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The “Holocaust by Bullets” in Ukraine
The Holocaust in Ukraine represents the first phase of the Holocaust in which an estimated 1.5 million Jews were shot to death at close range in ravines, open fields, and forests.
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Louisiana Spotlight: Hammond Army Air Field
Louisiana was dotted with Army Air Fields during World War II. Most of them exist today as civilian airports, their military history long forgotten.
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‘Dispose of Them’: Massacre of American POWs in the Philippines
As the Allied liberation of the Philippines was underway, Japanese commanders acted on orders to annihilate American POWs rather than allow them to assist enemy efforts, and in December 1944 cruelly executed 139 American POWs on Palawan.
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Dunbar High School: Class of '43
Principal Frederic MacFarlane speaks about the importance of an education for his students and also of the many challenges for African Americans that lay ahead.
Past Events
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Medal of Honor Community Forum
10/30/2023 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMThe National WWII Museum is proud to host the 2023 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention, the largest annual gathering of Medal of Honor Recipients, this fall in New Orleans.
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Fall Educator Appreciation Night/LCSS Conference
10/15/2023 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMThe National WWII Museum invites all educators to our FREE Fall Educator Appreciation Night on Sunday, October 15! This event is also the Welcome Reception for the 2023 Louisiana Council for the Social Studies Conference (LCSS) which will be held at the Museum on October 16–17.
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The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany (May 30 - June 10, 2023)
05/30/2023 - 06/10/2023 | 12:00 AMFeaturing noted historian Dr. Alexandra Richie, The National WWII Museum's exclusive 12-day trip explores Germany and Poland through the lens of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Led by Dr. Richie—one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe—the tour will visit Berlin's Olympic Stadium and Reichstag; sites of the Third Reich's exploits and atrocities across Europe at Auschwitz, Wannsee, and Warsaw; as well as stunning cathedrals and Teutonic castles. With full-time guides and historians to add depth and context to every stop and special guests with firsthand recollections of the war years, travelers will have access to a uniquely immersive historical view of Germany and Poland as they travel in comfort to some of Europe's most extraordinary sites.
