Midwest Center for Holocaust Education

08/19/2026

He buried the truth so the world could find it.

The N***s forced Henryk Ross from his home into the Łódź ghetto along with thousands of other Jews. There, he worked as an official photographer for the authorities.

Henryk used that position to secretly document the hunger, disease, and death around him, risking his life to do so. As the ghetto was being destroyed, he buried thousands of his photographs, hoping they would survive even if he didn't.

After the war, he dug them back up. The images became undeniable proof of what happened.

Photo: Yad Vashem

08/19/2026

08/10/2026

Eighteen teachers from Missouri and Kansas devoted about 52 hours over their summer break to learn about the Holocaust. These dedicated educators participated in the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education ’s 2026 “KC to DC” program. The highlight of the experience was a private tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C.

Read more here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10959-mche-mo-ks-educators

08/04/2026

Anne Frank’s final diary entry sounds like any normal 15-year-old girl who is struggling to fit in.

She was filled with self-doubt and criticized herself for not having the courage to show what she called the “pure Anne from within.” She wrote: “I'm afraid they'll mock me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental, and not take me seriously.”

She was just a teenage girl trying to make sense of who she was. But Anne never got the chance.

Just days later, in 1944, German and Dutch authorities discovered and arrested Anne, her sister, Margot, her mother, Edith, her father, Otto, and the four other Jews hiding with them in a secret annex in Amsterdam.

When Anne died months later at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she had no idea that millions of people would eventually read and relate to her words. Otto, the annex’s only resident to survive the Holocaust, ensured that Anne’s memory lives on in her diary.

Photo: Anne Frank Fonds

08/03/2026

Of Blessed Memory
Rachel Kurz
1934 - 2026

Rachel was born on July 15th, 1934 and passed away on July 31st, 2026 at the age of 92

08/02/2026

2 August 1943 | Jewish prisoners at the German extermination center launched a successful revolt.

The uprising started at around 4 pm. During that hot day, a part of the camp staff went by the Bug river to swim in it. It is unknown how many guards were killed by the prisoners during the uprising. Probably not many. However, the plan to burn the camp down was successful. Only the brick building with gas chambers was left standing.

Around 300 prisoners lived to be free. The remaining number out of 850 prisoners perished under the gunfire of the guards. However, most of the escapees were killed during pursuit or after it. Around 90 people survived the war.

Read more: https://www.polin.pl/en/the-treblinka-uprising

07/16/2026