Efforts to restrict or ban communication methods and prevent international media access can be indicators of mass atrocity risk. Historically, the military has employed heavy censorship, punishing ...

In these uncertain times, amid the dangerous surge in antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and Holocaust distortion, our community stands together to support the Museum’s critical mission. Join us to ...

* Your E-mail: (Do not use your school e-mail, which may block the reply e-mail that we send.) Invalid e-mail.

In 1942, members of the Schwarz family packed their belongings, hid them in the attic for safekeeping, and left their home. Like many Jews who received deportation orders during the Holocaust, they ...

Marcel Drimer was born Marceli Drimmer on May 1, 1934 in Drohobycz, Poland (today Drohobych, Ukraine). His father, Jacob, worked as an accountant in a lumber factory while his mother, Laura (Gruber), ...

Jill Pauly was born Gisella Berg on May 1, 1933 in Cologne, Germany. She lived in a small ancient town outside Cologne called Lechenich, where her family had been living since the 17th century. Her ...

Julie Keefer was born Jula Weinstock on April 19, 1941, in Lwów, Poland (present day: Lviv, Ukraine). Her father, Herman, was a tinsmith. Her mother, Sala (née Eisen), was an opera singer and ...

Genocide did not end with the Holocaust. The Museum teaches about cases of contemporary genocide and other mass atrocities through in-person and online exhibitions. The in-person exhibition explores ...

¿Buscas recursos para el aula? Completa el formulario y un docente del museo lo dirigía a guias y recursos. Solicitar ayuda.

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. In 2019 Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would open the archival record of Pope Pius XII ...