Julius Streicher, Publisher of Der Stürmer, Stands Trial in Nuremberg
Julius Streicher, publisher of Der Stürmer, an antisemitic newspaper, stands trial in Nuremberg on April 29, 1946.
![Candid side profile photograph of an older man with translation headphones on](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Julius_Streicher_Publisher_of_Der_St%C3%BCrmer_FH2169294.jpg?h=c81df639&itok=x6b6Jccr)
Kalecka Jewish Elementary School
Pupils in the second grade work in their classroom at the Kalecka Jewish elementary school in Warsaw, Poland, ca. 1937–1938.
![Teacher standing amongst young girls sitting at their desks](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Kalecka_Jewish_Elementary_School_%20FH2115441.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=syk7BTC0)
German Military in Austria, 1938
The German military parades through Vienna on March 15, 1938, after the Anschluss.
![Military trucks met by cheering crowds on a street in Vienna.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/German_Military_in_Austria_1938_FH229461.jpg?h=43b0e2ce&itok=ZaE1fJnX)
German Soldiers Watch Holocaust Atrocities
German soldiers are forced by the Allies after World War II to watch a film about the atrocities at German concentration camps.
![A movie theatre full of former soldiers view images of dead bodies on the screen.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/German_Soldiers_Watch_Holocaust%20Atrocities_FH229483.jpg?h=00d1719e&itok=sZngyoYt)
Historical Context for Night
Explore the history of events that shaped the world of Wiesel’s memoir with this interactive timeline.
![In 1933, Jewish businessman Oskar Danker and his girlfriend, a Christian woman, were forced to carry signs discouraging Jewish-German integration. Intimate relationships between “true Germans” and Jews were outlawed by 1935.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_DiscouragingGermanJewishIntegration_FH229441.jpg?h=ad1846e1&itok=dfgQyzmm)
World War I in Europe and the Middle East
World War I was fought between the Central powers and the Allied powers simultaneously on several fronts in western Europe, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. See full-sized image for analysis.
![Map showing major alliances and advances of the Central and Allied powers during World War I.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Map_32_Europe_ME_WWI_1914_18.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=hSmRZuQZ)
World War I in Europe and the Middle East (en español)
World War I was fought between the Central powers and the Allied powers simultaneously on several fronts in western Europe, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. See full-sized image for analysis. This resource is in Spanish.
![Map showing major alliances and advances of the Central and Allied powers during World War I.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Map_32_Europe_ME_WWI_1914_18.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=hSmRZuQZ)
Otto Dix, Verwundeter (Wounded Soldier), 1924
Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by German soldiers on the western front during World War I. He based his series Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.
![Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by Germans soldier on the Western Front during World War I. He based his series entitled Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image04_Medium_res.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=Ne3vlzPM)
Otto Dix, Verwundeter (Wounded Soldier), 1924 (en español)
Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by German soldiers on the western front during World War I. He based his series Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences. This resource is in Spanish.
![Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by Germans soldier on the Western Front during World War I. He based his series entitled Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image04_Medium_res.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=Ne3vlzPM)