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type: Institution
sources: ClaimsCon'06, YV, Mémorial Text cited from: www.ushmm.org/ (27 August 2014)
general description: The Museum’s collection is the basis for investigating aspects of the Holocaust and its lasting impact. In order to properly understand the events associated with the Third Reich and the Nazi occupation of Europe from 1933 to 1945 within their historical context, the temporal parameters of collecting activity extend from the end of World War I to the close of the Jewish displaced persons (DP) camps in the mid-1950s. The Museum’s collection is represented by a broad range of subject areas, including: - Prewar communal life of victim groups in affected areas of Europe and North Africa - Nazi rise to power - Nazi racial “science” and the propaganda campaign against Jews, Roma (Gypsies), and other targeted groups in Germany during the 1930s - Flight of victim groups from Nazi-occupied Europe and refugee communities in various countries - World response to the rise of Nazism and the persecution of Jews and other targeted groups - Nazi occupation policies and practices - Roundups, deportations, and murder of European Jewry - Mass shootings conducted by the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) as well as other German and indigenous police and auxiliary units - Ghettos, concentration camps, labor camps, and killing centers - Fate of Poles, Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the mentally and physically handicapped, Soviet prisoners of war, and other targeted groups during the war - Persecution of and by indigenous populations - Nazi collaborators - Regimes of the Nazi satellite states and their treatment of the populations under their control - Resistance to Nazi policies and actions - Rescue efforts and Bricha - Life in hiding during the Holocaust - Discovery, disclosure, and liberation of the concentration and death camps - War crimes trials and the search for and apprehension of war criminals - Experiences and testimonies of victim groups following liberation - Jewish experiences in displaced persons (DP) camps and elsewhere - Legal and illegal immigratio…
has or had agent name: USHMM
history: The creation of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum—America's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust and our national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history—began as an idea in 1978 which, transformed into reality, has become an internationally recognized institution visited by 2 million people annually. On November 1, 1978, President Jimmy Carter established the President's Commission on the Holocaust, and charged it with the responsibility to submit a report on three significant issues: the creation of an appropriate memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust; the feasibility of creating and maintaining a memorial through contributions by the American people; and recommendations for appropriate ways the nation could commemorate Days of Remembrance each year for victims of the Holocaust. Chaired by author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, the Commission submitted its report to President Carter on September 27, 1979. The Commission's recommendation was to establish a memorial with three main components: a national Holocaust memorial/museum; an educational foundation; and a Committee on Conscience. In 1980, the United States Congress, by unanimous vote, established the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, with its mandate being the creation of a living memorial to the 6 million Jews and millions of other victims who perished during the Holocaust. Dedication ceremonies for the Museum took place on April 22, 1993, and included speeches by President Bill Clinton; Chaim Herzog, president of Israel; Harvey Meyerhoff, chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council; and Elie Wiesel, who had been awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Several days later, on April 26, the Museum officially opened to the public—with its first visitor being His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Museum building contains permanent and temporary exhibition spaces; Remember the Children: Daniel's Stor…
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