 Exterior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a national institution located adjacent to The National Mall in Washington, DC, dedicated to documenting, studying, and interpreting the history of the Holocaust. It also serves as the United States' memorial to those killed in the Holocaust. Download high resolution version (1200x858, 135 KB)Picture of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Taken by Raul654 on June 23, 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...
Martha Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, current First Lady of the United States (2001-present) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ...
First Lady Laura Bush Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the First Lady of the United States. ...
Facing west across the Mall, with ones back towards the United States Capitol. ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...
The museum was chartered by a unanimous act of the U.S. Congress in 1980. It was first opened to visitors in April 1993. The facilities house a number of exhibitions, artworks, publications, and artifacts relating to the Holocaust. The museum collects and preserves material evidence, distributes educational materials, and produces public programming. The Holocaust Museum also holds annual Holocaust commemorations and remembrances. Congress in Joint Session. ...
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The street that the museum is located on is named Raoul Wallenberg Place, after the Swedish diplomat who is believed to have saved 10,000 Jews in Hungary during the Second World War. Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947) in passport photo from June 1944 Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg in Great Cumberland Place, London USPS Wallenberg Stamp, 1997 Memorial to Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary (help· info) (August 4, 1912 — July 16, 1947 (unconfirmed)) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Swedish Wallenberg...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Currently the museum is headed up by Fred Zeidman, Chairman, and Dr. Joel Geiderman, vice-chairman, along with a board of directors and many supporters who make the museum financially possible.
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