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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders to confront antisemitism and hatred, #PreventGenocide, and promote human dignity.

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#AnneFrank was born #OnThisDay in 1929. Through the diary she wrote while in hiding from the Nazis, Anne came to symbolize the lost promise—the dreams cut short—of child victims of the Holocaust. What might have become of this girl who was already a gifted writer?
Photo: Anne Frank Fonds

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After high-ranking Nazi Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated in May 1942, the Nazis randomly chose to punish the Czech Christian town Lidice. In early June 1942, German police and SS officers murdered hundreds from the town. Then they destroyed it. 📷: Library of Congress

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Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns died heroically #OTD in 2009 while protecting Museum visitors and staff. His memory occupies a permanent place in our hearts. https://t.co/j67aFzADBy

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D-Day #OnThisDay in 1944, helped turn the tide against the Nazis. Jews still in ghettos, concentration camps, and in hiding celebrated the invasion, hoping the end of the war was near. 📷: National Archives

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As Iraq struggled to maintain independence from the British, Nazi antisemitic propaganda spread. In 1941, Iraq formed a pro-German government. That same year, a pogrom called the Farhud targeted Iraqi Jews, perceived as working with the British, leading to the deaths of 150–180.

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#OTD in 1943, the Nazis ended the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising after burning the ghetto down block by block. Thousands of Jews were killed—those captured were murdered in a killing center or imprisoned in Nazi camps. The uprising inspired Jews to fight back across Nazi-occupied Europe.

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In the aftermath of the Holocaust, much of Europe remained unwelcoming and even deadly for Jews.

#OTD in 1948, the modern State of Israel was established, finally allowing tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors to rebuild their lives there. https://t.co/8r6DiyyaCn

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@FIUdc Thank you for visiting our Museum. We appreciate you taking the time to visit and learning about this history.

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@andilovesB1993 @DevorahChaya Thank you for your question. Tragically, Hana’s father did not survive the Holocaust. While Hana and her mother, Priska, were liberated in 1945, her father did not survive the war.

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Two months pregnant, Priska Löwenbein clung to her husband inside the railcar. In a last act of hope, they named their baby before arriving at Auschwitz. Priska hid her growing body and was transferred to a labor camp. Less than a month before liberation, she gave birth to Hana.

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Our Museum mourns Holocaust survivor, Council member, and singular Jewish leader Abraham Foxman. He devoted his life to confronting antisemitism and hatred. Speaking often about his Catholic rescuer, he challenged us to make a difference. Our condolences to the Foxman family. https://t.co/8YVur5pzPF

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Thank you for your question. Yes, Hana and her mother survived the Holocaust. After surviving selection at Auschwitz, Hana’s mother, Priska, was sent to a forced labor camp, where she secretly carried her pregnancy. In April 1945, just weeks before liberation, she gave birth to Hana without medication in the basement of the factory where she was assigned to work.

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#OTD in 1945, Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender ended the war in Europe. Celebrations erupted worldwide. VE Day is also a time to remember those killed during the war, including the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. #America250 📷: USHMM, courtesy of Lowell Thomas

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“I remember that there were piles and piles of corpses.” —Charles Torluccio, veteran of the 11th Armored Division

#OTD in 1945, the US Army liberated Mauthausen concentration camp. At least 95,000 prisoners, 12,000 of them Jewish, died in that camp system between 1938 and 1945. Learn More: https://t.co/IbltBdnP9m
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#OTD in May 1945, the 71st Infantry Division liberated Gunskirchen. There they found some 15,000 prisoners. "The living and dead, evidence of horror and brutality beyond one’s imagination was there ... " wrote Major Cameron Coffman. #America250
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Joanna Szydłowska secretly took photos of female Polish prisoners subjected to medical experiments at Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was a victim too. The camp was liberated #OTD in 1945 by the Soviets. Doctors who performed the experiments were later tried for their crimes. 📷: USHMM, courtesy of Anna Hassa Jarosky and Peter Hassa

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#OnThisDay in 1945, Dachau—the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazis—was liberated by the US Army. At least 40,000 prisoners died at Dachau between 1933 and 1945. #America250

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Edith Eger was resolved to keep her story of survival and loss during the Holocaust a secret, but learned that in keeping secrets, she wasn’t reconciling her own pain. She became a renowned author and psychologist. She passed away yesterday at the age of 98. 📷: Alamy

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#OTD in 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested hundreds of Armenian leaders in Constantinople (today, Istanbul)—the start of the Armenian genocide. As many as 1.2 million people were killed during the #ArmenianGenocide between spring 1915 to fall 1916. https://t.co/jqUC2HecIC

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In January 2027, our Museum is excited to welcome @Musealia @AuschwitzMuseum's acclaimed exhibit "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” Learn more: https://t.co/BwGlcZ48Le