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20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute
20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute

Celebrate the Museum’s 20th anniversary at a four-city tour and historic gathering in Washington, DC.

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Join the 20th Anniversary Legacy Challenge
Join the 20th Anniversary Legacy Challenge

A generous couple will match up to 10 percent of each new planned gift to the endowment to help secure the Museum’s future.

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December 1941: Chelmno
December 1941: Chelmno

SS and police established the Chelmno killing center, the first stationary facility where poison gas was used on December 8, 1941.

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Striving to Purge Soccer of Prejudice
Striving to Purge Soccer of Prejudice

As a black soccer player on predominantly white British teams, Garth Crooks has experienced racism and antisemitism firsthand.

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Risk and Resistance in the Netherlands
Risk and Resistance in the Netherlands

Hear the extraordinary story behind the forging materials a Dutch couple used to save countless Jews during the Holocaust.

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Debating R2P: Can It Make a Difference?
Debating R2P: Can It Make a Difference?

Watch a discussion about preventing genocide with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Ambassador Richard Williamson.

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Preventing Genocide

Take action to confront genocide and related crimes against humanity today.

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Confronting Antisemitism

Learn about the history and the continuing problem of antisemitism.

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Rescuing the Evidence

View highlights from the Museum’s collections and the stories they bring to life.

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December 21, 2012

“One Survivor Remembers” Co-produced by Museum Included in National Film Registry

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November 29, 2012

Museum Announces 20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute

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November 22, 2012

Museum Mourns the Loss of Vladka Meed

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September 25, 2012

Museum Condemns Misuse of Holocaust in Public Discourse

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August 7, 2012

Museum Expresses Outrage at Attack against Sikh Community in Wisconsin by Alleged Neo-Nazi

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July 24, 2012

Museum Unveils New Poll: Americans Believe Genocide Is Preventable and US Has Major Role

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Featured Events

January 9. In Boca Raton, FL: Author Mindy Weisel discusses the pivotal role that the second generation can play in ensuring Holocaust remembrance.

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February 13. In Washington, DC: Professor Omer Bartov delivers the Shapiro Annual Lecture, analyzing the local population’s collaboration in the mass murder of Jews in Eastern Galicia.

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February 21. In Boca Raton, FL: Andrew Nagorski, author of Hitlerland, discusses the Nazi rise to power from the perspective of Americans living in Berlin at the time.

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March 13. In Boca Raton, FL: Join us for a screening of Besa: The Promise, a new documentary film about Muslim Albanians who protected Jewish refugees during World War II.

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