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    Our Museum will reopen on October 26. To enhance safety for our visitors, you will notice changes to how you visit the Museum, such as required face coverings, free timed-entry tickets with a $1 transaction fee per person, and other safety requirements and measures.

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  2. made his debut in 1941. The misbehaving monkey was the creation of Holocaust survivors Hans and Margret Rey. As Nazi tanks rolled into Paris, the couple fled on bicycles, carrying manuscripts and art for what became the beloved children's series. 📸

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  3. As our Museum reopens today, the health and safety of our visitors, staff, and volunteers are our highest priority. To help reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19, the Museum is reopening and requiring social distancing, face coverings, and timed-entry tickets.

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  4. Tomorrow, October 26, our doors will reopen to the public at a reduced capacity. Learn more about our new health and safety guidelines before visiting our Museum.

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  5. “We were then sealed off, cut off from the outside world…,” wrote survivor Charlotte Baum about living in the Riga ghetto, sealed in 1941. Some 30,000 Jews were imprisoned there for over a month, before the vast majority were shot in a nearby forest.

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  6. When you see symbols like the swastika, do you know what they mean? Despite its extensive history and enduring power, the swastika has predominantly become a symbol of hate.

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  7. From listening to podcasts of survivor interviews to exploring artifacts in our collections online, the Museum’s free resources connect you to the power of Holocaust history.

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  8. Oct 23

    20 years ago today, the Media Trial began, weighing the role of tabloid and radio station founders in inciting genocide. The trial examined the boundaries of free speech rights and "what kind of speech is protected and where the limits lie."

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  9. What pressures affected German Jews who were considering the difficult path of emigration? German policy encouraged Jews to emigrate until October 1941, but gradually, the Nazis aimed to make the process more difficult and financially infeasible for Jews attempting to flee.

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  10. As a young Jewish boy in Hungary in the early 1940s, George Pick experienced antisemitism firsthand. Today, as a Museum volunteer, George shares his story and teaches millions about where intolerance and bigotry can lead.

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  11. In 1939, the Nazis launched a "euthanasia" program to kill people with mental and physical disabilities. Code-named "Operation T4," within two years the operation resulted in the murder of more than 70,000 individuals. Pictured here are T4 staff at a social gathering.

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  12. Even while celebrating the most important moments of their lives, Jews were forced to wear the star to segregate them and reinforce their "inferior" status in Germany and occupied areas. The badge was a form of , or hatred of Jews.

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  13. To visit, free timed-entry tickets are required (with a $1 transaction fee). Click here to learn what you need to know before planning your visit and reserve your ticket today.

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  14. Face coverings must be worn by visitors ages 2 and up, and all visitors must complete temperature screening prior to entry. We also ask that all visitors maintain social distance inside the Museum and on Museum grounds.

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  15. Resilience. Courage. Strength. Even in the most unimaginable circumstances. Hear from Holocaust survivors. Discover free educational resources.

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  16. What did the Holocaust look like through the lens of those committing the crimes? The Höcker album chronicled SS activities at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The rare images provide a chilling contrast to the photos of thousands of Jews deported to Auschwitz at the same time.

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  17. The Holocaust is the best-documented case of genocide, Calculating the number of individuals who were killed as the result of Nazi policies is still a difficult task. This often leads to misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the statistics of victims.

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  18. Helene Lebel was a 19-year-old law student when she first showed signs of mental illness. She was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. After Germany annexed Austria, her home country, her disability put her life at risk. Read her story

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  19. Albert Garih discovered a love for the cinema at a young age, especially for movies about justice. "I was mesmerized ... Having lived through the war, I was sensitive to injustice, because I had been submitted to injustice myself."

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  20. “For three months I was disguised as a man, and very successfully.…I passed my mother several times…she never recognized me.” Frieda Belinfante, a Jewish lesbian, hid from Nazi authorities while in the Dutch resistance. Listen to her story.

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