Material Traces of Genocide

Holocaust Research & Education Foundation

The Material Traces of Genocide Foundation (MTOG), explore Holocaust sites and areas of Nazi persecution around Europe, documenting material remnants before they are lost forever.

Our work

As we approach 80 years since the end of World War 2, buildings, machinery and infrastructure that supported the Nazi Genocide are increasingly being erased, and in many cases, these locations are the only eye witness to the crimes they were used for. For this reason, we dedicate our time to researching forgotten, and sometimes unknown locations for preservation and education and to keep the memory of the victims alive.

 

We have worked with local and national press in the United Kingdom and Poland and have featured in over 20 separate articles, providing research and supportive photographic illustrations. Our work has featured in museums in Germany and Poland, and our media team have worked alongside film production companies in Italy and Poland, most recently, FilmArt for their production of ‘A Journey’, released in select cinemas in the UK and around Europe. We have also provided research for best selling authors offering archival and translation work. We also write and produce our own documentaries, all of which you can find on our website.
Media & Contact

Recent News

Żagań

The MTOG (Material Traces of Genocide) archivists met with Marek Łazarz, the curator of the Żagań POW camp museum as we begin a collaboration looking into the many places of imprisonment in the area. One of the areas of research we are currently researching is the zwangsarbeiterlager, the temporary Jewish imprisonment camp located at the train junction in Żagań. If you have information about this camp, please get in touch by clicking the button below.

 

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Latest edition of Traces now available

The latest edition of our Magazine, ‘Traces’, is now available for free download and hard copy purchase. This edition explores two contrasting journeys on both sides of the Holocaust. Firstly, Serge Laks, a survivor of Auschwitz, Gleiwitz and Blechhammer. Serge had only told his story to his daughter Christine shortly before his death, and in his diaries, he had mentioned SS-Hauptscharführer Otto Moll, one of the most brutal and sadistic SS men in the concentration camp system. Moll’s sadism knew no boundaries; however, his actions would often contradict his cruelty. We explore Moll’s background, from the beginning of the war, right up until his trial in 1945, in an extract from one of our extended essays to be fully published in the near future.

 

Click here to see our latest edition