The #WarsawGhetto was sealed #OTD 16 November 1940. 450,000 Jews were forced inside. Over 80,000 Jews died as a result of the appalling conditions, overcrowding and starvation. Learn more about the Warsaw ghetto: https://t.co/SU9Dj33tRN

#OTD 15 November 1941 "[Should] your inquiry should be interpreted as a directive to liquidate all the Jews in Ostland?" Read this chilling correspondence about the 'Final Solution': https://t.co/ZxE8mZSRRX

During the November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht) some 30,000 Jews, many of them wealthy and prominent members of their communities, were arrested and deported to the concentration camps at Dachau, Sachsenhausen, and Buchenwald. One of the Jewish men arrested was 28-year-old David

Never-revealed Holocaust artifacts illuminate tragedy and triumph in new Yad Vashem exhibit

"Throughout the night … the screams of people being attacked could be heard." Days after #Kristallnacht, Arnold Rosenfeld wrote a secret letter to his son in Haifa, describing the horrors of the pogrom against the Jews of Vienna. Read the letter: https://t.co/rN1bxytzOi

#OTD 12 November 1944 "I want to yell so that the whole house hears! Let the police come on my account! Let it cost me my head and your heads, too." Diary entries reveal the tensions and fears of Jews in hiding and of their rescuers https://t.co/fwc3C1yV6T

Visiting the new 'Living Memory' exhibition at Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. Now that we are 80 years on from the end of World War II, there are very few living eyewitnesses left to tell the tale. This makes the task of preserving the memories and honoring the survivors’ legacy

“We face the challenges of humanity better if we face them together" Rabbi Lord Prof. Jonathan Sacks z"l As part of the Global Day of Learning in memory of @rabbisacks we are sharing a video of him taken from Yad Vashem's free online course "Antisemitism - From Its Origins to

I just recorded the name of my great-grandmother Rosalie Mandl. Murdered in a camp in 1942. Aged 87.

Learn their names. Say their names. Including the names of my entire father's family, he being the only survivor #WeRemember #UntilTheLastName

In commemoration of this event , all the shuls (synagogues) in my town left the lights burning bright, throughout the night. Let us never forget and show that our light, the light of the Jewish people, will never be extinguished and burns bright! This was my shul yesterday

#SpreadTheLight

This year, we #SpreadTheLight to mark 87 years since Kristallnacht. The pogrom saw the destruction of Jewish lives, culture and livelihoods across Germany and Austria. Tonight, we leave the Embassy lights on, as a reflection of the enduring spirit of the Jewish people, and in

Hoy, 9 de noviembre, la luz de nuestra institución permanecerá encendida en conmemoración de la Noche de los cristales rotos, el inicio del Holocausto. ✡️🕯 El CDIJUM recuerda a 87 años de la quema y destrucción de sinagogas en Alemania y Austria. #SpreadtheLight

Yad Vashem carries the weight of history and the memory of millions of lives lost during the Holocaust. It reminds us of a past we must never allow to return. We must never forget, and we must remain vigilant against antisemitism. This is our responsibility, now and always.

This stained glass window is from a synagogue in Frankfurt that was destroyed during the November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht). During the pogrom, a young German by the name of Schmidt witnessed the burning of the synagogue, picked up the small stained glass window and kept it.

This Mezuzah was affixed to the doorpost of Sophie and Alfred Roberg’s home in Diepholz, Germany. After the Robergs’ home was destroyed by the Nazis during the November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht), a neighbor sifted through the ruins looking for valuables and kept the Mezuzah. Many

Watch #ArchivalFootage depicting the events of the #Kristallnacht pogrom in Buehl The firefighters allowed the synagogue to burn but then put out flames to ensure that the fire would not spread to the neighboring homes next to the synagogue

The November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht) was an anti-Jewish assault that took place across Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938. During the pogrom, hundreds of Jews were murdered, more than 1,400 synagogues throughout Germany and Austria were damaged or burned down, and Jewish shops

#Kristallnacht At 9:30 AM #OTD 10 November 1938, some fifty rioters arrived at the Jewish orphanage in Dinslaken and started vandalizing and destroying the place There were 32 children and 15 members of staff at the orphanage that day Learn more: https://t.co/pP2f6xUuAY