U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum- 1 of 3

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is our memorial to the 6 million Jews plus many others that were murdered during the Holocaust from 1933-45. The museum opens at 10am and closes at 5pm. We were there from 10-5:30pm (yes, they had to escort us out). Although we have gone to many Holocaust museum’s and memorials over the years in Jerusalem, NY, LA, Skokie, IL, Amsterdam, Dubai, UK, Newport Beach, and most recently, Prague, we had not been here in almost 30 years.

The Museum’s mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this tragedy to preserve the memory of those who suffered and to help ensure we never forget. The museum was established by Jimmy Carter in 1978-9 by a Commission that did a thorough study as to what the memorial should represent and how it should be presented.

Our remembering is an act of generosity, aimed at saving people in the future from apathy to evil and to transform as many human beings as possible. The Holocaust memory will dominate future events as it currently affects so many people’s thinking and actions. It could not have occurred without the collapse of religious and social norms, somehow “forgetting” that all humans are created in the likeness of God. By studying the Holocaust, this museum hopes to help immunize us against this disease that was particular to the this time.

In this first posting, get a small feel for how it began and grew and the countries/communities affected and the American response.En savoir plus