Holocaust memorials

By Gina Gomez Jan 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) James von Brunn, who was charged with murdering a security guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. in the month of June last year, died on Wednesday in a prison hospital. The accused was 89 years old at the time of his death and has died due [...]  

The Holocaust shooter dies. Actually, James von Brunn will be known as the alleged Holocaust museum shooter because he didn’t live long enough to be prosecutor and found guilty of the crime he committed. That in itself is a crying shame. He is the man who walked into the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. [...]  

WASHINGTON - The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting last year at Washington's Holocaust Memorial Museum died yesterday in North Carolina, where he had been held while awaiting trial, authorities said.  

The white supremacist who shot and killed a black security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington has died in hospital as he was awaiting trialThe white supremacist who shot and killed a black security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington as a protest against what he claimed was a Jewish takeover of America has died in hospital near the North Carolina prison where he had been awaiting trial.James von Brunn...  

Holocaust Memorial Ceremony and Concert, UN General Assembly Hall, 7:00 p.m, Wednesday January 27, 2010. With the theme “Holocaust remembrance: the Legacy of Survival”, the solemn ceremony and concert will mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the former death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and underscore the universal lessons that survivors will pass on to future generations. [...]  

Visiting Israel's Yad Vashem memorial and museum, one learns that millions of Jews murdered in the Holocaust cannot even be identified (and thus remembered) by name. Yad Vashem has accordingly established a database of Shoah victims' names that it seeks to complete. In creating the permanent exhibition for the new Holocaust History Museum, one of the many elements Yad Vashem sought to introduce was the emphasis on the fate of the individual...  

Once in power, the Nazis eliminated the "marketplace of ideas" through terror and media manipulation and mobilized propaganda as a weapon to unite the German people around a "leader" and to facilitate aggression, mass murder, and genocide. This site explores the Nazis' sophisticated propaganda campaigns and their legacy.  

United Nations Amb. Susan Rice discusses preventing genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Click above for transcript and video. Excerpt on Rice discussing President Obama on the Darfur region genocide in Sudan, interviewed by Michael Abramowitz, who is the...  

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday described a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial as a disturbing encounter with hatred, days after his decision to move the controversial World War II-era pope closer to s. Read the latest information about Pope as this story develops.  

The Vatican is on the defensive as Jewish groups object to its decision to move Pius XII, the wartime pope, toward sainthood. James Carroll on the church's shameful bid to rewrite Holocaust history. Arbeit Macht Frei was an instance of the Big Lie, a...  

OSWIECIM, Poland – The Nazis' infamous iron sign declaring "Arbeit Macht Frei" — German for "Work Sets You Free" — was stolen Friday from the entrance of the former Auschwitz death camp, Polish police said.The 5-meter-long (16-foot-long), 40-kilogram (90-pound) iron sign at the Holocaust memorial site in southern Poland was unscrewed on one side and torn off on the other, police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo said.The theft from the entrance to...  

The Museum’s Permanent Exhibition The Holocaust spans three floors of the Museum building. It presents a narrative history using more than 900 artifacts, 70 video monitors, and four theaters that include historic film footage and eyewitness testimonies. The exhibition is divided into three parts: “Nazi Assault,” “Final Solution,” and “Last Chapter.” The narrative begins with images of death and destruction as witnessed by American soldiers...  

(JTA) -- Holocaust memorial institutions in France and Israel commemorated the round-up 67 years ago of Tunisian Jews. Ceremonies Wednesday at Yad Vashem and Sunday and at the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris marked the Dec. 9 1942 round-up of Tunisian ...  

magine a Christmas tree saving Jewish lives. This 1940 photo did just that. To promote his photography studio, Mosa Mandil took this picture of his children with a Christmas tree. With it, he later saved his children, and today the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is saving his memories. Millions of lives were scarred or destroyed by the Holocaust. But each individual was "one in a million." That's why we are urgently trying to locate...  

This social network provides a collaborative workspace for Holocaust educators to address pedagogical issues and to share resources. Ning participants include members of the Midwest Holocaust Education Consortium held annually at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Holocaust educators from other locales and individuals affiliated with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.