The internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In Hebrew, ...

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the National Security Archive launched the first phase of a ...

Sima Gleichgevicht-Wasser was born in Warsaw’s Henryków district in 1923 and grew up in a traditional Jewish home. Her father, Joshua Gleichgevicht, was a manager in a cork insulation factory and the ...

A dedicated community of emerging philanthropists and leaders, the Next Generation supports the Museum through public outreach and fundraising events. Join this dynamic group in Chicago, New York, or ...

Attend this free online conference to gain strategies for delivering accurate and meaningful Holocaust education to all students. With guidance from experienced ...

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Holocaust denial and violent antisemitism surge globally, abuse and exploitation of Holocaust memory have become alarmingly commonplace. It must stop.

Learn about the Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the Museum or request to hear a survivor share his or her experiences in person.

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, ...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide seeks applicants from early career scholars for its Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research ...

Today at the Museum, as at all federal buildings, our flags are flown at half staff. We do so each year in remembrance of the lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year it is also in memory ...