Category: Human Rights

March 28, 2019 Press Contacts Raymund Flandez: Communications Officer 202.314.1772 rflandez@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit WASHINGTON —  For the Jewish villagers of Kippenheim, no challenge was as urgent or formidable as escaping Nazi Germany, often by acquiring American visas. In his book, The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz and a Village Caught in Between, author and U.S. Holocaust…

April 05, 2019   Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM STATEMENT ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-five years ago, the world watched in horror as within 100 days, as many as one million Rwandans, predominantly Tutsi, were murdered. In…

April 08, 2019 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit WASHINGTON, DC – On International Roma Day, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum welcomes efforts in Congress and in US embassies around the world to recognize the genocide against Europe’s Roma at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators, to…

October 24, 2019 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council for the remainder of five-year terms expiring January 15, 2024. Adam E. Beren of Kansas Joshua B. Bolten of the District of…

October 25, 2019   Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit IRANIAN-CANADIAN JOURNALIST MAZIAR BAHARI WHOSE IMPRISONMENT WAS CHRONICLED IN THE FEATURE FILM ROSEWATER TO RECEIVE U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM’S ELIE WIESEL AWARD WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will confer its highest honor, the Elie Wiesel Award, on Iranian-Canadian journalist…

December 11, 2019 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit   UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM OUTRAGED AT DEADLY NEW JERSEY ANTISEMITIC ATTACK WASHINGTON, DC – The Museum is outraged by the deadly antisemitic attack in Jersey City, New Jersey. This is only the most recent such attack as we witness rising…

December 18, 2019 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council for a five-year term expiring January 15, 2025: Alan D. Listhaus of Pennsylvania Howard M. Lorber of New York – Reappointed Eli…

January 28, 2020 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit Documents and Photographs Provide New Insight into Operations of One of Nazi Germany’s Killing Centers WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today announced an important new addition to its collection. The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection provides an unprecedented view…

January 30, 2020 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit   PRESIDENT TRUMP APPOINTS THREE TO UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council: Mendel Goldstein of California (term ending January 15, 2024)…

March 11, 2020 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on the Risk of Further Crimes Against Humanity in Syria as Conflict Enters Tenth Year  Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit WASHINGTON, DC – As the Syrian crisis enters its tenth year, threats to civilians in Syria have reached a critical…