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VHM Artifact Highlight: Baermann Family Immigration
May 1st, 2017– By stripping German Jews of their rights and livelihoods, the Nazi government sought to create a nation inhospitable to its Jewish population.
VHM Artifact Highlight: Jewish Passport
April 17th, 2017– The Nazis continued to pass decrees and regulations throughout the second half of the 1930s. Each new law further excluded Jews from
NOVA Preview: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
April 6th, 2017– On Wednesday night, the Museum hosted a preview of one of NOVA's latest documentary films, Holocaust Escape Tunnel for members of the
VHM Artifact Highlight: Jewish Segregation
April 3rd, 2017– Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. On April 7, 1933, he enacted his first piece of anti-Jewish legislation.
VHM Artifact Highlight: “Strength through Joy” Armband
March 20th, 2017– After Adolf Hitler took office in 1933, he quickly began implementing the Nazi party’s 25 Point Plan. Part of this plan focused
Preserve US Government Agency that Monitors Anti-Semitism
March 14th, 2017– With reports surfacing that the President plans to defund the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, more than 100
VHM Artifact Highlight: “Only Hitler” Propaganda Poster
March 6th, 2017– Founded in 1920, the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP or Nazis) took its roots from several nationalist right-wing political groups. Their
VHM Artifact Highlight: The Work of Hermann Hirsch
February 20th, 2017– Hermann Hirsch was born on July 4, 1861 in Mönchengladbach, Germany; he was the youngest of eight children born to Moritz and