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Responding to Genocide Today

From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide

From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide

As part of our ongoing efforts to teach audiences that preventing and responding to genocide is one of the most compelling ways that individuals can choose to act today, the Museum has opened the new interactive installation From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide on April 23rd. Using innovative technology and compelling eyewitness testimony, the installation introduces visitors to genocide today and asks them to respond to the question: "What will you do to meet the challenge of genocide?" More »

World Is Witness

World Is Witness

Our staff and guest contributors bring you updates from the field, eyewitness testimony, photographs, interactive maps, and more. Witness for yourself here on our web site and inside Google Earth. More »

President Obama’s Days of Remembrance Address

President Obama’s Days of Remembrance Address

President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the Museum’s national Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on April 23. More »

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World Refugee Day

Last week, communities around the world observed World Refugee Day. Although conflicts and disasters have uprooted people throughout human history, the legal definition of a refugee developed relatively recently in response to the Holocaust. More »


Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

Well-founded fear of persecution

June 25, 2009

Joel Charny, of Refugees International, discusses the challenges of today’s refugee response system. More »


Genocide Prevention Task Force

Co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, the Genocide Prevention Task Force released its final report on December 8, 2008. More »