Jan Dudzinski recalls his interaction with a priest he would later discover was Maximillian Kolbe at Pawiak prison. 

Michael Preisler explains the story of Maximilian Kolbe volunteering himself in place of another prisoner, who was going to be killed. Preisler was a prisoner at Pawiak prison after Kolbe had been deported from Pawiak to Auschwitz. 

Liberator Martin Becker describes the languages he learned in school and laments how his speaking skills have deteriorated without practice. He was able to immigrate to America in 1938 through a scholarship from an American university in Cairo, Egypt.

Walter Berger describes his family and upbringing before the war began in Czechoslovakia. His brother, Sam, is the subject of the new book "Roses in a Forbidden Garden: A Holocaust Love Story," written by Sam's granddaughter Elise Garibaldi.

Gabriel Krause recalls hearing about the Kielce Pogrom in 1946, Poland.

Malwina Moses describes how anti-Semitism continued in Poland after the war including the Keilce Pogrom in 1946.

Rachel Huber remembers traveling through Poland after the end of the war and hearing about the killing of Jews, those who survived the Holocaust during the Kielce Pogrom in 1946.

Frank Fukuhara, a Japanese soldier during World War II, recalls how he was allowed to return home to Hiroshima about a month after VJ Day. He didn't know about the atomic bomb until he was on the train and heard other passengers talking about it.

Holocaust survivor Romana Farrington breaks down stereotypes about Catholic Poles during the Holocaust. This clip is part of the new IWitness activity What is "The Danger of a Single Story"?.

Frances Zatz describes the Polish Home Army's uprising in Warsaw, Poland in August 1944, which was spurred by the belief that Soviet forces across the Vistula River would liberate them. The Soviet army did not intervene, leaving the Warsaw inhabitants to defend themselves against heavy German fire. Among Warsaw Rising fighters were Polish Jews who survived Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that took place a year earlier. Some of them were prisoners of Gesiowka Concentration Camp liberated by Polish Home Army at the very beginning of the Risin, on August 4th, 1944.

In 1912, only two athletes from the Ottoman Empire went  to compete in the Olympics - both were Armenian. Vahram Papazyan was one of them. During his testimony, he recalls fainting in the middle of his race because of anxiety over what he would do and what could happen if he won. During the 1912 Stockholm Olympics the Finnish team, who had participated since 1908 under the Russian flag, refused to march under the Russian flag and was allowed to do so.

Holocaust survivor Michael Preisler describes how Father Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to take the place of a man who was to be killed at Auschwitz for attempting to escape. Kolbe was locked in a bunker without food or water for two weeks before he was finally killed by lethal injection.

Holocaust survivor Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis urges Jews to continue their practice of Judaism and to pass their love for their faith on to their children. Esther passed away August 23, 2016.

Gordon Klasky describes the conditions of the Kutno ghetto in Poland.

After a short stay in the city's orphanage in Warsaw, Michal Glowiński was taken to a Catholic orphanage run by nuns in Turkowice, where he was hidden along with over thirty other Jewish children. The sisters showed dedication and kindness for hiding Jewish children. This is one of the first Polish-language clips to be added to the IWitness Watch page.

Barbara Stimler describes the conditions of the Kutno ghetto in Poland.

Jack Bernstein describes the excitement in France when World War II ended and France was liberated from German occupation. There was a moment of panic when people spotted German soldiers marching through the town, but they were prisoners of war in the custody of French soldiers.

Jack Bernstein describes the excitement in France when World War II ended and France was liberated from German occupation. There was a moment of panic when people spotted German soldiers marching through the town, but they were prisoners of war in the custody of French soldiers.

A new Connections video from IWitness on Guidelines for Teaching with Testimony.

Abraham Grossman describes his art teacher Herr Kruger, who began each class with "Heil Hitler" and once tossed Grossman out of class because of the sandwich he had brought for lunch.

Armenian Genocide scholar Israel Charny discusses the benefits of an international genocide early warning system.  

Eva talks about the liberation of Dachau by the American soldiers and how quiet it was leading up to the liberation. Many children who got sick from eating the candy and chocolate that the soldiers gave them.

As a teenager, Bertie traveled to Johannesburg to start a new life with her adoptive parents. Although they did not agree with her desire to attend college, Lubinsky pursued other options in order to be able to finance her own formal education.

In this clip from the new Echoes and Reflections lesson on Contemporary Antisemitism, Dachau liberator Felix Sparks explains why it is so important for him to speak out against Holocaust deniers.

Watch the official trailer for the documentary Finding Oscar that follows the search for a boy who is living proof of the 1982 Dos Erres massacre that wiped out a community in Guatemala.

Diego recuerda cuando empezaron los bombardeos en su aldea, él cuenta de su decisión de abandonar su casa y esconderse en las montañas perdiendo todo.

Jesús Tecú Osorio cuenta cómo la comunidad intenta llevar a juicio al capitán del destacamento para hacerlo responsable y lo difícil que ha sido capturarlo.

Juliana cuenta cómo fueron las oportunidades de recibir una educación. Su madre no quería que fuera a la escuela, por considerar una forma de aculturación.

Juliana cuenta cómo fue cuando llegaron organizaciones internacionales a las montañas para ayudarlos a salir sin peligro de ser perseguidos por el ejército.

Rosa María cuenta como salieron corriendo escapando de la masacre a esconderse en el bosque montañoso.