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.

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

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

Yad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers

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


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

Yad Vashem partners with JewishGen on Holocaust genealogy database

Yad Vashem has been conducting the Pages of Testimony program since the 1950s and has helped hundreds of thousands of Jews reconnect to their family members that perished.

An exterior view of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum

Yad Vashem Chairman meets with UN Secretary-General António Guterres

The meeting, which took place in the UN Headquarters in New York City on Friday, addressed the issues of Holocaust remembrance, education, research and historical documentation.

 Yad Vashem Chairman meets with UN Secretary-General António Guterres  on November 20th.

Budapest’s new $30m Holocaust museum sits in limbo

The story of the museum, whose temporary name is the House of Fates, underlines how the legacy of the Holocaust keeps Jews from being fully integrated into Hungarian society.

 The House of Fates Holocaust museum, housed in a former railway station that deported Jews to concentration camps, seen in Budapest, Jan. 21, 2019.

Man injures head after falling from block at Berlin Holocaust Memorial

The Holocaust Memorial near the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag was inaugurated in 2005 and consists of 2,700 concrete blocks.

 The Berlin Holocaust Memorial, officially named the Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe.

Memories of Kristallnacht: By a second generation survivor.

For my father, a strong Israel as the home of the Jewish people was the only answer to the lessons of Kristallnacht.