Tag: Holocaust Museum

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com to Digitize Vast Archive for Web

WASHINGTON (AP).- Joseph Finkelstein had never seen a photograph of his grandfather. The family had no idea when he died or where he was buried. Finkelstein’s father last saw him on April 28, 1945, when they were separated at Mathaussen Concentration …

US Museum Seeks to Identify Children of Holocaust

WASHINGTON (AP).- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is trying to identify more than 1,000 children in photos that date from when they were scattered across Europe at the end of World War II and taken in by relief agencies. The museum’s “Remember Me”…

Scale Model of the Warsaw Ghetto at the "From Holocaust to Revival" Museum

YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…

Scale Model of the Warsaw Ghetto at the "From Holocaust to Revival" Museum

YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…

In Warsaw Ghetto Model, Holocaust Horror Paced Out

YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…

Yad Vashem Gets Access to Polish Archives

WARSAW (AP).- Israel’s Holocaust museum Yad Vashem signed an agreement with Poland on Monday that gives it access to World War II-era documents held in archives across the eastern European country. The material, held in 34 state-run and provincial arc…

United States Museum Slams Romania for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Coin

BUCHAREST (AP).- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania’s central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is “insensitive” to the memory of H…

United States Museum Slams Romania for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Coin

BUCHAREST (AP).- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania’s central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is “insensitive” to the memory of H…

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