This photo of Leo Weissman’s family during #Passover in Germany in 1937 is one of his “greatest treasures”. Passover, a Jewish holiday that marks the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt, begins tonight. Leo survived five camps and prisons during the Holocaust.

The eruption of antisemitism on American college campuses is unacceptable. Demonstrators at Columbia University calling for Jews to return to Poland—where three million Jews were murdered—is an insult to Holocaust memory. Appropriate authorities must protect Jewish students.

'So we walked … not knowing where, not knowing why, not knowing what the purpose was, but still under guard.”

Norbert Wollheim was one of more than 30,000 prisoners evacuated from Sachsenhausen concentration camp complex #OTD in 1945. It was his second death march.

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—the largest Jewish-led armed rebellion during World War II—began #OTD in 1943. For almost a month, ghetto inhabitants fought off their Germans captors, hid in bunkers, and resisted deportation.

“I'm … very pleased that I decided at my old age over 80 to start sharing because it's never too late.”

Holocaust survivor Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg has dedicated herself to passing on the memories of her family members who were murdered. Hear Ruth today at 1 p.m. ET.

#DYK that the modern Olympic torch relay, which began today for the 2024 #Olympics , was inaugurated by Nazi Germany in 1936? At the time, it perfectly suited Nazi propagandists, who used torchlit parades to attract Germans, especially youth, to the Nazi movement.

Luba Tryszynska, known as The Angel of Belsen, helped more than 40 Jewish children survive after they had been left for dead in the cold at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. #OTD in 1945 they were liberated by the British. Luba's own son was murdered at Auschwitz. 📸 Imperial War Museums

“I just did not have a life like a child should have,” recalled Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg.

When Ruth was seven years old, the Nazis began to round up Jews in her town. From that point forward, Ruth was forced to live on the run. Hear Ruth's story live on 4/17 at 1 p.m. ET.

Jewish artist Roman Wachtel and his family fled the Nazi annexation of Austria. They survived the Holocaust in hiding in Belgium. #WorldArtDay

Peter and Sonja Margules were among just 876 inmates liberated at the Westerbork transit camp #OTD in 1945. Here they are pictured at their wedding inside the camp in 1942.

'Monsters exist, but ... more dangerous are the common men.'

Primo Levi is best known for his memoir, 'Survival in Auschwitz' (also known as 'If This Is a Man'), which candidly detailed his experiences at Auschwitz. Primo died #OTD in 1987.

At age 16, Elie Wiesel was one of the more than 21,000 people liberated from Buchenwald #OTD in 1945. 'I knew I would have to bear witness. Everyone who was there is a witness, and everyone who was there is a true witness,' he told NPR in 1988. 📷: National Archives

Known as 'The Girl in the Red Cap,' Ebba Lund was 16 when Germany invaded Norway and her native Denmark #OTD in 1940. In 1943, she joined in the nationwide rescue effort to save Danish Jews by sending them by boat to neutral Sweden. Her red cap identified her to those she helped.

Rita and Rolanda Reinhardt, infant twins born to a Sinti family, were taken from their parents by the Nazis. The babies were used in medical experiments, which Rita survived but Rolanda did not. At least 250,000 Roma were murdered by the Nazis.

Next month, our Museum leads America's annual commemoration of the Holocaust—the Days of Remembrance. American soldiers fought to defeat Nazism, and many survivors rebuilt their lives in the US. Learn why the commemoration is vital, especially amid the rise in antisemitism.

Slovak Jews Alfréd Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba escaped Auschwitz #OTD in 1944. While a firsthand report of their experience at Auschwitz was distributed worldwide that summer, prisoners would continue to suffer and die there until liberation in January 1945. 📷: Wikipedia

Virginia Hall was a most unlikely spy. She was a woman—with only one leg. Born #OTD in 1906, the American supplied the French resistance with weapons and intel. She helped sabotage German supply lines. She was so dangerous the Gestapo was determined to capture the 'limping lady'.

'The things I saw beggar description.' —General Dwight D. Eisenhower

#OTD in 1945, Ohrdruf was liberated by American soldiers. It was one of the first Nazi camps to be liberated by the US Army. 📷: National Archives

The Nazi persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses sent many to concentration camps and prisons, including Berthold Mewes's parents. At the age of nine, Berthold was sent to live with a foster family. He reunited with his parents in 1945.

When Serafina Strasser was left alone with the man hiding her from the Nazis, he raped her. The man threatened to kill both Serafina and her father if she told him what happened. Join us on YouTube today at 1 p.m. ET, as we mark #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth .