United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a somber, expansive facility aimed at memorializing the survivors and victims of the Holocaust. Virtually two-thirds of all European Jews were killed in this racial genocide led by Nazi Germany. The Holocaust Memorial Museum tells the history of these horrendous events and the personal stories of those lost and the survivors, as well as remembering the other groups targeted by the Nazis, including the handicapped, some Slavic peoples, Gypsies, communists, socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.
Special monthly exhibits and long-running traveling exhibits ensure that a visit to the museum is never the same twice, while the permanent exhibit, The Holocaust, is the highlight of the museum. It features more than 900 artifacts, 70 video monitors, and four theaters that include historic film footage and eyewitness testimonies. This self-guided exhibit generally takes two to three hours to explore. Some of the most notable features include a complete reconstruction of a barracks at Auschwitz, a special segment dedicated to Anne Frank, prisoner uniforms and other artifacts, the "Voices from Auschwitz" audio theater and the Tower of Faces.
A stark testimony to some harsh realities History can't be erased, but certain events can be better understood, (even if it's painful), as long we take comfort from the fact that we can prevent such wrong doings in the future.
The Holocaust: Through the eyes of a child The Holocaust Museum memorializes one of humanity's worst atrocities, and on the first floor it has made a landmark effort to thoughtfully portray the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of Daniel.
Haunting Voices from the past At the outbreak of World War II, the Jewish community of Lódz, Poland numbered nearly 200,000, roughly 30% of the city's population.
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