United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. the Museum provides a powerful lesson in the fragility of freedom, the myth of progress, and the need for vigilance in preserving democratic values. With unique power and authenticity, the Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide.

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Genocide

One million handmade bones laid out on the National Mall, as a protest against genocide and mass atrocities.

One million handmade bones laid out on the National Mall, as a protest against genocide and mass atrocities

Complicity

Chinese peasants gather in May 1969 in a field in Hungching region around a huge portrait of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976), as they read collectively 'Little Red Book' of quotations from Mao's works

Chinese peasants gather in May 1969 in a field in Hungching region around a huge portrait of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976), as they read collectively "Little Red Book" of quotations from Mao's works.

Denial

Monument to the Srebrenica Massacre marks the event even as denial has increased over the last 25 years.

Human Rights

A photograph depicted Khmer Rouge victims at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, September 22, 2016.

International Response

Strasbourg, France - July 11, 2015: Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration to protest against Chinese government's policy in Uyghur

Strasbourg, France - July 11, 2015: Uyghur human rights activists participate in a demonstration to protest against Chinese government's policy in Uyghur.

Propaganda

Examples of Nazi Propaganda from the 1930s.

Remembrance

Field of Wheat - Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine

Field of Wheat - Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine.

Resistance

This monument is to symbolize the campaign against genocide. It is a military museum located in Kigali Rwanda.

Survival

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II at the Armenian Genocide monument in Yerevan for a torch lighting ceremony for the genocide victims in Darfur. The two men are standing on purple cloth, with Garegin on the left and Williams on the right.