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Head of Anne Frank Educational Center questions Yad Vashem's Germany expansion, drawing backlash

The Israeli-born educator warned that Yad Vashem's planned branches in Germany could face controversy over the institution's ties to the Israeli government.

People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.
Exterior view of the new Yad Vashem Education Center in Munich.

Yad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers

Lebanese banker Antoun Sehnaoui and his Jewish partner Morgan Ortagus seen at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 14, 2026.

Lebanese banker receives hate comments over large Holocaust museum donation

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum acquires rare World War II-era Captain America comics


Rio inaugurates long-awaited Holocaust memorial with 72-foot-tall tower

Several government officials and Jewish communal representatives attended an inauguration event in Brazil’s second largest city on Sunday.

A rendering of the new Holocaust memorial in Rio de Janeiro.

US Holocaust museum launches program on Jews who fled to Iran from Nazis

Despite the incredible story behind the event, not much is known about it, as Iran's leaders actively work to suppress information about the Holocaust.

Tower of Faces at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

US Holocaust Memorial, Iranian website launch Holocaust education project

The project, named after Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat based in Paris who saved many Iranian and non-Iranian Jews in occupied France.

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US Holocaust Memorial Museum to close on November 23 over COVID-19 fears

The decision was motivated by an inability to guarantee the health and safety of workers, visitors and volunteers due to COVID-19.

Tower of Faces at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

750 Jewish and Holocaust scholars sign petition against Yad Vashem head

Eitam's critics say he is unfit to lead because he called for most Palestinians in the West Bank to be expelled and for Arab Israelis to be excluded from the country’s political system.

DR. ARKADAI ZELTSER in the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.

As a Holocaust historian, I’m horrified that a bigot may lead Yad Vashem

The mission of Yad Vashem is to teach values that stem from the lessons I learned from the rescuers: the importance of valuing human rights and respecting everyone.

Effi Eitam in 2002; background Yad Vashem in 2020

National Holocaust Centre receives grant from UK's Culture Recovery Fund

The grant offered by CRF will be used to ensure continued operations amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year

75 years ago Holocaust survivors celebrated Sukkot on their own terms

For the first time since their liberation, the survivors of the Shoah sat down together to reflect on their only recently acquired freedom from their nightmarish bondage.

Jewish men gather in a communal sukkah in the Amberg displaced person's camp in Amberg, Germany, October 1947

Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on Holocaust museum

Lawmakers are debating whether the museum should be located in the capital, Stockholm, or in Malmö, a city that has seen intense antisemitism in recent years.

The Swedish flag is seen at Gamla Stan, the Old City of Stockholm, Sweden, May 7, 2017.

Window of New Mexico Holocaust Museum smashed by vandals

The head of the museum does not think it is a coincidence.

A STAR of David is seen at the new Holocaust museum called the House of Fates in Budapest, Hungary, last year