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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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    We are shocked and alarmed at the second deadly attack on an American synagogue in six months, this time at Congregation Chabad in , on the last day of Passover. It must serve as another wake-up call that antisemitism is a growing and deadly menace.

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  2. We must revisit and learn from the painful history of the Holocaust to prevent it from happening again. This week we honor the memory of the survivors and victims of the Holocaust in Days of Remembrance, the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust.

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  3. Peter Feigl was only 15 years old when he scaled the border fence into Switzerland, dodging gunfire from German patrols as he ran for safety. Learn Peter’s full life story:

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  4. Beate and Serge Klarsfeld took bold and dangerous measures to break the conspiracy of silence surrounding accused Nazi criminals and collaborators who were living comfortably after the war. Live on Monday, 4/29, at 4:30 p.m. ET meet these Nazi hunters.

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  5. Why might the development of an internal political police force be a warning sign for mass atrocity? The Gestapo was established in April 1933. Unlike other police, they were inseparable from the Nazi Party and sought to carry out the regime's goals:

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  6. They are bankers, tailors, engineers, pharmacists, and painters who risk their lives to rescue others. More than 260 volunteer have died saving 115,000 lives in . Next week they will receive our highest honor, the Award.

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  7. Manny Mandel desperately wanted a bicycle when he was seven, but his father refused. Manny later learned that his father feared a little boy wearing a Jewish star, riding a brand-new bicycle, would be a target. Today at 11 a.m. ET, meet Manny.

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  8. in 1945, US troops coming from the west and Soviet troops coming from the east met at the Elbe River near Torgau, Germany, effectively cutting the country in half. This crucial moment in the last days of WWII is now remembered as .

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  9. Join our live commemoration as the victims of the Holocaust on 4/29 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch a candle-lighting by Holocaust survivors and hear from Sigal Mandelker, a Treasury Department under secretary and daughter of Holocaust survivors.

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  10. The , sometimes called the first genocide of the twentieth century, took place between Spring 1915 and Autumn 1916. At least 664,000 and possibly as many as 1.2 million died during the genocide. Read more:

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  11. With false French papers, Rose-Helene Spreiregen and her grandmother fled German-occupied France by train. Her grandmother pretended to sleep so police didn't discover she spoke little French. Today at 11 am ET, hear how Rose-Helene got them to safety.

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  12. What allows centuries-old anti-Jewish stereotypes and “traditions” to persist? So-called medieval antisemitism was built on the foundation of religious persecution of Jews. Learn the history of religious

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  13. We commend the Catholic Church and Interior Minister in Poland for denouncing this dangerous antisemitic ritual, but all of Poland's leaders must unequivocally reject it. There is no place for hate-filled and dehumanizing acts in any society.

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  14. The wild grasses rustle over Babi Yar. The trees look ominous, like judges. Here all things scream silently, and, baring my head, slowly I feel myself turning grey. From “Babi Yar,” Yevgeni Yevtushenko.

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  15. Do you know how this museum came to be? 26 years ago, our museum opened its doors as America's national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and educational institution. Learn why we're here and the impact we hope we continue to make:

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  16. We condemn the hate-fueled attacks on churches and elsewhere in during services. We stand in solidarity with the innocent victims and their families.

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  17. Al Münzer was a baby when he went into hiding with an Indonesian-Dutch family. He slept with the family nanny who “kept a knife under her pillow, vowing to kill any Nazi who tried to get me." rescuers who risked their lives for others.

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  18. Celebrating Hitler is as much a symbol of hate as the Nazi salute or the Nazi-appropriated swastika. How does knowing the history of these symbols of hate help us better understand and confront it?

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  19. Listen to Holocaust survivor Estelle Laughlin recall the moment she and her family bolted into their underground bunker during the , while an ill-equipped band of Jewish fighters held off German authorities for a month:

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  20. Apr 19

    Powerful photos show the Great Synagogue of Warsaw that the Nazis destroyed projected onto a building where it once stood

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