Holocaust collection

The Holocaust was the prosecution of millions of people mostly Jews, that were targeted by Hitler's Nazi Regime during WW2 from 1939-1945, for being inferior to Hitler's master race, known as the Aryan race. Some of these people were Jews, the mentally ill, people of color, the disabled, homosexuals, and Gypsies. Other people persecuted who were part of the master race were people who were against the Nazi Regime. These victims were rounded up and sent to ghettos, and concentration camps. Most people sent to these places died a painful death. Those who survived these ordeals tried to go back to the life they had before. Some even moved to a whole new country to start over. One of these places was Hartford Connecticut where many Jewish survivors took on important roles in the city and immersed themselves in the Hartford Jewish community. Many of these survivors talked about their experiences during the Holocaust years later. For example, Henry Levy who is the sole survivor of his immediate family experienced both Auschwitz and Dachau. Some survivors have brought back artifacts from their time spent in these places during the Holocaust, like George Shainfarber, who kept a badge worn by the Jewish Police in the Sosnowiec Ghetto. Throughout decades the city of Hartford and Connecticut have made sure to commemorate deceased victims of the Holocaust with ceremonies and vigils. The most distinguished of these is the Center's Yon Hashoa Commemoration Committee makes sure each year people in Connecticut remember the liberation of the European camps and the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. All over the country, people have also created educational material on the Holocaust in the form of booklets, programs, or museums. The United States Holocaust Museum is a place in DC where one can go to learn more about the Holocaust but also commemorate the victims. Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, was established in 1953 by the Israeli Parliament and is located in Jerusalem on the Mount of Remembrance. Yad Vashem's work provides educational material for people but also commemorates victims of the Holocaust. Many of these educational materials and commemorations are expressed in newspapers from either the Jewish Ledger, Hartford Courant, or the New York Times.