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WASHINGTON, DC — As the United States Army observes its 250th anniversary, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum recognizes and honors the tremendous sacrifices made by our soldiers—and service ...
Hitler's favorite filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, was commissioned by the Nazi regime to produce a film of the 1936 Summer Games. The resulting propaganda documentary, Olympia, won first prize at the ...
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 ...
Imagine stepping back in time to savor the flavors of childhood, evoking fond memories that reconnect you to your homeland before it was lost to the Holocaust. Auschwitz survivor Steven Fenves, whose ...
Between 1991 and 1993, Rachel worked for the Museum to help open its doors and then served in the Midwest Regional Office from 1995 to 1996. Rachel continued to be a leader in the Chicago community, ...
The in-person exhibition explores how the Rohingya, a religious and ethnic minority in Burma, went from citizens to outsiders—and became targets of a sustained campaign of genocide. It features audio, ...
Dive into this animated video series where each episode brings to life an artifact from the Museum’s collection and the story of the person who saved it. These episodes reveal the impossible choices ...
A série Vozes Sobre o Anti-Semitismo apresenta uma grande variedade de discursos atuais—proferidos por personalidades públicas, professores, atletas, líderes religiosos, sobreviventes do Holocausto e ...
In his memoir, Leon Leyson describes how he survived the Holocaust as a boy with the help of German businessman Oskar Schindler. This Teacher Guide provides resources for building historical context ...