Holocaust Memorial Museum

Harvey ‘Bud’ Meyerhoff, chair of US Holocaust Memorial Museum at its founding, dies at 96

Harvey earned a degree at the University of Wisconsin and served in the Navy near the end of World War II, returning home to join the family business.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
08/08/2023

US unearths historic Holocaust footage of Nazi death train liberation

Survivors, mostly women and children, can be seen in the photos wearing their normal clothes, rather than striped outfits.

Landmark exhibits shed light on life in German displaced person camps after the Holocaust

Life in the DP camps is the subject of a collaborative exhibition between Munich’s Jewish Museum and its City Museum, situated across the square from each other in the city’s center.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
13/07/2023

Toronto’s first Holocaust museum looks to the post-survivor era

The Toronto Holocaust Museum replaces the city’s Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre, founded in 1985 by local survivors who wanted to share their stories with students.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
14/06/2023

Holocaust education: We must show people the evils of antisemitism - opinion

What is the role of Holocaust education? It’s not the answer to a 2,000-year-old problem that manifests itself in multiple forms.

By SARA J. BLOOMFIELD
13/04/2023
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