During and after the years of the Nazi regime, many people throughout Europe became refugees fleeing persecution, violence, and war. The challenges faced by refugees seeking to immigrate to new countries could be overwhelming, but immigration could offer a source of hope and provide one possible path forward from tragedy.
refugees & immigration
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Wartime Jewish Press
Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust"About the Seder"
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Wartime Jewish Press
Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust"As an Emigrant in Shanghai"
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the Holocaust"Behind the Fence": Inked Print by Miriam Sommerburg
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the Holocaust"Report on the Work of the Refugee Committee"
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the Holocaust"Sponsors Needed: New DPs Will Enter 'U'"
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the Holocaust"The DP Story: The Final Report of the United States Displaced Persons Commission"
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Nazi Ideals and American Society
Americans and the Holocaust"The Jewish Hymn: Onward Christian Soldiers"
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust"The St. Louis Is Close to Cuba"
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the Holocaust"Time Races Death: What Are We Waiting For?"
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Everyday Encounters with Fascism
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust"Touring the Berlin Lakes with Serbian Workers"
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American College Students and the Nazi Threat
Americans and the Holocaust“Plan to Bring German Refugees Here Approved in Survey of College Opinion”
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Black Americans and World War II
Americans and the HolocaustAbel Meeropol: "Bitter Fruit"
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustAddress Book Owned by Richard Weilheimer
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Black Americans and World War II
Americans and the HolocaustAlbert Barnett: “Negro Workers Leave the South; Displaced by DPs in the North”
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustArthur Werner, "He really knows"
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustCorrespondence between Franz Blumenstein and the American Friends Service Committee
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Jacques Berenholc
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Peter Feigl
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Susi Hilsenrath
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The Holocaust and the Moving Image
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDominican Republic Settlement Association, "Sosua: Haven in the Caribbean"
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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustEviction Notice for Dr. Erwin Schattner
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustFilm of Displaced Persons Boarding a Ship in Bremerhaven, Germany
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustFilm of Displaced Persons Registering with the International Refugee Organization
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustFilm of DPs Studying in Camp Grohn
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustFilm of Emigration Buses Leaving Paris
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustHerschel Johnson Telegram on the "Goodyear Tire Plan"
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustHorst Rotholz, "Purim Song"
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustInternational Refugee Organization Questionnaire of Bela Berkes
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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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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Arthur Werner to Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Dawid Najmark to his Family
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Kopel Nachbar to Alfred Weiss and Mollie Levin
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustLetter from Larissa Prychodko to John Panchuk
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from William Dickman to Charlotte Salmon, American Friends Service Committee
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Jewish Community Documents
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter of Selig Brodetsky and Leonard Stein to the British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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Jewish Community Documents
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter of the President of Jewish Community of Split to Colonel Vincenzo Cuiuli
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustMaurice Kincler to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPanel Discussion with Leo Eitinger
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Higher Education in Nazi Germany
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPetition of Hermann Budzislawski
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustPhotograph of Refugees Arriving at Fort Ontario
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Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Europe
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustPortrait of a Jewish Youth with Disabilities Named Eric
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustSummary of Bermuda Conference Recommendations
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Displaced Persons and Postwar America
Americans and the HolocaustThe Displaced Persons Act of 1948
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustTreasury Department Report to President Roosevelt
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustWar Refugee Board Instructions for Raoul Wallenberg