The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum deeply mourns the passing of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate, and international leader of the Holocaust remembrance movement. In the ...

Holocaust denial by Iranian officials, especially by the Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, has presented a negative image of Iran and Iranians around the world, ...

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CHAPTER 23—UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Sec. 2301. Establishment of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; functions. 2302. Functions of the Council; membership. 2303. Compensation; ...

On January 27, 1945, Primo Levi was among the prisoners who were liberated from Auschwitz by the Soviets. Levi had spent nearly a year at the camp. After returning to his native Turin, Italy, Levi ...

Visitors encounter Sol LeWitt’s wall drawing Consequence, situated in the Museum’s second-floor lounge, just after they leave the portion of the Permanent Exhibition dedicated to the ghettos and death ...

Dr. Götz Aly received Ph.D. in history and political science at the Free University in Berlin, Germany. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was an independent historian. For his J.B. and Maurice C ...

Professor Susan Gilson Miller is a professor of History at the University of California, Davis. She earned her PhD in History and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in ...

Dr. Marta Kurkowska-Budzan received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in history from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. During her fellowship at the Museum, she was Lecturer at the same university. For her ...

Professor Robert Ericksen received a Ph.D. in history from the London School of Economics, an M.A. in history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a B.A. in history from Pacific ...

Mr. Nick Terry received a B.A. with honors in history from the University of London. During his fellowship at the Museum he was a Ph.D. candidate in history and Tutor of modern European history at ...

Professor Erin McGlothlin earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in German from the University of Virginia and her B.A. in German from the University of Texas, Austin. During her fellowship at the Museum, she was ...