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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, , inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, , and promote human dignity.

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  1. Oskar Gröning, known as the Accountant of Auschwitz, witnessed the murder of Jews but depicted himself as but a cog in the machine of the Final Solution. Join us Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at our Museum to consider the question: How do we seek and achieve justice?

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  2. Although the Nazis did not have an organized program to eliminate African Germans, many of them were persecuted in German-occupied territories. Learn more about blacks during the Holocaust era.

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  3. in 1943, Nazi Germany’s relentless push into Eastern Europe finally came to a halt when the Soviet Union defeated the German army at Stalingrad. This pivotal change in momentum began the long retreat that ended in Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.

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  4. "I had to decide this question as to whether a 94-year-old man who did this terrible deed 70 years before was still guilty of the crime." Join us on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7 pm at our Museum to consider the question: Is it ever too late to seek justice?

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  5. After serving during World War II, Dino Brugioni joined the CIA. During his time in the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center, he began to wonder what photographs they might have of Auschwitz in 1944. Listen to his account:

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  6. After the Holocaust, two photo albums surfaced of , both from the perspective of the SS, but with a chilling contrast. The differences in the albums show how the SS created two alternative views of reality during a horrific period of mass murder.

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  7. Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933. It’s vital to understand the conditions that paved the way for Hitler and the Nazi regime to rise to power. How did the conditions of 1920s and ’30s Germany impact the fragility of the German government?

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  8. "Today we have a new enemy. It’s time. Unfortunately, many of us are getting older," said Holocaust survivor Nat Shaffir. "Many of us are dying out. Right now, I still have my voice. Once I’m gone, I need the young generation to be our voices."

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  9. Nat Shaffir was just 7 when his father was sent away for forced labor. “Nat, take care of the girls," his father said, putting him in charge of his mother and sisters." Nat, his sisters, and parents survived the Holocaust, but he lost 33 other family members.

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  10. "Antisemitism has been and remains a constant of the European experience. Holocaust denial, claims that the genocide of the Jews never occurred, is relatively rare but distortion of the Holocaust seems almost omnipresent," said Robert Williams, International Affairs.

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  11. "The Holocaust deprived me of the guidance of a father and the companionship of 2 siblings," said Holocaust survivor Alfred Münzer. "Worse, the solemn promise 'Never Again' did not spell an end to antisemitism or to prejudice and hate directed to anyone perceived as the other."

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  12. "We're experiencing a resurgence in antisemitic violence and speech. Racists feel emboldened. You need not be Jewish to be alarmed by this dangerous trend. Whenever antisemitism is expressed publicly without shame, an entire society is at risk,"—USHMM Historian .

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  13. USHMM staff and Holocaust survivors, who volunteer at our Museum, provided testimony Wednesday in Congress about the ongoing battle against hate in America and rising antisemitism and xenophobia in Europe.

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  14. "The power of Holocaust history is to help us understand the consequences of unchecked antisemitism and the viral nature of hate,"—Tad Stahnke, Dir. International Educational Outreach. "And like all good history, we hope it provokes questions and critical thinking."

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  15. , an exhibition that addresses one of the central questions about the Holocaust: What role did ordinary people play, opens today in the Visitors Lobby in New York. See it on weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Feb. 23.

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  16. in 1943, Nazi authorities ordered all Roma and Sinti residing in the Greater German Reich to be deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. By the end of the war, at least 23,000 Roma and Sinti had been deported to Auschwitz, where 20,000 were murdered.

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  17. “Our jaws dropped because Sobibor had really, until now, been sort of a black hole, and here was this direct, literal lens into this site." Before the discovery of the Collection, only two photos of the camp in operation were known to exist.

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  18. Today we received a donation of the Sobibor Perpetrator Collection, which through photos and documents, provides an unprecedented view into the operations of the Sobibor killing center, its staff, and topography. Learn more:

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  19. Thank you and the students from Central School in Kewanee, Illinois, for participating in our International program. Agi was overwhelmed by your thoughtful questions and your desire to learn the lessons of the Holocaust.

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  20. "When people learn about the Holocaust, they often ask themselves, 'What would I have done?' We want them to ask, now that I know, 'What will I do?' " said Diane Saltzman, Director of Constituency Engagement.

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