There are places where knowing what happened there changes the experience of standing there. The Topography of Terror in Berlin is one of those places. Between 1933 and 1945, this site housed several powerful institutions responsible for state-sponsored terror. These included the Gestapo, SS leadership and the Reich Security Main Office. From here, these organizations […]

Stolpersteine are small memorial stones found across Europe, honoring victims of Nazi persecution and preserving their names and stories.

The Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam tells the story of ordinary people faced with extraordinary choices during World War II. It’s a museum I discovered almost by accident—and one I’ve returned to more than once.