Join us virtually, live from the US Capitol, for the national commemoration of the Holocaust to remember the six million Jews ...

Designed to support accurate, meaningful teaching about the Holocaust, the Belfer National Conference for Holocaust Education is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s flagship professional ...

The legal term “genocide” refers to certain acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Genocide is an international crime, ...

This 13-minute film traces Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s ascent to power in Germany, paving the way for the Holocaust and World War II. Check at the Information Desk in the Hall of Witness for ...

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Two weeks before the Olympics began, German officials informed Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann that she was denied a place on the team, although she had equaled the German women's record in the high ...

The Museum is located on the National Mall, just south of Independence Avenue, SW, between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place in Washington, DC. The nearest Metro stop is Smithsonian on the Orange ...

A controversial move at the Games was the benching of two American Jewish runners, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. Both had trained for the 4x100-meter relay, but on the day before the event, they ...

Milton Green (left), captain of the Harvard University track team, took first place in the 110-meter high hurdles in regional pre-Olympic trials. His teammate, Norman Cahners, also Jewish, qualified ...

Professional boxing was among the few integrated sports in the United States, and prize-fighter Joe Louis was a hero to American Blacks. On June 19, 1936, after rain postponed the fight a day, the ...