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How will you Remember?
Days of Remembrance, April 23-30, 2006

“How does one mourn for six million people who died? How many candles does one light? How many prayers does one recite? Do we know how to remember the victims, their solitude, their helplessness? They left us without a trace, and we are their trace.”
—Elie Wiesel, Days of Remembrance 2001

This year’s commemoration
Learn about the theme: Legacies of Justice »

Past commemorations
See video of commemorations held in the United States Capitol Rotunda and read speeches by ceremony speakers such as Laura Bush, Elie Wiesel, Ruth Mandel, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Condoleeza Rice, Benjamin Meed, and others »

Visitors speak about the importance of remembrance
Play each video to hear what a teacher, student, and local and international visitors have to say.

The theme for this year’s commemoration is “Legacies of Justice,” in honor of the courage of, and the precedents set by, those who testified during the trials of Nazi war criminals. The theme also pays tribute to those who tirelessly work for the cause of justice, both then and now. Today, more than ever before, individual and communal willingness to seek justice after the Holocaust serves as a powerful example of how our nation can – and must – respond to unprecedented crimes. We must vigorously pursue justice for the victims of such acts of hatred and inhumanity, not only for their sake but for the sake of present and future generations.

Names reading in the Museum’s Hall of Remembrance

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
10:15 a.m.–4:30 p.m
Hall of Remembrance
Each year, the USHMM commemorates The Days of Remembrance by holding a reading of names. On April 25, 2006, this year’s Day of Remembrance, the Museum invites visitors to participate in a names reading ceremony held in the Hall of Remembrance, one of our memorial areas. The ongoing ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. and continues until 4:30 p.m. During your visit to the Museum on this day, add your voice to others as we remember the victims of the Holocaust. The event is open to all who wish to participate.

Make a Tribute and Express yourself to loved ones
Many people have contributed to the Museum to honor or to memorialize special individuals in their lives. Such heartfelt gifts express love for the honorees and advance the deeply held convictions of remembrance and consciousness. By filling in the form, you can lift up the name of someone special to show that they are foremost in your thoughts and will never be forgotten. Your gift to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will be acknowleged in our Roll of Remembrance, located in the Donor Lounge.
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LINKS

• “The Nuremberg Trials and Their Legacy”
  
  (USHMM Special Focus page)
• “Bibliographies: The Nuremberg Trials”
  
  (USHMM Library)
• The Doctors Trial: The Medical Case of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings
  
  (USHMM Online Exhibition)
• Web site of the Museum’s Committee on Conscience
  
  (USHMM)

 

“A single landmark of justice and honor does not make a world of peace.”
— Former U.S. Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, January 1947.

 

Print and wear this sticker
Participate in Days of Remembrance by wearing these stickers and distributing them throughout your communities. (It is recommended that you print the stickers out on Avery 5294 or equivalent 2-1/2" round labels)
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Plan a community observance
Civic ceremonies, university lectures, library displays of books related to historical and contemporary genocide are only some of the ways to Remember victims of the Holocaust. Plan an observance in your community for next year.
Here’s how to get started »
Military commemorations »

A Changed World: The Continuing Impact of the Holocaust brochure
This brochure is available here online or at the Museum’s information desk.
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