May 28, 2021- We are 50 Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. We are proud Americans, eternally grateful to this great nation that became our home after the war and enabled us to live in freedom and rebuild our lives and families. Yet today, our solemn obligation to the memory […]
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Communities of Hate: Why People Join Extremist Movements (VIDEO)
The January 6 attack on the US Capitol and our democracy remind us of the ever-present dangers of hatred and propaganda. Join us for a discussion about how, 75 years after the Holocaust, white supremacist and other hate groups continue to exploit racism, conspiracy theories, and antisemitic lies. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is […]
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US Holocaust Museum Expresses Deep Concern About Anti-Romani Violence and Antisemitism in Ukraine
WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2018 – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum expresses deep concern regarding recent manifestations of intolerance and antisemitism in Ukraine including violence directed against the Romani communities in Kyiv and L’viv. On April 21 members of the neo-Nazi Ukrainian organization C14 in the Holosiyiv District of Kyiv forced 15 families to […]
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U.S. Holocaust Museum’s New Exhibit Explores American’s Response to Nazism
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 23, 2018 – Marking its 25th anniversary year, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today opened a new special exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust, which examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe during the 1930s and ‘40s. Based on […]
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Holocaust Museum Condemns Hateful Rhetoric at White Nationalist Conference in D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 21, 2016 – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is deeply alarmed at the hateful rhetoric at a conference of white nationalists held on November 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building just blocks from the Museum. According to press reports, Richard Spencer, the leader of the National Policy Institute – a white […]