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Q&A with Atina Grossmann on Jewish Refugees in India and Iran
By: HMC Editorial Staff – On June 27, 2021, we listened to Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at the Cooper Union in New York City, discuss the Jews who escaped…

BOOK REVIEW: “The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive”
By: Alan Gershel, Volunteer Docent – One of my colleagues in our docent training class, who was aware that I was a former prosecutor with an interest in the Nuremberg…

Your Membership Gift Has The Power To Overcome Prejudice And Hatred
By: Justin Bean, Membership and Data Manager – The Holocaust Memorial Center plays a unique role in our community. Each year, thousands of students and adults from all walks of…

Artifact Spotlight: MS St. Louis Sailor’s Hatband
This uniform hatband came from a sailor who served on the MS St. Louis. This artifact is on display in the Rise of Nazism Gallery at the Holocaust Memorial Center.…

“D-Day, Normandy, and Beyond,” Frank Everard’s collection of personal stories from Veterans and Victims
By: Frank C. Everards, Operator and oral historian of D-Day, Normandy and Beyond – The Zekelman Holocaust Center was pleased to invite Frank Everards to write a blog post about…

Whose story is being told?
By: Mark Mulder, Exhibitions Curator – Recently, I have been paying attention to a growing national fascination with true crime documentaries, shows, and podcasts. It has become so popular that…

A Cry for Tomorrow
By: HMC Editorial Staff – Dr. David Weinberg, many years a member of the Holocaust Memorial Center, was first introduced to Berry Nahmia at a synagogue in Athens, Greece, at…

Berlin’s Jewish Hospital
By Dr. Stuart Falk, Volunteer Docent The survival of 800 adults and children in WWII Germany at Berlin’s Jewish Hospital is the subject Daniel Silver’s book Refuge in Hell: How…