Press Room Archive
In the News
The Museum's Michael Abramowitz Argues for Genocide Prevention on Nicholas Kristof's New York TImes Blog, March 28, 2012, March 28, 2012 CNN Features World Memory Project, November 29, 2011 Museum interview with Holocaust survivor and human rights lawyer Thomas Buergenthal on pursuing international justice and reconciliation, October 18, 2011 Museum Director Sara Bloomfield Op-ed on Nuremberg and Eichmann Trials, May 1, 2011 Museum Days of Remembrance Op-ed in Sun-Sentinel , May 1, 2011 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Op-ed on Preventing Genocide Today, January 27, 2011 Museum Foreign Affairs Article on Sudan's Secession Crisis, December 22, 2010
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Paul Shapiro Awarded Germany’s Highest Civilian Recognition, the Cross of the Order of Merit, May 20, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Groundbreaking Encyclopedia Documenting the Scope of the Nazi Camp and Ghetto Universe Wins Association of Jewish Libraries Award, March 1, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Groundbreaking Encyclopedia Documenting the Scope of the Nazi Camp and Ghetto Universe Wins National Jewish Book Award, January 14, 2010 Monumental United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Project Uncovers Scope of Nazi Camp and Ghetto Universe, June 3, 2009 “Refugees and Rescue: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1935-1945” Examines his Efforts to Rescue Jews, April 30, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, New York University, Center for Jewish History, and Blavatnik Archive Foundation Hold International Conference on Soviet Jewry During the Holocaust, November 17, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program to Feature French Priest Investigating the Fate of 1.5 Million Ukrainian Jews Murdered During the Holocaust, September 16, 2008 Hitler’s Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism by Father Kevin Spicer Provides First Examination of Catholic Priests who Publicly Supported Nazism, June 11, 2008United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Hosts Seminar for Educators at Hispanic–Serving Higher Education Institutions, December 15, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Honors Jewish Resistance Fighters During the Holocaust, October 16, 2002 Calendar Announcement for the Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 25, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announces Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies fellows for 2001-2002, October 16, 2001 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum undertaking first program ever designed for educators at Black Colleges and Universities, January 9, 2001 Sir Martin Gilbert to Examine Holocaust Research and Writing at United States Holocaust Museum Annual Meyerhoff Lecture, September 26, 2000 Symposium at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Examines the Persecution of Roma and Sinti in Nazi-Dominated Europe, September 21, 2000 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture, June 14, 2000 Third Annual Weinmann Lecture: Survivor Testimony in the First Years After the Holocaust and Today, May 17, 2000 Third Annual Weinmann Lecture: Survivor Testimony in the First Years After the Holocaust and Today, April 28, 2000 Third Annual Weinmann Lecture: Survivor Testimony in the First Years After the Holocaust and Today, December 13, 1999
Collections
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches International Campaign to Identify Children Displaced by World War II and the Holocaust, March 22, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Honor Salvadoran Rescuer and His Partner Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust, September 7, 2010 German Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs to Present Copy of Comprehensive List of Jews Living in Germany in 1933 to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, February 24, 2009 Attorney General Michael Mukasey Announces Donation by U.S. Department of Justice of Copies of Proceedings Against Alleged Nazi War Criminals Living in the United States to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, December 16, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Receives only Known Photo Album owned by an SS Officer from Auschwitz-Birkenau, September 19, 2007 Papers of Ambassador James G. McDonald Record Rise of Nazism to Creation of Israel, April 22, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Receives Lost Archives from Kalmyk Republic of the Russian Federation Detailing Previously Unknown Atrocities, December 22, 2000
Committee on Conscience
President Obama Announces Genocide Prevention Initiative at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 23, 2012 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches “Mladic Files” Documenting War Crimes Trial of Ratko Mladic, October 26, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes Presidential Action on Genocide, August 4, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Independence of South Sudan, July 8, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Violence in Nuba Mountain Region of Sudan, June 17, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Arrest of Ratko Mladic, May 26, 2011 Libya Intervention Shows Shift in Thinking About Mass Atrocities, April 2, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Urges Leaders in Sudan’s North and South to Call for Calm in Advance of South Sudan Referendum, January 5, 2011 Can Obama keep Sudan from exploding after its referendum?, January 2, 2011 French Mémorial de la Shoah and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Convene International Symposium on Genocide Prevention, November 9, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Project Wall-Size Images from South Sudan Onto Museum Exterior in “Our Walls Bear Witness: Sudan At The Crossroads”, October 28, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Reacts to New United Nations Report on Human Rights Violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 1, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Says Indictment of Sudan President Omar Al Bashir on Charges of Genocide an Important Step Towards Accountability, July 13, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Obama Administration’s Proactive Stance on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities and Genocide, June 4, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum adds new data to Google Earth Showing twice as many Destroyed Villages in Darfur, July 30, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. Institute of Peace to Discuss Genocide Prevention Task Force at Chicago–Kent College of Law, June 2, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s New Exhibit From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide Engages Visitors in Genocide Prevention Efforts, May 18, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Decries Eviction of Aid Agencies in Darfur and Southern Sudan, March 5, 2009 Activists, Experts Unite Nationwide to Help End Violence Against Darfuri Women, February 12, 2009 Genocide Prevention Task Force Report Receives Bipartisan Praise, January 15, 2009 Genocide Prevention Task Force Delivers Blueprint for U.S. Government to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities, December 8, 2008 Statement by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Deteriorating Situation in Eastern Congo, October 28, 2008 Museum Issues Statement on Recent Events in Sudan, May 13, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches World Is Witness in Google Earth, April 4, 2008 Madeleine Albright and William Cohen to Co-Chair Genocide Prevention Task Force, November 13, 2007 Mia Farrow to Speak at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Event in New York — “Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan”, November 27, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Project Wall-Sized Images of Genocide in Darfur onto Building Exterior in Week-Long Event, November 8, 2006 Second and Third Americans Honored as Righteous Among Nations Honored at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, August 29, 2006 Two Years After Declaring Darfur, Sudan a “Genocide Emergency”, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Calls for a Renewed Commitment to Stop the Ongoing Carnage, August 24, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Voices on Genocide Prevention Blog, May 16, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Announces Winners of Darfur Editorial-Writing Contest, May 3, 2006 John Heffernan Joins United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience as Genocide Prevention Initiative Director, February 22, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Free Weekly Podcast Series “Voices on Genocide Prevention”, December 21, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Online Congo Exhibition Highlights Angelina Jolie and John Prendergast’s Trip to Country, October 6, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Examines Srebrenica 10 Years Later Through Film Screening, Discussions and Photo Display, June 23, 2005 Genocide Emergency, Darfur, Sudan Display Opens at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, March 22, 2005Not This Time: Taking a Stand Against Genocide in Darfur, March 17, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience Supporting Nationwide Minute of Silence for Darfur, March 1, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Convenes National Student Leader Conference on Darfur, January 31, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes Secretary Powell’s Declaration of Genocide in Darfur, September 10, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Calls Student Leaders to Action on Sudanese Genocide, September 7, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Declares “Genocide Emergency” in Sudan, July 26, 2004 Members of Congress Speak Out at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum About Potential Sudanese Genocide, June 24, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Emphasizes Threat of Genocide in Sudan, April 7, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience Denounces Khartoum’s Ban on Humanitarian Flights, September 30, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience Takes Action to Raise Public Awareness of Sudan Genocide Threat, November 15, 2000 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Appoints New Chair of Committee on Conscience, October 12, 2000 Seeking Refuge in America Today, June 8, 2000 Memory and Truth After Genocide in Guatemala, March 16, 2000 Committee on Conscience Supports Investigation of Human Rights Abuses in East Timor, September 17, 1999 Committee on Conscience Issues Statement on Next Steps for Kosovo, June 18, 1999 Committee on Conscience Issues Statement on Actions in Kosovo, March 31, 1999
Development
Ralph Fiennes to Speak at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program, “The Power of Film and the Holocaust”, January 6, 2010 Chicagoans to be Honored at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 14th Annual Risa K. Lambert Chicago Luncheon, October 8, 2009 Liev Schreiber and Clay Frohman of Defiance to Speak at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 14th Annual Risa K. Lambert Chicago Luncheon, September 23, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Chicago Speaker Series Highlights Recently Published Papers of American Diplomat and First U.S. Ambassador to Israel, May 29, 2009 Vice President Biden to Speak at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's 2009 National Tribute Dinner Honoring Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, April 20, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Applauds Opening of Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, April 15, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hosts Second Biennial Summit for National Youth Leadership Organizations, March 20, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Chicago Speaker Series to Feature Scott Miller, Coauthor of Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust , November 24, 2008 Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation Joins U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Pillars of Memory Society, June 25, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Annual National Tribute Dinner Honors Eric and Lore Ross and Father Patrick Desbois, April 29, 2008 Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation Joins United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Pillars of Memory Society, February 25, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches National Online Youth Service and Education Program, February 1, 2008 Murray and Ellen Koppelman and Sandra Glicksman Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Founders Society, October 3, 2007 Norman and Irma Braman of Miami Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Founders Society, June 14, 2007 Daughters of Absence Touch the Quiet, October 24, 2002Baltimore’s Marcus Family Underwrites 2001 First Person Season at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in memory of Sydney Marcus, March 1, 2001 Kurt and Gerda Klein Featured at Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Book-And-Author Luncheon, July 31, 2000
Education
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Forum Leverages Technology to Make Quality Holocaust Education Available Statewide, October 22, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hosts 9th Annual Southern California Forum on Holocaust Education, March 30, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Holds Southwestern Regional Education Summit at University of Texas at El Paso, February 15, 2008 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Experience in Democracy Leadership Program—Empowering Youth through Leadership Training, July 13, 2007 U.N. and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Hold Seminar on Holocaust and Genocide Prevention, May 11, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hosts Dallas - Fort Worth - Area Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, December 20, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Announces Winners of 2004 Student Art and Writing Contest, June 4, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and California State University Present Fourth Annual Southern California Forum on Holocaust Education, March 15, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Offers First Workshop for Kentucky Educators, January 20, 2004 COPS Awards Police Training Grant to Anti-Defamation League / U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Program, August 28, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Announces Winners of Education Best Practices Awards, May 12, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and San Diego State University Host 3rd Annual Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, April 1, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and University of California Host 1st Annual Northern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, March 19, 2003 Intensive Week-long Conference to Develop National Holocaust Education Leaders Held at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 30, 2002 Educators from across U.S. to Attend Workshops at Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 1, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Announces Winners of 2002 Student Art and Writing Contest, May 30, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Chapman University Host 2nd Annual Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, March 15, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum intern program with DC public schools completes eighth year, November 1, 2001 Special Program at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum brings together Washington area families and public school students, February 25, 2001 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosts Education Forum in Los Angeles, January 25, 2001 Educators from Across US to Attend Workshops at Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 3, 2000 Fifth Annual Educators’ Conference Held at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 28, 2000
Exhibitions
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Major Exhibition State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda , February 4, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race to Open at the United Nations, January 16, 2009 The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 Exhibition Extended, July 22, 2008The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 Exhibition Opens at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 25, April 11, 2008German Hygiene Museum to Host United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition “Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race”, September 22, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition A Dangerous Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Examines History and Resurgence of Infamous Antisemitic Publication, April 10, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Opens Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race , April 7, 2004 Silent Witnesses: Behind the Scenes at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Program Coming to San Francisco, February 2, 2004 Hidden Children of the Holocaust Focus of New Exhibit at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, September 11, 2003 Anne Frank Exhibition Extended Through December 12 at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 21, 2003 Anne Frank’s Original Writings to be on View for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 10th Anniversary, June 11, 2003 Anne Frank’s Writings to be on View for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 10th Anniversary, January 13, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opens Exhibition on the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, November 6, 2002 Oskar Schindler Exhibition Opens at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 19, 2002 The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk Opens at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, January 14, 2002 Croatian WWII Concentration Camp records made available for first time by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, November 13, 2001 Online Exhibition Provides Glance Into Life During Nazi Deportations, July 20, 2000 Flight and Rescue, from Eastern Europe to the Far East — A Remarkable Story of Survival, April 27, 2000 Escape from Poland Through Soviet Union to Japan and China is Focus of Holocaust Museum’s Flight and Rescue Exhibition, April 14, 2000 Varian Fry, Assignment: Rescue, 1940-1941, March 1, 1998
General
Ancestry.Com And United States Holocaust Memorial Museum World Memory Project Makes Information From Three New Collections Searchable Online As It Marks First Anniversary of Partnership, May 17, 2012 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Remember Me? Project Wins Two Webby Awards, May 16, 2012 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Condemns Holocaust Denial from Greek Golden Dawn Party Leader, May 15, 2012 Burmese Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Receive United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Elie Wiesel Award at National Tribute Dinner, April 9, 2012 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Condemns Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism Espoused by Illinois Congressional Candidate, March 2, 2012 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lauds New International Tracing Service Agreement, December 9, 2011 President Obama Appoints Five Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, November 9, 2011 Ancestry.com and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Release First Searchable Online Records Collections From World Memory Project, November 3, 2011 Deborah Lipstadt to Address Law and the Holocaust at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Annual Chicago Luncheon, October 13, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Receives $17.2 Million From Estate of Eric F. Ross, September 27, 2011 Yahad-In Unum and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum To Post Evidence of Holocaust by Bullets in Former Soviet Union Online, May 13, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Conviction of John Demjanjuk, May 12, 2011 Elie Wiesel to be Presented with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Inaugural Award, May 10, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.Com Launch World Memory Project to Create Largest Online Resource of Information on Victims of Holocaust and Nazi Persecution, May 3, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Statement on Current Situation of Roma in Europe, January 10, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Banca Civica Cooperate to Rescue the Evidence of the Holocaust, December 29, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Congratulates Holocaust Survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein on Being Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, November 19, 2010 Boston Globe Op-Ed by Michael Abramowitz and Andrew Natsios, November 16, 2010 Threats to Burn the Koran: The Nazi Book Burnings and Their Lessons for Today, September 9, 2010 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Objects to Cristea Coin, August 20, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shocked and Saddened at the News of the Fire at Majdanek Concentration Camp, August 10, 2010 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Marks First Anniversary of the Loss of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, June 9, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Mourns Passing of Dorothy Height, April 22, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Mourns Death of Polish President and Other Government Officials, April 10, 2010 Historic Gathering of Liberators Highlights Days of Remembrance Ceremony in U.S. Capitol Rotunda, April 7, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Outraged at Desecration of Holocaust Site, March 15, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes 30 Millionth Visitor, March 10, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Death of Miep Gies, January 12, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement, January 6, 2010 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Pope Pius XII, December 21, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Outraged at Desecration of Auschwitz-Birkenau site, December 18, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, June 4, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Leads Annual National Days of Remembrance Commemoration, April 20, 2009 President Barack Obama to Deliver Keynote Address at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Annual Days of Remembrance Ceremony in U.S. Capitol Rotunda, April 15, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement Concerning Vatican decision on Bishop Richard Williamson, January 27, 2009 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Project Portraits of Holocaust Survivors onto Museum’s Hall of Remembrance, November 10, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht , November 4, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Pope Pius XII Records, October 22, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Condemns Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addressing U.N. General Assembly, September 19, 2008 Statement by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Arrest of Bosnian Serbian War Crimes Suspect Radovan Karadzic, July 24, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Mourns the Death of Congressman and Museum Council Member Tom Lantos, February 11, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Mourns the Death of Museum Chairman Emeritus Miles Lerman, January 22, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Makes USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Holocaust Survivor and Witness Testimonies Available to Visitors, November 19, 2007 In Memoriam, August 6, 2007 Survivors Must See the Holocaust Files, May 21, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Join in Online Darfur Mapping Initiative, April 10, 2007 Testimony of Paul A. Shapiro Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe “Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany”, March 28, 2007 Space Shuttle Commander who Took United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Artifact Replica into Space to Visit Museum and Meet Item’s Donor, February 23, 2007 USHMM’s Letter to the Editor in response to this week’s story on newly discovered Frank family correspondence, February 17, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Bi-weekly Podcast Series, Voices on Antisemitism , December 28, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Denounces Iranian Conference on the Holocaust, December 11, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Completes Ten-Year Search to Uncover the Fates of St. Louis Passengers, October 6, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Web Site Life After the Holocaust Examines Post-Holocaust Lives of Survivors, June 20, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Calls for Immediate Access to Closed Archive, March 7, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Denounces Continuing Holocaust Denial in Iran, February 8, 2006 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Denounces Iranian President’s Remarks Denying The Holocaust and Calling for Israel’s Destruction, December 15, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lauds U.N. Decision Establishing International Holocaust Remembrance Day, November 14, 2005 Chief Charles Ramsey of Metropolitan Police Department to be Honored at Holocaust Museum’s Washington Dinner, October 26, 2005 Laura Bush to Deliver Keynote Address at National Holocaust Remembrance Observance, May 5, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Web Site Nominated for Webby Award, April 18, 2005 Aletta Schaap Named United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Chief Operating Officer, February 22, 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Appoints Jordan Tannenbaum as Chief Development Officer, May 17, 2004 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elie Wiesel to Speak at National Days of Remembrance Observance, April 22, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Conference Looks at the Holocaust in Hungary Sixty Years Later, March 11, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Selected by American Association of Museums for 2003-2005 International Partnership Award, March 8, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and World Jewish Congress Publish Survivor Memoirs, February 3, 2004 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Condemns Attack on Terre Haute, Indiana, Candles Holocaust Museum, November 19, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Tribute to Survivors Brings Thousands to Washington, September 29, 2003 Romania and the Holocaust, June 17, 2003 An American Mosaic: Lessons from the Holocaust Launches Museum’s 10th Anniversary, April 30, 2003United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 10th Anniversary Event Showcases Institution’s Impact, April 14, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Marks 10th Anniversary, March 19, 2003 Chairman Fred S. Zeidman expresses outrage over PETA’s desecration of Holocaust memory, March 4, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Demands that PETA stop Exploiting the Holocaust, March 3, 2003 Volunteer Recruitment at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, January 7, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Leader has Audience with Pope, December 10, 2002 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Spanish–Language Web Site, November 1, 2002 Museum joins with Memoirs Project to Preserve and Publish Survivor Writings, May 14, 2002 Condoleezza Rice to Lead Capitol Hill Commemoration for Holocaust Victims during Days of Remembrance, April 9, 2002 Visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Permanent Exhibition: Immediate Entry Available For Government Employees and Retirees, September 4, 2001 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes 16 Millionth Visitor, May 15, 2001 Yad Vashem Directors visit United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, March 2, 2001 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosts tribute for World War II Hero, January 25, 2001 Book Published by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum details life in Displaced Persons Camps, January 22, 2001 President Bill Clinton Signs Legislation Granting Permanent Status for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, October 12, 2000 Prime Minister Persson to deliver keynote at United States National Holocaust Commemoration, March 2, 2000 Baltimore City Police Cadets to Study at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, November 2, 1999 Sara Jane Bloomfield Named United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Executive Director, February 19, 1999
International Tracing Service
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Begin Providing Holocaust Survivors Information from International Tracing Service Archive, January 17, 2008 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes Completion of Ratification Process Opening International Tracing Service Archive, November 28, 2007 Joint Statement by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and International Tracing Service, September 5, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Receives First Shipment of Records from International Tracing Service, August 21, 2007 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the International Tracing Service Archive, May 16, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes Decision to Open International Tracing Service Archives in Germany, May 18, 2006
Media Advisory
Press Release
Public Programs
United States Holocaust Museum Examines Antisemitism During the Holocaust and Today, December 2, 2003 Fighting the Fires of Hate, America and the Nazi Book Burnings Opens at Museum, April 13, 2003Holocaust Survivor Nesse Godin to speak in Wilmington, March 2, 2001 Black German writer to discuss growing up under Nazism, February 20, 2001 Holocaust Survivor keynote speaker at Boca Raton Book-and-Author Luncheon, January 19, 2001 Historian and Author of Best-Selling Hitler Biography to speak at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, January 5, 2001 400 Jewish Children Rescued by Ose and French Villagers Focus of ‘The Children of Chabannes’ Documentary, November 2, 2000 Holocaust Survivors Share Personal Testimony at New Ongoing Public Program at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 14, 2000 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hosts An Evening With Gad Beck, Homosexual Jewish Holocaust Survivor, April 24, 2000 Poetry and the Holocaust, a Special Day-Long Program at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 9, 2000 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hosts Witness: Voices from the Holocaust Washington Premiere, March 31, 2000 Southern Poverty Law Center Reports on Hate Crimes, March 9, 2000 Films on Women Rescuers During World War II to Screen at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, March 7, 2000
Registry
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
President Obama Appoints Three New Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2011 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Expresses
Outrage at Arizona Shooting, January 9, 2011 Tom A. Bernstein appointed United States Holocaust Museum Chairman, September 27, 2010 Twelve Members Appointed to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, February 26, 2009 President Bush Appoints Florence Shapiro to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, July 1, 2008 President Bush Appoints Eleven Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, April 29, 2008 President Bush Appoints Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, October 2, 2007 President Bush Appoints Nine Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, May 3, 2007 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Executive Committee Resolution, December 21, 2006 President Bush Appoints Dennis Prager to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, September 6, 2006 President Bush Appoints Nine Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, May 10, 2006 President Bush Appoints 13 Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, April 25, 2005 President Bush Appoints Jack Rosen to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, May 28, 2004 President Bush Appoints 9 Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, April 29, 2004 President Bush Appoints Two New Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, February 4, 2004 President Bush Appoints New Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, May 7, 2003 President Bush Appoints New Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Council, March 31, 2003 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Chairman Welcomes New Appointees, May 13, 2002 Newly Appointed Chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council will lead Museum into its Second Decade, March 11, 2002 Statement by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, August 14, 2000
