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Putin and a Tale of Two Photos
Putin and a Tale of Two Photos
Everyone’s favorite analogy is back (as if it ever went away). To cast yourself as an innocent victim, just label your enemies Nazis…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Feb 22
From Ghetto to Concentration Camp, this Artist Never Stopped Drawing
From Ghetto to Concentration Camp, this Artist Never Stopped Drawing
From a young age, Jewish artist Halina Ołomucka was constantly drawing the world around her. So when she and her family were forced into…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Mar 31
Desperate to Flee the Nazis, Jewish Refugees Escape Europe on a Rickety Steamboat, Survive a…
Desperate to Flee the Nazis, Jewish Refugees Escape Europe on a Rickety Steamboat, Survive a…
In May 1940, the Pentcho, a paddlewheel steamboat, departed from the Danube River in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jan 30
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Reliving Trauma Again and Again in Pursuit of Justice
Reliving Trauma Again and Again in Pursuit of Justice
A Yezidi woman documents her own people’s testimony about genocide.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Oct 6
Saved from the Nazis by a Dying Man
Saved from the Nazis by a Dying Man
By the time Sheila Bernard was six years old, she had taken cover from bombs at the start of World War II and hidden for short periods in…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jun 1
James McDonald Warned the World about the Nazi Threat to Jews
James McDonald Warned the World about the Nazi Threat to Jews
He Later Supported Israel as a Permanent Safe Haven
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 10
The Exodus Flag: A Symbol of the Plight of Jewish Displaced Persons
The Exodus Flag: A Symbol of the Plight of Jewish Displaced Persons
Before being forced to disembark the SS Exodus 1947, Mike Weiss removed the Zionist flag that had flown from the ship’s mast as it…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 8
How the Earthquake Compounded Syrians’ Trauma, While the World Stood By
How the Earthquake Compounded Syrians’ Trauma, While the World Stood By
February’s massive earthquake brought already grievous suffering to a new level in northwest Syria, an area held by the opposition to…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Mar 14
How Jewish Holocaust Survivors Celebrated Purim
How Jewish Holocaust Survivors Celebrated Purim
Purim, a Jewish holiday observed for centuries, is a day for joyful celebrations and fun traditions such as sharing sweets, performing…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Mar 2
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What Uyghur Americans Want You to Know about the Olympic Games
What Uyghur Americans Want You to Know about the Olympic Games
And why what is happening in China may be genocide
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Feb 14, 2022
“It’s All on Us”: Young Artists Work for Peace in South Sudan
“It’s All on Us”: Young Artists Work for Peace in South Sudan
Jacob Bul Bior was a young boy when he joined a club that defended children’s rights in the refugee camp where he lived, in Kenya. Now 33…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Feb 11, 2022
Giving Children “Hope that They Can Have a Chance at a Bright Future”
Giving Children “Hope that They Can Have a Chance at a Bright Future”
When asked what they want to be when they grow up, the children replied, “a doctor, an engineer, a chef, a painter, a teacher.” Others said…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Aug 19, 2021
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