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How do we know how many people were killed in the Holocaust?

Documenting Genocide

How do we know how many people were killed in the Holocaust?

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Introduction to the Holocaust

Introduction to the Holocaust

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National Events

Hate and Its Impact:
Sowing the Seeds of Global Antisemitism

This event will also be live streamed

Washington, DC 1 P.M.

50 Children: Rescuing the Collections

Highland Park, IL 7 P.M.

50 Children: Rescuing the Collections

Chicago, IL 12 A.M.

Race and Society in Nazi Germany and the US:
From Swastika to Jim Crow

Philadelphia, PA 7 P.M.
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What is genocide?

The word, as we know it, didn’t exist until 1944.

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News

Museum Director Sara Bloomfield’s Remarks at United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

Museum Letter to Senate Sponsors of Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act

Museum Finds Compelling Evidence Genocide was Committed Against Rohingya, Warns of Continued Threat

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Museum's commemoration ceremony, including remarks by the German ambassador and a Holocaust survivor, is happening now.

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