The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum welcomes President Trump’s appointment of Jeffrey Miller of Florida as Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the Museum’s governing boar ...
One boy’s Holocaust story brings millions to light.
The Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945 provides comprehensive documentation of camps, ghettos, and other persecutory sites that the Nazi regime and its allies operated in a vast network ...
Voices on Antisemitism features a broad range of perspectives about antisemitism and hatred. This podcast featured dozens of guests over its ten-year run. Listen to selected episodes below or view the ...
Reading the names of Holocaust victims during the Days of Remembrance is one way to honor those who were killed. Museum visitors are welcome to read names from their own connections to this history or ...
Two weeks before the Olympics began, German officials informed Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann that she was denied a place on the team, although she had equaled the German women's record in the high ...
Since 1982, the Museum has organized and led the national Days of Remembrance ceremony in the US Capitol with Holocaust survivors, liberators, members of Congress, White House officials, the ...
Dr. Tarik Cyril Amar received a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University; a Masters in history from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and a B.A. in history from Oxford University ...
The Museum is free and open every day. It is closed on Yom Kippur and Christmas Day. The Museum building is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. All exhibitions and the Museum shop close at 5:20 p.m. The ...
For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Minimizing its antisemitic agenda and plans for ...
Many survivors of the Rwandan genocide lost their entire families—spouses, parents, children, extended families, and friends—and have suffered complex health problems, like HIV/AIDS, as a result of ...
Dr. Götz Aly received Ph.D. in history and political science at the Free University in Berlin, Germany. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was an independent historian. For his J.B. and Maurice C ...