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Survival, Resistance, and Escape on Palawan
Incredibly, a handful of American POWs managed to survive the Palawan massacre and with the aid of Filipino guerrillas reached safety.
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Adolf Hitler and the Origins of the Berlin-Tokyo Axis
How Japan was imagined in Germany and in Hitler’s racial worldview needs to be defined precisely.
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"Everyone Has a Katrina Story”: 15 Years of Reflection
One of the Museum's longest-serving employees reflects on one of the most trying times in the institution's history.
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Camp Lucky Strike: RAMP Camp No. 1
The cigarette camp “Camp Lucky Strike” was a bustling tent city of 58,000 impatient American troops awaiting transportation back to the United States after Victory in Europe. Lucky Strike was described as both “seventh heaven” and complete chaos.
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The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz-Birkenau
On May 16, 1944, when SS men arrived in the Romani section of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Roma refused to leave their barracks and armed themselves for a fight to the death.
Past Events
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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
08/06/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for an engaging discussion on the lead up to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 76 years after that historic day, between author David Dean Barrett and the Museum’s Senior Historian Rob Citino, PhD.
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Naturalization Ceremony
07/02/2021 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMJoin us to welcome new Americans into citizenship.
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Student Leadership Academy (June 20 - 26, 2021)
06/20/2021 - 06/26/2021 | 12:00 AMStudent Leadership Academy is the Museum’s premier leadership-training program for high school and undergraduate students, The Academy's experiential learning activities are based on leadership qualities defined by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States.
