This exhibition is a portrait of American society that shows how the Depression, isolationism, xenophobia, racism, and antisemitism shaped responses to Nazism and the Holocaust. It reveals how much ...

These Holocaust lesson plans introduce key concepts and information to middle school and high school students. Grounded in historical context, the lessons utilize primary source materials from the ...

While Sihanouk was beloved by many Cambodians, his often authoritarian rule gave rise to underground opposition. In 1960, a small group of Cambodians, led by Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot) and ...

The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Learn more in the Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia.

The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a report in February 2025, “Eight Years On, China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire: How China’s Policies in the Uyghur Region ...

Leading decision makers from more than a dozen countries gathered in The Hague from June 29 to July 1, 2015, to examine the failure of the international community to prevent the fall of the United ...

For survivors, their life is forever divided—before the Holocaust and after. Many lost family, friends, and entire communities. They also mourn their stolen youth and dreams for the future. Long after ...

1. Group portrait of naked survivors in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Marcel Drimer was born Marceli Drimmer on May 1, 1934 in Drohobycz, Poland (today Drohobych, Ukraine). His father, Jacob, worked as an accountant in a lumber factory while his mother, Laura (Gruber), ...

Today at the Museum, as at all federal buildings, our flags are flown at half staff. We do so each year in remembrance of the lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year it is also in memory ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a report in November 2021, “To Make Us Slowly Disappear”: The Chinese Government’s Assault on ...

Voices on Antisemitism features a broad range of perspectives about antisemitism and hatred. This podcast featured dozens of guests over its ten-year run. Listen to selected episodes below or view the ...