Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators persecuted the Jews of Europe and murdered about six million of them. This site explains that history through the evidence it is reconstructed from: contemporary documents, testimony, data and the killing sites themselves.
About the sources used here
The site prioritizes institutional and primary sources, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem, Arolsen Archives and official memorial and archival collections. Where a number or interpretation is uncertain, the page says so. Linking to a source does not transfer reuse rights to the item.
Independent educational project. Not affiliated with Yad Vashem or USHMM. Rights to linked photographs, documents and testimony remain with their holders.