27th January marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is the date of the Holocaust memorial day which is time to remember those who died in the Second World War Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
The Holocaust Memorial trust has details of this year's theme the power of Words.
Here are some personal oral history accounts from the Holocaust.
The United States Memorial Museum has an enormous online collection of oral history testimonies from survivors.
The British Library Sound Archive provides free access to over 1800 recorded testimonies from Jewish survivors living in Britain.
Witnessing Genocide (The Polish Research Institute, Lund, Sweden)
The website contains unique source material documenting the experiences of approximately 20,000 survivors from Ravensbrück and other Nazi concentration camps who were evacuated to Sweden, including testimonies, drawings, photos, transport lists, layouts of camps, and teaching materials.
70 Voices: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders (Holocaust Educational Trust)
This 2015 commemorative project explores the history of the Holocaust through 70 sources created by different witnesses, including victims, survivors and perpetrators. The sources include diaries, letters, testimonies and poems.
Personal diaries
See examples of children's diaries from the United States Memorial Museum
Yad Hashem World Holocaust Memorial center has extracts from letters, writings and diaries.
Weiner Library for the study of the Holocaust and Genocide also has a large online collection of materials.
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