During the Holocaust and World War II, fear and intimidation were common experiences that shaped people’s reactions to events in different ways. The Nazi Party weaponized fear and intimidation as tools to exploit people's insecurities and rationalize war, persecution, and genocide.
fear & intimidation
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American College Students and the Nazi Threat
Americans and the Holocaust"Can America Afford to Condemn Hitler for His Racial Policies?"
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Concentration Camp Prisoners
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleDeath Certificate for Fritz Dressel
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDeposition of Pesakh Burshteyn
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Abraham Frieder
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Aharon Pick
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Soviet POWs in German Captivity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleDrawings by Alexei Mikhailovich Pankin
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustFilm of Austrian Police during the German Annexation of Austria
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Nazi Propaganda and National Unity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleFilm of Germans Burning Books
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Everyday Encounters with Fascism
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustFilm of Jewish Boycott in Austria
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Nazi Propaganda and National Unity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleFilm of Nazi Memorials in Munich
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustFilm of Police Responding to Demonstrations in Berlin
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Propaganda and the American Public
Americans and the HolocaustGerman Leaflet Alleging Allied Atrocities
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Nazi Ideals and American Society
Americans and the HolocaustGerman Leaflet: "Jewry and Penal Punishment"
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Exclusion of Jews in Nazi Germany
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleLetter by Josef Broniatowski
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustLetter from Antonina Sidielnik Intercepted by German Authorities
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustLetter from J. L. Published in The Golden Age
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from the Jewish Administration of the Đakovo Camp
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Propaganda and the American Public
Americans and the HolocaustLidice: "This Is Nazi Brutality"
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustMemoir of Fryderyk Winnykamień
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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustOral History with Avraham Tory
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustOral History with Solomon Fox
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustOrder on "Measures against the Jews"
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Everyday Encounters with Fascism
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPhoto of Italian Fascist Youth Group Marching in Munich
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Everyday Encounters with Fascism
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPhoto of the Eldorado Club
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPhotograph of Jews Cleaning Streets in Vienna
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Sexuality, Gender, and Nazi Persecution
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RulePrisoner Badge Worn by Josef Kohout
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Nazi Propaganda and National Unity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RulePropaganda Poster: “A Word to All!”
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Public Health under the Third Reich
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPropaganda Poster: “Jews Are Lice: They Cause Typhus”
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Propaganda and the American Public
Americans and the HolocaustRobert Henry Best: "Best's Berlin Broadcast"
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Exclusion of Jews in Nazi Germany
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleShoah Outtake with Inge Deutschkron
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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustShoah Outtake with Maurice Rossel
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Gendered Experiences of Jewish Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSHMM Oral History with Dora Goldstein Roth
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Gendered Experiences of Jewish Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSHMM Oral History with Ester Grun