The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust-museum/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Holocaust museum | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/holocaust-museum/ 32 32 Never-revealed Holocaust artifacts illuminate tragedy and triumph in new Yad Vashem exhibit https://www.timesofisrael.com/never-revealed-holocaust-artifacts-illuminate-tragedy-and-triumph-in-new-yad-vashem-exhibit/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:01:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3681011 The Living Memory exhibition brings individual experiences to the fore with deeply personal effects from the museum's vast archives

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]]> LA Holocaust museum deletes post saying ‘Never again can’t only mean never again for Jews’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/la-holocaust-museum-deletes-post-saying-never-again-cant-only-mean-never-again-for-jews/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:00:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3637341 Accused of equating Nazi genocide of Jews with current Gaza war, museum pledges to 'do better' with vetting social media statements in future

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]]> Amid Gaza war, Detroit archbishop’s Holocaust center tour yields mixed messages https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-gaza-war-detroit-archbishops-holocaust-center-tour-yields-mixed-messages/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:56:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3624207 Next to display on rabid WWII-era antisemite Father Charles Coughlin, newly appointed Edward Weisenburger speaks out on humanitarian crisis in Palestinian enclave during interfaith visit

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]]> Auschwitz museum sounds alarm over ‘harmful’ AI images of Holocaust victims https://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-museum-sounds-alarm-over-harmful-ai-images-of-holocaust-victims/ Sat, 24 May 2025 15:04:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3556853 Museum officials warn that fake AI-generated bios, photos of victims shared on social media are 'falsifying history,' could lead to denial of Nazi atrocities

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]]> Holocaust museums, seeking to center human experience, rethink use of graphic images https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-museums-seeking-to-center-human-experience-rethink-use-of-graphic-images/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:31:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3529824 New exhibits emphasize victims' identities in bid to restore their dignity, and renew focus on up-front killings, so 'faceless' death camps don't obscure perpetrators' moral agency

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]]> German president mourns Greek Jews killed in Holocaust at site of new Thessaloniki museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-president-mourns-greek-jews-killed-in-holocaust-at-site-of-new-thessaloniki-museum/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:22:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3407775 Construction of museum, funded by German government, Greek municipal authorities and private donors, began earlier this year and is expected to take about two years

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]]> US Holocaust museums slam vandalism in Seattle after police say it’s not a hate crime https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-holocaust-museums-slam-vandalism-in-seattle-after-police-say-its-not-a-hate-crime/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 03:30:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3323118 'The senseless scapegoating of Jews did not begin or end with the Holocaust,' say 7 museums after 'Genocide in Gaza' scrawled over photo of child who survived Nazi genocide

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]]> Herzog inaugurates new Amsterdam Holocaust museum as protesters demand his arrest https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-jewish-anti-zionist-group-urges-herzogs-arrest-as-he-opens-holocaust-museum/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:21:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3242028 Alongside Dutch king, Israeli president opens Netherlands's National Holocaust Museum with call to remember 'the horrors born of hatred' as activists accuse him of genocide in Gaza

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]]> A Holocaust museum that predates WWII, London’s Wiener Library turns 90 this month https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-holocaust-museum-that-predates-wwii-londons-wiener-library-turns-90-this-month/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:35:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3222521 Founded in 1934 by Alfred Wiener, the museum exposed Nazis, helped the Allies battle them, and led to their conviction. Now it's one of the world's preeminent research institutions

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]]> In Australia, a new Holocaust museum doubles down on its mission after Oct. 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rural-australia-a-new-holocaust-museum-doubles-down-on-its-mission-after-oct-7/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:12:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3208278 Because many of the Queensland Holocaust Museum's visitors have never met a Jew, its strategy of outreach takes on added importance in its quest to educate on racial tolerance

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]]> Maine secretary of state who blocked Trump from ballot is ex-head of Holocaust center https://www.timesofisrael.com/maine-sect-of-state-who-blocked-trump-from-ballot-is-past-head-of-holocaust-center/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:22:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3189424 Shenna Bellows has taken Trump off primary ballot - the second state, after Colorado, to rule the former president ineligible - based on 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause

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]]> 123 Holocaust experts: Gov’t attack on Yad Vashem chief threatens memory of 6 million https://www.timesofisrael.com/123-holocaust-scholars-attack-on-yad-vashem-chief-threatens-memory-of-6-million/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 07:03:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3086670&preview=true&preview_id=3086670 Educators from around the world voice 'great concern' over coalition's ostensible effort to dismiss Dani Dayan and replace him with a political appointment

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]]> US Holocaust envoy backs Yad Vashem head amid reported government efforts to oust him https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-holocaust-envoy-backs-yad-vashem-head-amid-reported-government-efforts-to-oust-him/ Sat, 02 Sep 2023 21:55:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3086514 Ellen Germain notes importance of 'maintaining the independence of such institutions,' as Netanyahu said seeking to appoint political ally as chairperson of museum

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]]> Neo-Nazis rally with swastikas outside Florida conservative youth conference https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazis-rally-with-swastikas-outside-florida-conservative-youth-conference/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:32:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2805334 Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, attended by Trump, says it has no connection with group handing out antisemitic leaflets; Holocaust museum calls incident 'indefensible'

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]]> NYC Holocaust museum uses personal objects to tell story of lives lived and lost https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-holocaust-museum-uses-personal-objects-to-tell-story-of-lives-lived-and-lost/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:05:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2793569 New permanent exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, entitled 'The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do,' emphasizes individual human stories from before, during and after World War II

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