Efforts to restrict or ban communication methods and prevent international media access can be indicators of mass atrocity risk. Historically, the military has employed heavy censorship, punishing ...

In 1942, members of the Schwarz family packed their belongings, hid them in the attic for safekeeping, and left their home. Like many Jews who received ...

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. In 2019 Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would open the archival record of Pope Pius XII ...

Three decades after the end of the devastating 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which included genocide and crimes against humanity, this multiethnic Balkan country is in the grips of an ...

The Museum offers a wide selection of online resources about the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities. These tools provide a variety of ways to learn and teach about this important ...

“If a conflict breaks out in South Sudan now, it will be like no other. The destruction and suffering will be unprecedented.” — Ambassador Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, from remarks ...

These videos and accompanying lesson plans have been curated by Museum historians and educators for use in middle and high school classrooms to support accurate and effective teaching about the ...

The claim of Jesus’ followers that their Master was the sole authentic interpreter of Mosaic Law was not unusual. What set his followers apart was the claim that God had raised him up from the dead.

Because the Holocaust involved people in different roles and situations living in countries across Europe over a period of time—from Nazi Germany in the 1930s to German-occupied Hungary in 1944—one ...

Uyghurs are barred from freely practicing their religion, speaking their language, and expressing other fundamental elements of their identity. Restrictions apply to many aspects of life, including ...