Tag: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Anthony P. DEsposito, a Republican Congressman representing New York's 4th Congressional District, has been vocal in his support for Israel, emphasizing the importance of strong leadership and resources to combat anti-Semitism and support Jewish causes.
The author discusses how the Israeli government's conduct in the war against Hamas in Gaza is contributing to rising antisemitism, making American Jews feel less safe.
David Rubenstein, a Jewish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, has purchased a 40% stake in Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles franchise.
In this article, the author describes how they stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters while researching a column called "Seeking Relatives" in the Forward newspaper's archives.
This article discusses the story of Chiune Sempo Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII who saved the lives of over 4,000 Jewish refugees by issuing transit visas to Japan.
In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss whether or not Jews enjoy going to the beach.
The recently discovered collection of 361 photographs, including 62 from the Sobibor death camp, sheds light on the complicity of Nazi guards, particularly non-German auxiliaries from the Trawniki SS training camp, in the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
The text discusses the resurgence of Nazi symbolism, the global rise in anti-Semitism, and the failure in transmitting meaningful knowledge about the Holocaust in the United States.
Yaffa Eliach, a prominent Holocaust researcher and storyteller, was known for her work in capturing the faces and stories of the Holocaust, particularly through her photographic exhibition of her childhood village displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
"Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935" portrays the efforts of James G. McDonald in the 1930s to aid German Jews facing Nazi persecution, his struggles to secure refugee immigration programs, and his encounters with prominent figures like Hitler, Roosevelt, and Cardinal Pacelli.