Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report

According to records the New York Post claims to have been supplied, Sanders has not attended a single one of the biannual meetings since he was appointed to the position 18 years ago.

 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al
A 173-foot tower crain hoists a 20th century 12-ton railcar into the upcoming Holocaust Museum Boston.

Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common

THE WRITER speaks on the eruption of global antisemitism, addressing an event on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2024.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum chair: What's at stake in this pivotal moment - opinion

 NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani addresses accusations of antisemitism at a press conference Wednesday morning.

Mamdani laments criticism following his ‘globalize the intifada’ comments


US unearths historic Holocaust footage of Nazi death train liberation

Survivors, mostly women and children, can be seen in the photos wearing their normal clothes, rather than striped outfits.

 Prisoners from an evacuation train from Bergen-Belsen pose next to a railroad car in Magdeburg.  This photo was probably taken a few days after liberation since written on the side of the car is "Bergen-Belsen" and "We are going to Israel by way of France."

Landmark exhibits shed light on life in German displaced person camps after the Holocaust

Life in the DP camps is the subject of a collaborative exhibition between Munich’s Jewish Museum and its City Museum, situated across the square from each other in the city’s center.

 People pay tribute during a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, April 18, 2023.

Toronto’s first Holocaust museum looks to the post-survivor era

The Toronto Holocaust Museum replaces the city’s Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre, founded in 1985 by local survivors who wanted to share their stories with students.

A red flower is seen on a wall during a commemoration of the liberation of the former concentration camp KZ Mauthausen, at the memorial site in Mauthausen, Austria, May 7, 2023.

Holocaust education: We must show people the evils of antisemitism - opinion

What is the role of Holocaust education? It’s not the answer to a 2,000-year-old problem that manifests itself in multiple forms.

 THE WRITER speaks at an event marking Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, in April 2012.

Political intolerance at a New York Holocaust museum - opinion

Tikvah reports that they were told by MJH to either disinvite Ron DeSantis or else find some other venue to have their conference.

 FLORIDA GOVERNOR Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, in February.

Did a New York Holocaust museum ban Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis?

“Out of the blue, we were told by the museum staff that Mr. DeSantis didn’t ‘align with the museum’s values and its message of inclusivity,’” the op-ed said.

Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor

Ukraine ambassador among speakers at US Holocaust Museum dinner

CNN reporter Wolf Blitzer, who attended the event, took to Twitter following the evening to thank Markarova for “her very strong words.”  

 Ukraine's ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova walks between meetings with members of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, US. February 28, 2022.

Holocaust, Russia-Ukraine War: Paths of memory in today's reality - opinion

I suggest recoining the “Never Again” slogan into “We did it again” – as bystanders this time.

 The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, as photographed by the author last week.

Cincinnati Holocaust Museum receives $18 million anonymous donation

CEO Sarah Weiss said the gift will enable the museum to add digital exhibits that are increasingly seen as a frontier for Holocaust education.

 Young visitors to Cincinnati's Holocaust museum interact with an exhibit.

Israeli museum opens Holocaust exhibit for Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians who refused to cooperate with the Nazis.

 Yaron Tzur, head of the educational department at the Center for Humanistic Education of the Ghetto Fighters' House, unveils a new exhibit honoring Jehovah's Witnesses