The president paid tribute to Holocaust survivors and launched the Atrocities Prevention Board to coordinate the US response to genocide.
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Holocaust Days of Remembrance
View the webcast of the National Days of Remembrance commemoration in the US Capitol Rotunda.
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Museum Wins Two Webby Awards
The Museum's Remember Me? website project took home two Webbies, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
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Bringing the History of In Darkness to Light
Discover the connection between a young girl’s green sweater in the Museum’s collection and the Oscar-nominated film.
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Sing with Me: “Never Again!”
Listen to David Draiman, lead singer of the hard-rock band Disturbed, explain why he wrote a song about Holocaust denial and antisemitism.
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May 1960: Eichmann Trial
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was tried in Israel, where the proceedings brought world attention to the voices of Holocaust survivors.
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Take action to confront genocide and related crimes against humanity today.
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View highlights from the Museum’s collections and the stories they bring to life.
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April 23, 2012
President Obama Announces Genocide Prevention Initiative at Museum
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Burmese Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Receive United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Elie Wiesel Award at National Tribute Dinner
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The Museum’s Michael Abramowitz Argues for Genocide Prevention on Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times Blog
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Museum Condemns Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism Espoused by Illinois Congressional Candidate
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Museum Lauds New International Tracing Service Agreement
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CNN Features World Memory Project
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Featured Events
First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors. Join us at the Museum each week to hear survivors share their extraordinary life stories in their own words, or listen to the podcast series.
More »May 21. In New York, NY: Explore the Nazi use of propaganda and how to recognize biased information today.
More »May 21. In Cleveland, OH: Former US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey delivers the keynote address at the Museum's 2012 Cleveland Luncheon.
More »June 20. In Washington, DC: Randolph L. Braham, one of the world's foremost authorities on the Holocaust in Hungary, delivers the 2012 Monna and Otto Weinmann Lecture.
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