US Holocaust Museum

US Holocaust Museum

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.

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Nazi authorities in Poland have announced that the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw is to be sealed off from the outside world.

9/12/1942: Policeman Lonek Fisz, caught forging passports for Jews trying to escape Hungary, is killed by the Gestapo:

Born 9/11/1931, Edith Brandmann was 9 when all Jews were expelled from her Romanian village to Ukraine.

9/10/47: Military Tribunal II-A (later Tribunal II) created to try 24 leaders of Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units)

9/9/2004: Colin Powell said genocide occurred in Darfur – 1st time ongoing crisis called 'genocide' in US govt history.

9/8/1943: Italy announces unconditional surrender to Allies. German forces quickly occupy northern & central Italy.

Camera as witness | US soldiers seek cover behind hedges & signs to return fire to German forces in Belgium on 9/7/1944

Teachers in TX: Join us for 8th annual Dallas-area forum re: teaching about the Holocaust. Register by 10/29: (Plz RT.)

9/12 in Chicago: Join us for Annual Tribute Luncheon w/speakers who have served in 3 presidential administrations. Tix:

ICYMI: This month's Voices on Antisemitism podcast features Tunisian activist and teacher Jamel Bettaieb:

9/6/41: German authorities seal 2 ghettos for Jews in Vilna, most of whom will be killed in nearby Ponary forest.

Pod. > Jamel Bettaieb, high-school teacher and activist, Tunisia: Jamel Bettaieb teaches German to ...

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