US Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 13th, 2009
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a monument to the Holocaust history. It is a national institution for study, documentation and interpretation of the Holocaust history. This was built in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, where more or less six million Jews were persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime and its associates.
It was 1980 when the US Congress approved the establishment of this memorial and raised a whopping $190 million for the purchase of artifacts and the construction of the historical museum. After almost 23 years of development, the Holocaust Memorial Museum came to be on April 22, 1993, with nearly 30 million visitors welcomed. All 85 heads of states were present, including 8 million schoolchildren. The monument is located in Washington, D.C., close to the National Mall.
Upon entering the museum, the visitor gets an Identification Card that explains the story of a survivor or victim during the Holocaust. As you go around, the story of that particular person is justified further. The museum has many different parts in it, each with an interesting side to it. Plus, it shows exhibitions that deal with the Holocaust history on a daily basis.
In October 2007, former President http://press-releases.ken-mehlman.com/pepsico-donates-mlk-national-memorial.html”>George W. Bush appointed Ken Mehlman and Marc Goldman to the museum’s council. Ken Mehlman is his former campaign manager while Goldman is an independent businessman. The former is on the board of the Republican Jewish Coalition while Ken Mehlman served as the 62nd chairman of the Republican National Committee.
