Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holocaust survivors, Sen. Rick Scott condemn Kanye West’s Florida concerts

Florida Senator Rick Scott was joined by Holocaust survivors and members of the Tampa Jewish community in a press conference calling out Kanye West for historic antisemitism.

|ByGABRIELLE CALISE/TAMPA BAY TIMES/TNS
US rapper and producer Kanye West gestures upon arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 11, 2025.
People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.

Head of Anne Frank Educational Center questions Yad Vashem's Germany expansion, drawing backlash

The Israeli-born educator warned that Yad Vashem's planned branches in Germany could face controversy over the institution's ties to the Israeli government.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Exterior view of the new Yad Vashem Education Center in Munich.

Yad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers

“Working together with our German partners, this center will help ensure that the truth of the Holocaust is preserved and passed on to future generations,” said Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan.

|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
Lebanese banker Antoun Sehnaoui and his Jewish partner Morgan Ortagus seen at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 14, 2026.

Lebanese banker receives hate comments over large Holocaust museum donation

Sehnaoui, a chairman of one of Lebanon’s largest banks, Societe Generale de Banque au Liban Group, visited the memorial along with his Jewish partner Morgan Ortagus.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Bennett: Jews, Israel will defend ourselves by ourselves

"We will never forget."

JANUARY 25, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett

Holocaust museums need radical changes

As there are so many who can testify to the current hate mongering against Jews, these museums have the potential to become museums for living history.

JANUARY 25, 2019ByMANFRED GERSTENFELD
An exterior view of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum

Sweden launches museum for Scandinavian Holocaust survivors

Announcing the decision to create the museum, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs and Sports Minister Annika Strandhall‏ said Tuesday on Twitter that the news “feels more important than ever.”

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018ByJTA
A visitor to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum walks past a mural of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Washington, January 26, 2007

Florida Holocaust Museum takes rock 'n' roll detour in Bill Graham exhibit

The exhibit brings together hundreds of Graham family artifacts — including photographs, documents, memorabilia, multimedia clips and a psychedelic light installation.

AUGUST 19, 2018ByJAY CRIDLIN/TAMPA BAY TIMES
Concert promoter Bill Graham

Exhibit shows Americans knew a lot about the Holocaust as it happened

An exhibit opening this month at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC asks the question “What did Americans know?”

MAY 2, 2018ByJTA/RON KAMPEAS
A visitor to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum walks past a mural of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Washington, January 26, 2007

The U.S. Holocaust Museum vs. Elie Wiesel

It’s all too easy to make excuses for why governments fail to act against genocide.

APRIL 21, 2018ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
Elie Wiesel participates in a discussion on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 2, 2015

DC politician who peddled Rothschild conspiracy leaves tour of Holocaust museum early

Trayon White, Sr. reportedly departed the 90-minute tour halfway through without saying goodbye to his hosts.

APRIL 20, 2018ByJTA
United States Holocaust Museum in Washington DC

Yad Vashem, IDF encourage more Holocaust remembrance efforts in army

Special anthology includes texts written during WWII, alongside poems.

APRIL 10, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Avner Shalev presenting the "Kolchem Shamati" anthology to IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot

Using modern tools to study an ancient hatred

With its new free online course, Yad Vashem is offering a comprehensive examination of 2,000 years of antisemitism.

MARCH 14, 2018ByELANOR ROSS
Battling antisemitism with 21st century technology

Holocaust Museum rescinds award given to Myanmar's leader

Aung San Suu Kyi was the second person to receive the Elie Wiesel Award, after only Wiesel himself.

MARCH 10, 2018ByJTA
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi