Efforts to restrict or ban communication methods and prevent international media access can be indicators of mass atrocity risk. Historically, the military has employed heavy censorship, punishing ...

In 1942, members of the Schwarz family packed their belongings, hid them in the attic for safekeeping, and left their home. Like many Jews who received deportation orders during the Holocaust, they ...

The Museum is committed to reaching all students by providing teachers with tools for various classroom needs. This page shares resources that support differentiation, modification, and accessibility.

Marcel Drimer was born Marceli Drimmer on May 1, 1934 in Drohobycz, Poland (today Drohobych, Ukraine). His father, Jacob, worked as an accountant in a lumber factory while his mother, Laura (Gruber), ...

Julie Keefer was born Jula Weinstock on April 19, 1941, in Lwów, Poland (present day: Lviv, Ukraine). Her father, Herman, was a tinsmith. Her mother, Sala (née Eisen), was an opera singer and ...

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Jill Pauly was born Gisella Berg on May 1, 1933 in Cologne, Germany. She lived in a small ancient town outside Cologne called Lechenich, where her family had been living since the 17th century. Her ...

Genocide did not end with the Holocaust. The Museum teaches about cases of contemporary genocide and other mass atrocities through in-person and online exhibitions. The in-person exhibition explores ...

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. In 2019 Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would open the archival record of Pope Pius XII ...

“If a conflict breaks out in South Sudan now, it will be like no other. The destruction and suffering will be unprecedented.” — Ambassador Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, from remarks ...

Three decades after the end of the devastating 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which included genocide and crimes against humanity, this multiethnic Balkan country is in the grips of an ...