Barbara Schubak explains what happened when she snuck back to her old house from the ghetto. Her longtime neighbors had moved in and refused to let her in, even though they had been friends for years.

Armenian Genocide survivor Koko Mazloumian describes his family's hotel, the Baron, in Aleppo, Syria, and a few of the poeple who stayed there during the genocide period.

June 20^th is recognized by the United Nations as International Refugee Day to raise awareness of the plight of the refugees around the world. In the Visual History Archive, the testimonies of genocide survivors include their personal experiences as refugees. As of now, the world is facing the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. To shed light on the current and past refugee crisis explore 10 interesting facts about the refugee experience.

Sol Filler shares two examples of how jokes helped him get through the difficult experiences of the Holocaust.

Iraqi Holocaust survivor J. Khazzoom describes an incident in which he and his brother decided to prepare boiling water to pour on a mob coming to attack their home. His father told them that Jews do not kill anyone and made them stop.