May 2nd

Under the Carter Presidency, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council was established to institutionalize the official remembrance of  the Holocaust.  The Council was charged with the responsibility of fostering remembrance in two important ways: through the annual civil commemoration of Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust; and by planning, raising funds for, and constructing the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
(information below from the Museum website: http://www.ushmm.org/)

Chartered by a unanimous Act of Congress in 1980 and located adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Museum strives to broaden public understanding of the history of the Holocaust through multifaceted programs: exhibitions; research and publication; collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts relating to the Holocaust; annual Holocaust commemorations known as the Days of Remembrance; distribution of educational materials and teacher resources; and a variety of public programming designed to enhance understanding of the Holocaust and related issues, including those of contemporary significance.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national  institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of  Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims --- six million were murdered; Gypsies, the handicapped, and Poles were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons. Millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny.

DOCUMENTS TITLES ON DISPLAY

-The United States Holocaust Memorial Council : a nation remembers, 1986. Y 3.H 74:2 H 74
-Remember the children : Daniel's story : teacher guide, 1999. Y 3.H 74:8 D 22/2
-The Nazi Olympics : Berlin, 1936: teacher guide, 1998. Y 3.H 74:8 T 22/2/Pack.
-Days of remembrance, April 22-29, 1990 : remembering the voices that were silenced : planning guide, 1990. Y 3.H 74:8 D 33/990
-Guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, 1994. Y 3.H 74:8/T 22/994
-Oral history interview guidelines, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,1998.
  Y 3.H 74:8 H 62
-Hidden history of the Kovno Ghetto : teacher guide, 1998. Y 3.H 74:8 T 22/3/PACK.
-Remember the children : Daniel's story, 1992. Y 3.H 74:2 C 43/2
-Victims of the Nazi: Poles, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 P 75/2
-Victims of the Nazi: Jehovah's Witnesses, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 J 38/998
-Victims of the Nazi: Homosexuals, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 H 75/998
-Victims of the Nazi: Handicapped, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 H 19/998
-Victims of the Nazi: Sinti & Roma, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 SI 6/998
-A resource book for educators : teaching about the holocaust, 1995. Y 3.H 74:2 T 22
-Night of pogroms : "Kristallnacht," November 9-10, 1938, 1998. Y 3.H 74:2 P 75
-The National Learning Center presents "Remember the children" : an exhibit for children about     the Holocaust, 1988. Y 3.H 74:2 C 43
-Nazi book burning and the American response, 1988. Y 3.H 74:2 N 23
-Liberation of the Nazi concentration camps 1945, 1987. Y 3.H 74:2 L 61
-The holocaust: a historical summary, 1997. Y 3.H 74:2 H 74/7
-Fifty years ago: revolt amid the darkness, 1993. Y 3.H 74:8 D 33/993
-Day of remembrance: in memory of the Gypsy victims of Nazi genocide, 1986.
  Y 3.H 74:9 D33/5
-The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936, poster, nd. Y 3.H 74:2 N 23/2
Fifty years after the eve of destruction, 1989. Y 3.H 74:2 D 33/989