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In Memoriam

Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the tragic passing of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, who died heroically in the line of duty on June 10 protecting our visitors and staff.

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Lore Ross

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Lore Ross.

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Alison Des Forges

It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Dr. Alison Des Forges, who was killed in the plane crash in Buffalo, New York on Thursday, February 12, 2009.

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Harriet McBryde Johnson

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of author, disability advocate, and attorney Harriet McBryde Johnson.

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Irena Sendler

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who helped smuggle more than 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust.

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Miles Lerman

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum deeply mourns the passing of Miles Lerman, Holocaust survivor, partisan fighter in the forests of Poland, international leader in the cause of Holocaust remembrance, and a "founding father" of the Museum.

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Cardinal Lustiger

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris. He strove constantly to build bridges of interfaith and interethnic understanding and was an outspoken opponent of racism and antisemitism.

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Raul Hilberg

The Museum mourns the passing of Professor Raul Hilberg, world-renowned scholar, founder of the academic field of Holocaust studies, and a key figure in the establishment and development of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Sol LeWitt

The Museum notes with sadness the passing on April 8, 2007, of artist Sol LeWitt. LeWitt created one of four commissioned pieces of art on display in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Benjamin Meed

The Museum mourns the passing of Benjamin Meed, Holocaust survivor, leader of the survivor community and a founding father of the Museum.

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James Ingo Freed

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of world renowned architect James Ingo Freed.

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Pope John Paul II

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Pope John Paul II, whose experiences as a young man under Nazi occupation were to shape much of his papacy.

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Sister Rose Thering

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Sister Rose Thering, a passionate voice against antisemitism and a pioneer in Catholic-Jewish relations, on May 6, 2006.

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Iris Chang

In Memory: Iris Chang
1998 Afternoon Presentation

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