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In a Time Like No Other, People Seek Out Museum Experiences
In a Time Like No Other, People Seek Out Museum Experiences
We know that the American public overwhelmingly supports and values museums. What was less clear is whether their trust in these…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 13, 2020
An Unprecedented View of “Killing Experts”
An Unprecedented View of “Killing Experts”
Rare photographic evidence refutes denial and paves the way for new research
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 13, 2020
Abducted by the Chinese Government: The Family Members Who Vanished Overnight
Abducted by the Chinese Government: The Family Members Who Vanished Overnight
Days after activist Rushan Abbas spoke publicly for the first time about the disappearance of her husband’s entire family in China, her…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 10, 2020
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Love Triumphed Over Nazi Racism
Love Triumphed Over Nazi Racism
Though Nazi law forbade Germans from having relationships with Poles, Julian Noga and Frieda Greinegger would not be kept apart. Their…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Feb 10
The Double Life of Josephine Baker
The Double Life of Josephine Baker
We remember Josephine Baker as a singer and dancer, who had to leave her native country to find freedom and fame. What fewer know is that…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Feb 3
Holocaust Relics: Personal Treasures or Public Evidence?
Holocaust Relics: Personal Treasures or Public Evidence?
The Nazi campaign to rid Europe of its Jews started with seizing their property and possessions. The Third Reich deprived Jewish families…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jan 7
When a Family Was Deported, Their Cook Saved Treasured Recipes
When a Family Was Deported, Their Cook Saved Treasured Recipes
Make the Walnut Cream Cake
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 19, 2020
A Newlywed Buried Her Cookbook in Hopes that She, and It, Would Survive
A Newlywed Buried Her Cookbook in Hopes that She, and It, Would Survive
The Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in 1940 forever changed the lives of Dutch Jews, including 17-year-old Lennie Kropveld. As…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 19, 2020
Disability Awareness Month: The Nazis’ Nameless Victims
Disability Awareness Month: The Nazis’ Nameless Victims
People with physical and mental disabilities were the Nazis’ first victims of mass murder. Seeing them as a threat to “Aryan genetic…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nov 13, 2020
Genocide Prevention
Parents Like All Others
Parents Like All Others
Rohingya mothers and fathers will try everything to protect their children from harm, which has now included a genocide and a global…
US Holocaust Museum
Jun 19, 2020
Calling Out Syria’s Crimes
Calling Out Syria’s Crimes
A Voice for the Victims
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jul 26, 2019
Journalists Who Go Where “Nobody Else Will”
Journalists Who Go Where “Nobody Else Will”
Simona Foltyn and Jason Patinkin are some of the few journalists reporting on the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. As fellows of the…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jul 26, 2019
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