In this January 2026 report, Genocide and the Courts: A Brief Review of Jurisprudence on the Crime of Genocide from Nuremberg to Today, Ambassador David Scheffer narrates how courts around the world, ...

These Holocaust lesson plans introduce key concepts and information to middle school and high school students. Grounded in historical context, the lessons utilize primary source materials from the ...

While Sihanouk was beloved by many Cambodians, his often authoritarian rule gave rise to underground opposition. In 1960, a small group of Cambodians, led by Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot) and ...

The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a report in February 2025, “Eight Years On, China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire: How China’s Policies in the Uyghur Region ...

From Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945, the Nazis imprisoned millions of people in tens of thousands of sites throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe.

1. Group portrait of naked survivors in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

The only exhibition that brings together many original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum; Exhibition will be free to the public for the first time. WASHINGTON – The United ...

Curatorial Affairs United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel.: 202.382.0220 Fax: 202.479.9726 E-mail: curator@ushmm.org Though we do not know ...

At this free, virtual conference, discover the latest practices in accurate, meaningful teaching about the Holocaust with leading historians and educators. Bring the Museum's collection into your ...

Ruth Cohen was born Renee Friedman on April 26, 1930, to Herman and Bertha Friedman in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia (today Mukachevo, Ukraine) . Herman and his brother were wholesale wine and beer ...

美国大屠杀纪念馆的西蒙-斯克约特防止种族灭绝中心于2021年11月发布报告，“让我们慢慢消失”中国政府对维吾尔人的攻击。 中国政府对维吾尔族人们的袭击规模和严重程度令人震惊。 该报告 ...