Nathan Spitzer (now Nat Shaffir) was born on December 26, 1936, in Iaşi, Romania, to Anton and Fany Spitzer. In 1924, Anton and his two older brothers moved from the region of Transylvania to Bucium, ...

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 ...

Voices on Antisemitism features a broad range of perspectives about antisemitism and hatred. This podcast featured dozens of guests over its ten-year run. Listen to selected episodes below or view the ...

Pursuing Justice for Mass Atrocities: A Handbook for Victim Groups provides guidance on what victim groups can do to advance justice efforts during and in the aftermath of genocide and related crimes ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is outraged by the desecration of the memorial site to the victims of the Jedwabne massacre and the violent disruption of the commemoration ...

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is outraged at the horrific antisemitic terrorist attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., that claimed the lives of two ...

The Museum welcomes President Trump's new appointments to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Ariel Simon Abergel, DC Jonathan Burkan, NY Robert David Garson, FL Tila Falic, FL Barbara ...

Three decades after the end of the devastating 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which included genocide and crimes against humanity, this multiethnic Balkan country is in the grips of an ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s determination that genocide is being perpetrated in Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias is a somber acknowledgment of the ...

WASHINGTON, DC – One year ago, Hamas terrorists orchestrated an unconscionable attack on Israel, resulting in the single deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. More than 1,200 men, women, and ...

On September 19, 2023, following a nine-month blockade and a military offensive by Azerbaijan, ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave in Azerbaijan, packed up everything they ...