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May 3, 1938: 'Segregation in Kindergarten.' Wilhelm Hesse, father of Eva Hesse — who would go on to be one of the most famous female American artists of the 20th century — kept a diary for his daughters. 'The times have become very serious. We are depressed and despondent, and therefore there is little leisure and inclination to write and take photographs as elaborately as before,' he wrote. (Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin)
June 10, 2019, 9:23 am
Online 1938 Projekt immerses pupils in turning-point year for German Jews
Real personal documents bring readers in direct contact with the struggles, hopes, and even bureaucratic hurdles of Jewish Europeans trying to escape an unforeseeable genocide
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Migrants in Mexico stand amid tear gas launched by US agents at the border with the US, right of fence, after a group of migrants pushed past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Nov. 25, 2018 (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
November 27, 2018, 5:20 am
Is it fair that Ocasio-Cortez compared migrant caravan to Jews fleeing Nazis?
When asked for comment, US Holocaust Memorial Museum points to earlier statement that it is not out of place to liken flight of Jews in the 1930s to subsequent refugee crises
By Ron Kampeas
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, in front of the White House in Washington, DC on October 27, 2018. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
October 28, 2018, 9:54 am
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting sparks outpouring of grief from US Jews
Holocaust Museum reminds Americans of ‘dangers of unchecked hatred and anti-Semitism,’ calls for ‘social solidarity’
By AFP
'Rescue Board' author, Rebecca Erbelding. (Miriam Lomaskin)
June 29, 2018, 12:06 pm
Holocaust museum scholar pushes fund drive for group that compares Israel, Nazis
Dr. Rebecca Erbelding offers a free copy of her new book to anyone donating to the Quaker AFSC, which rescued Jews in WWII but now compares Jewish state’s policies to Hitler regime
By Atara Beck
Dana Rogozinski (right) with her grandmother Ella Lucak Rogozinski in 2015. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2018, 6:59 pm
Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors makes jewelry featuring Nazi tattoo numbers
Dana Rogozinski names company after her grandparents; aims to ‘spark important conversations’ through unique necklaces, bracelets, cuff links
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Yehuda and Breindy Gelbfish of Lakewood, New Jersey, who visited the Amud Aish Memorial Museum recently with four of their 10 children, loaned a number of items that belonged to Yehuda's father Benjamin, a Lublin Yeshiva student who fled to Vilna, Lithuania. (Jon Kalish/via JTA)
April 10, 2018, 7:33 pm
A Holocaust museum in Brooklyn tells the story through the eyes of Orthodox Jews
The dynamics of the genocide’s impact on religious belief and Orthodox rescue efforts are among the topics covered at New York’s Amud Aish Memorial Museum
By Jon Kalish
Maziar Bahari, December 4, 2017. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
March 12, 2018, 1:29 am
Tortured Iranian expat makes documentaries to educate Muslims about Holocaust
Maziar Bahari’s home country imprisoned him for his education initiatives, but he continues to preach against genocide — including at Monday’s speech at the USHMM
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Students protesting against gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 21, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
March 9, 2018, 10:30 am
How ‘Never Again’ evolved from Holocaust commemoration slogan to universal call
Rooted in the Holocaust experience, the phrase has come to serve a huge variety of political and social causes, from Meir Kahane’s militancy to gun control
By Emily Burack
Conceptualization of the Holocaust and human rights museum under construction in Dallas, Texas, set to open in 2019, created by Berenbaum Jacobs Associates (courtesy)
February 26, 2018, 10:03 pm
New Holocaust museums draw connections to local history to inspire ‘upstanders’
From Skokie to Skopje, newly designed memorials encourage visitors to ‘participate in repair’ — by looking within themselves
By Matt Lebovic
Aaron Elster stands in front of his hologram. (Ron Gould/via JTA)
January 27, 2018, 3:16 pm
At this Holocaust museum, you can speak with holograms of survivors
The New Dimensions in Testimony exhibit is permanently on display at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, where 3-D projections can answer thousands of questions
By Ellen Braunstein
LeVar Burton in the 1977 television miniseries 'Roots,' and Meryl Streep in 1978's 'Holocaust' miniseries (ABC and NBC, respectively)
December 27, 2017, 10:59 pm
When slavery and the Holocaust visited American living rooms
Aired on television within months of each other, 40 years ago ‘Roots’ and ‘Holocaust’ broke cultural taboos by depicting some of history’s worst atrocities
By Matt Lebovic
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. (Wikimedia Commons)
From the WebDecember 20, 2017, 1:42 am
US Holocaust Museum tries again on contentious Syria study
Memorial in Washington re-releases report on civil war that caused firestorm when first published earlier this year, The New York Times reports
Truus Wijsmuller with bust of her likeness in Amsterdam, 1965. (GaHetNA via Wikicommons)
October 25, 2017, 8:13 am
Truus Wijsmuller saved thousands of Jews in WWII. Why has no one heard of her?
40 years after death of Dutch rescuer, a film is finally being made about how this unknown savior found havens for Jewish children under Nazi rule
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The so-called 'People's Court' of Nazi Germany, set up outside of normal constitutional frameworks, 1944 (Public domain)
June 23, 2017, 10:02 pm
Boston event commends Nazi-era citizens’ acts of virtue, even as their judges abetted genocide
Tied to a US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit on how courts aided Nazi Germany, legal experts discuss the role of tribunals in protecting minorities
By Matt Lebovic
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 4, 2017, 10:25 pm
US Holocaust museum releases online encyclopedia of Nazi sites
Two volumes covering early concentration camps, ghettos now available; third part to come out in 2018
By JTA
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