau. Zu seinen Dokumenten im Online-Archiv: collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/pe...
The Nazis sentenced Georgine (Jiřina) Soucha to 1 year and 3 months in prison for listening to a foreign radio station. Her prisoner card and many others from the German prison in Prague can now be digitized at #everynamecounts: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Nazis sentenced Georgine (Jiřina) Soucha to 1 year and 3 months in prison for listening to a foreign radio station. Her prisoner card and many others from the German prison in Prague can now be digitized at #everynamecounts: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
Charlotte Schulz, 20 years old, was executed on May 17, 1943, for “theft”. Her letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Charlotte Schulz, 20 years old, was executed on May 17, 1943, for “theft”. Her letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
Jan Stępniak, 19 years old, was executed on November 2, 1942, for “denigrating the German people”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Jan Stępniak, 19 years old, was executed on November 2, 1942, for “denigrating the German people”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
Thanks to #StolenMemory, Paul Tekenbroek received a letter his grandmother wrote to his grandfather while he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Paul now wants to tell these and other stories in a documentary film – supported by a crowdfunding campaign: www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/19...
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks to #StolenMemory, Paul Tekenbroek received a letter his grandmother wrote to his grandfather while he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Paul now wants to tell these and other stories in a documentary film – supported by a crowdfunding campaign: www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/19...
Prisons were a key component of the Nazis’ system of persecution, control, and repression. The German prison in Prague-Pankrác is one example. With #everynamecounts, you can help digitize prisoner cards from this prison.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Prisons were a key component of the Nazis’ system of persecution, control, and repression. The German prison in Prague-Pankrác is one example. With #everynamecounts, you can help digitize prisoner cards from this prison.
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Prisoner libraries existed in concentration camps such as Buchenwald & Dachau. Although conceived as Nazi propaganda, they became a rare place of humanity and resistance. Banned books were smuggled into the camp, and reading became an act of survival. Full story: arolsen-archives.org/stories/en/c...
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Prisoner libraries existed in concentration camps such as Buchenwald & Dachau. Although conceived as Nazi propaganda, they became a rare place of humanity and resistance. Banned books were smuggled into the camp, and reading became an act of survival. Full story: arolsen-archives.org/stories/en/c...
Nikolaus Segota was executed on May 25, 1943, as an “international hotel thief”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Nikolaus Segota was executed on May 25, 1943, as an “international hotel thief”. His letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
Éva Fahidi-Pusztai was the only one from her family to survive Nazi persecution. Actually, she never wanted to speak German again. As of 1990, though, she involved herself at memorial sites with counteracting oblivion & testified as a witness in trials against camp guards. Today is her birthday.
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Éva Fahidi-Pusztai was the only one from her family to survive Nazi persecution. Actually, she never wanted to speak German again. As of 1990, though, she involved herself at memorial sites with counteracting oblivion & testified as a witness in trials against camp guards. Today is her birthday.
Munich-Stadelheim was one of the “central execution centers” of the Nazi regime. The Nazis executed over 1,000 people there. More than fifty of their farewell letters were never delivered. More about the #lostwords project by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives: aroa.to/lostwords
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Munich-Stadelheim was one of the “central execution centers” of the Nazi regime. The Nazis executed over 1,000 people there. More than fifty of their farewell letters were never delivered. More about the #lostwords project by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives: aroa.to/lostwords
Hast du schon in unserem Online-Archiv recherchiert? Dann erzähl uns von deinen Erfahrungen! Hilf uns, das Online-Archiv benutzungsfreundlicher zu gestalten und nimm an einer kurzen Online-Gesprächsrunde teil. Interesse? Schreib uns: mailing@arolsen-archives.org Wir freuen uns auf dich!
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hast du schon in unserem Online-Archiv recherchiert? Dann erzähl uns von deinen Erfahrungen! Hilf uns, das Online-Archiv benutzungsfreundlicher zu gestalten und nimm an einer kurzen Online-Gesprächsrunde teil. Interesse? Schreib uns: mailing@arolsen-archives.org Wir freuen uns auf dich!
Marie Ehrlich was executed on February 10, 1944, for “subversion of the war effort”. Her letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Marie Ehrlich was executed on February 10, 1944, for “subversion of the war effort”. Her letter was never sent. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives and the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients of the letters. Find out more: aroa.to/lostwords
The Nazis executed over 1,000 people in the Munich-Stadelheim prison. Over 50 of the farewell letters they wrote were never dispatched. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives & the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients: arolsen-archives.org/en/participa...
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Nazis executed over 1,000 people in the Munich-Stadelheim prison. Over 50 of the farewell letters they wrote were never dispatched. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives & the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients: arolsen-archives.org/en/participa...
Prisoners in the Sobibór extermination camp organized an uprising on 14.10.1943. They killed 11 SS men and then attempted to escape. After the uprising, the SS murdered all the remaining prisoners in the camp. Around 50 of the 300 prisoners who escaped survived the war. Esther Raab was one of them.
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Prisoners in the Sobibór extermination camp organized an uprising on 14.10.1943. They killed 11 SS men and then attempted to escape. After the uprising, the SS murdered all the remaining prisoners in the camp. Around 50 of the 300 prisoners who escaped survived the war. Esther Raab was one of them.