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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 9

    The Holocaust is a fact.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Gratified to welcome , , and their colleagues to our Americans and the Holocaust exhibition to learn what Americans in the 1930s and 40s knew about the Holocaust and about the environment that shaped their response.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Teachers from across the country are at this week learning how to engage students with Holocaust history and understand its implications in society today. If you can't be here in person, you can explore our educational resources anytime.

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  4. Jul 24

    Rabbi Benjamin Murmelstein worked with Adolf Eichmann and other Nazis during the Holocaust. This segment from ’s archives explores how to think about people who don’t fit neatly into categories of oppressed or oppressor.

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  5. Jul 24

    For many victims of Nazi brutality, music was an important means of preserving and asserting their humanity. These works offer a glimpse into the events and emotions that their creators experienced firsthand. Explore the songs:

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  6. Jul 23

    In the midst of the Nazi “Final Solution,” a Salvadoran diplomat and a Jewish businessman worked together to save Jews by creating thousands of false identities—beginning in 1942. Hear the full story on .

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  7. Jul 23

    Hidden in a forest northeast of Warsaw in German-occupied Poland, the Nazi killing center known as Treblinka began gassing operations in July 1942. An estimated 925,000 Jews were murdered there before the facility ceased operating in September 1943.

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  8. Jul 22

    Jewish councils were forced to implement Nazi policy in ghettos, but their role during the Holocaust remains controversial. While some complied with orders from the Nazis, others like Adam Czerniakow, from the Warsaw ghetto, refused. Read his story here:

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    New agents and intelligence analysts visit the nation’s capital to view the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as part of their ethics training at the Academy.

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  10. Jul 20

    Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg appeared the model German military man. He initially supported Hitler but grew certain he would destroy Germany. 75 years ago, Stauffenberg carried two bombs in a briefcase to a meeting with Hitler. 📸Bundesarchiv

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  11. Jul 19

    Why were ghettos created? Read about this step in the Nazi process of separating, persecuting, and destroying Europe’s Jews:

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  12. Jul 18

    The Law against the Founding of New Political Parties, passed in July 1933, was pivotal in the Nazi leadership’s efforts to transition Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. It was only one component of the process that made the Holocaust possible.

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  13. Jul 18

    The Museum's Role and Relevance

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  14. Jul 18

    We mourn the death of Vice Chairman Emeritus Mark E. Talisman, a “founding father” of our Museum. His leadership and bold vision were instrumental in shaping our Museum in its formative years.

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  15. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    Delray Beach resident Rose Maklan Ross donated photographs and documents from her parents to the . “And I just couldn’t let it sit there and just disappear," she said. via

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  16. Jul 17

    WATCH NOW: The Plot to Assassinate Hitler - We're live on Facebook discussing the extraordinary group of conspirators who risked everything to stop the fanatic leading Germany.

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  17. Jul 17

    Learn about the extraordinary group of conspirators—some who once collaborated in Hitler's murderous deeds—who risked everything to stop the fanatic leading Germany. The Plot to Assassinate Hitler: Live today on Facebook at 9:30 a.m. ET.

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  18. Jul 16

    While many Germans believed Hitler's promises to "return" the country to his idea of former glory, some saw that his plans to overrun Europe could destroy Germany. A secret network planned to murder him. Learn about their plot tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. ET.

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  19. Jul 16

    in 1942, French police officers carried out the largest arrest of Jews in France during the Holocaust, the Vel d’Hiv roundup. Police delivered about 13,000 men, women and children into Nazi custody. Most of them were sent to Auschwitz and murdered.

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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Attended a moving candle-lighting ceremony at the to remember survivors of religious persecution and start off this week's at . We must assure these heinous crimes are not forgotten, or repeated.

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  21. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Powerful opening ceremony with survivors attending ⁦⁩

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