# UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has identified topic areas for you to consider while learning about the Holocaust. An introduction to the topic areas is essential for a sense of the breadth of the history of the Holocaust.

The following topics also provide context for the events of the Holocaust: antisemitism, Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust, the aftermath of World War I, the Nazi rise to power, and genocide. Explore the major themes below or browse the All Articles list.

1933-1939

- Dictatorship under the Third Reich
- Early Stages of Persecution
- The First Concentration Camps

1939-1945

- World War II in Europe
- Murder of the Disabled ("Euthanasia" Program)
- Persecution and Murder of Jews
- Ghettos
- Mobile Killing Squads (Einsatzgruppen)
- Expansion of the Concentration Camp System
- Killing Centers
- Additional Victims of Nazi Persecution
- Jewish Resistance
- Non-Jewish Resistance
- Rescue
- United States/World Response
- Death Marches
- Liberation

POST 1945

- Postwar Trials
- Displaced Persons Camps
- Emigration