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Before the film, which is set against the backdrop of the Bosnian war, Jolie toured the Museum's exhibit on genocide prevention.
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Angelina Jolie Premieres Film at Museum
World Memory Project Milestone
Contributors from around the world help key one million Museum records on Holocaust victims.
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Remember Me?
Help the Museum determine the fates of 1,100 children displaced and alone at the end of World War II. Watch the CBS News story on the project.
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Holocaust Days of Remembrance, April 15–22
Learn about the 2012 theme Choosing to Act: Stories of Rescue and start planning your observance with our free guide.
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January 1945: Liberation of Auschwitz
Soviet forces entered Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, liberating the camp's more than 7,000 remaining prisoners.
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Workshop for Educators
Apply for a three-day workshop to explore methodology and content for teaching about the Holocaust. Deadline: January 26, 2012.
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Take action to confront genocide and related crimes against humanity today.
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View highlights from the Museum’s collections and the stories they bring to life.
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Latest News
December 9, 2011
Museum Lauds New International Tracing Service Agreement
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CNN Features World Memory Project
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President Obama Appoints Five New Members to Museum Council
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CBS News Spotlights Museum's Remember Me? Project
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Ancestry.com and the Museum Release First Searchable Online Records Collections from World Memory Project
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Featured Events
January 30. In Boca Raton, FL: Join us for the Museum’s annual South Florida Luncheon, featuring John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Division, FBI.
More »February 2. In Washington, DC: Leaders in the fields of international justice and diplomacy discuss whether justice is finally being delivered to the perpetrators of wartime atrocities.
More »February 8. In Austin, TX: Watch the Museum's rare interview outtakes from Claude Lanzmann's groundbreaking documentary SHOAH with the Austin Film Society.
More »February 22. In Boca Raton, FL: Survivors of the Vel d’Hiv Roundup introduce a screening of Sarah’s Key, an acclaimed dramatization of the 1942 Nazi raid in Paris.
More »February 29. In Washington, DC: Professor Steven T. Katz discusses Jewish resistance during the Holocaust in the 2012 J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Annual Lecture.
More »March 11. In Boca Raton, FL: Historian Barbara McDonald Stewart shares the unique perspective provided by the diaries of her father, James G. McDonald, League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees during the 1930s and the first US Ambassador to Israel.
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