i've written a lot about the holocaust including holocaust museum on the tip of manhattan. because as emily the and italian survive of auschwitz said it happened once, can happen again, in the reason for writing about the holocaust, that nothing is unthinkable, nothing. >> host: the thing that is also striking about it is that you don't write about it to be sad or scare people. you have written after you include this incredibly moving letter the museum presents human natures nobelist as well as violence manifestation. it is reseed 43 million visitors, 90% who are non-jewish. and so that, statistic that you found to put with the story that makes you think as horrible as this was wondering about this and then you dug out the good of it, that this is man's noblest is virtue to do this and i were telling about an sharing in working through it tragic when i first -- they decided first two build the holocaust museum right next to washington -- these are not bad people criticizing this but they said why? what's the point? what's this got to do with american history? i wrote a colum

just a concentration camp by the death camp and i've written a lot about the holocaust and the holocaust museum because an italian survivor of auschwitz said it happened once and it can happen again. and there's reason for writing about the holocaust. nothing is unthinkable, nothing. at the thing that is also striking about it is that you don't write about it to be sadder to scare people. you include this incredibly moving letter the museum presents the noblest as well as the most violent manifestations. it's received 43 million visitors 90% were not. that's a statistic you found to put the story that makes you think is asd that's was you bet up the good of that which is this is man's noblest virtue and now we are telling about it and sharing it. >> guest: when they first decided to build the holocaust museum next to the malll in washington. >> host: which would be controversial. guess who it was controversial. people said why? was the point where does this have to do with american history? i wrote a column saying look the mall with its wonderful clean geography and monuments to washington and

holocaust memorial museum here in washington. but that was audio only. e years later, down in florida, where he and my mom had retired after moving from buffalo, at the holocaust documentation education center, down in hollywood, florida, where they were living, and that was audio and video. and to see my dad open up on such a personal level, i obviously knew my parents were holocaust survivors, i knew that my whole life, but to hear in detail all of his recollections, his remembrances of the horror that he and his family went through, and to watch it on video it was just for me such an emotional, powerful experience and i was grateful to our team to help put this documentary together for tonight. that they discovered that they found this video and i could watch it and learn from it. >> i got to say, i got chills when i just heard that. wolf, bllistening to your fathe. for many years in the united states, even for survivors, it wasn't something they talked about as much in some ways as it is discussed now, wolf. did he ever talk to you about wanting to op

and a part of that engraving complex down there and when they were building the contents -- holocaust museum, they used several of the existing buildings over there, and they want to get to see the ross building. and i went down this project, i went on the advisory council, and from 72 to 82, this building on the national register, it was part of an agreement that safety building and said that it would be rehabilitated and used and then we. worked in that building. so yes, there is a very personal connection that i have with that particular structure. >> and with the chief development officer, to raise money? >> you bet. we are in a billion dollar campaign, and we are closing in on our goal. our goal of a billion dollars as i sit here speaking with you. 900 and $92 million. and, what's going to do with that? money >> we have the money that is being raised, supports all of our programs, and the money goes to conservation facility that we build and maryland, dedicated a couple years ago. >> are you still getting in artifacts? >> yes. >> we are actively searching for artifacts, the window is cl

that is my full-time job, for sure. >> is there a section one of six story with the holocaust museum. >> there actually is. the building that i work in, now called the ross building, was part of the auditors complex. this is a very interesting story. auditors complex, part of that bureau printing and engraving complex down there. when they were building the holocaust museum, they couldn't use several of the existing buildings that were there but they wanted to say if they could use the ross building. it had a different aim at that point. i actually worked on this project when i worked for the advisory council from 72 to 82. so that building is on the national register, it was part of a memo of agreement that saved the building. said it would be rehabilitated in adaptively used. i now work in that building. yes, there is a very personal connection that they have to that particular structure. >> what does a chief development officer do, raise money? >> you bet! you bet, we are billion dollar campaign. we are closing in on our goal of one billion dollars. as i sit here speaking with you

here on this document from the holocaust museum in jerusalem i two sham.read bandera helped the nazis create two battalions of ukrainian intelligence as part of their army. and this is the historical memory that no nationalism can freeze out. russian special services have identified another saboteur suspected of organizing a terrorist attack on mozhayskoye highway after a car explosion on august 20, journalist, political scientist and philosopher daria dugina died there, according to investigators, the new person involved in the case provided the killer with forged documents and numbers, and also helped to assemble an explosive device what is known collected by anastasia efimova here i know well all the time. i saw him here, and now for a month and a half he just i don’t see him here, but he left, of course because i’m looking at the car covered in his car in the yard is the volga

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holocaust memorial museum. sara, tell us about this elevator. >> this elevator brings the american public into the holocaust through the eyes of the ordinary american gi who is fighting to defeat navys in world war ii. it is those american soldiers who are the first eye witnesses to the holocaust. and you hear this g.i. coming across these atrocities and asking, how could human beings do this to one another? >> they patrol the leader, call him by radio and say we have come across something. we're not sure what it is. it is a big prison of some kind. and there are people running all over. sick, dying, starved people. you can't imagine it. things like that don't happen. >> sara, tell us about this photo. >> here you see american soldiers who have been obviously courageously fighting their way across europe to liberate it from navyism, and they stumble on concentration camps like this in germany. they have heard about those crimes but now they are seeing them for the first times. they're absolutely stunned. they're

millions of people have toured the holocaust museum in washington, it's so important. so i wanted to take our viewers on a tour. so i walked around. watch this exchange i had with sarah bloomfield, the museum director. we're speaking about the shoes, the shoes that are on exhibit at the museum. watch this. >> these are shoes, old shoes. >> this is one of our most iconic exhibits. if you visit these killing centers today, you see thousands upon thousands of shoes like this. the shoes of the victims. the germans took their shoes because they were going to reuse them and recycle them, if you will. but of course the victims would be killed. but this is what is left of those lives. >> these shoes are 80, 90 years old and they're here. the only surviving elements for all those people who were exterminated. >> this is the trace of the people before they were gassed. >> i think of those shoes. my four grandparents, we didn't have anything. nothing was found basically. it's just horrendous, horrendous situation. it's so important, so timely to remind people who don't know anythi

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here on this document from the holocaust museum in jerusalem i read two sham bandera helped the nazis create two battalions of ukrainian intelligence as part of their army. this is the historical memory that no nationalism can freeze out. russian special services have reinstated another universtante suspected of organizing a terrorist attack on mozhaisk highway after a car explosion on august 20, he died there journalist, political scientist and philosopher daria dugina, according to investigators, the new person involved in the case provided the killer with fake documents and numbers, and also helped to assemble an explosive device. anastasia yefimova collected everything that is known from the participants . here he is well known all the time. i saw him here, but now for a month and a half i just don't see him here. well, i was driving, of course. because i see a car covered in her car, there is a volga in the yard, i can’t say that they are nothing bad. bogdan tsyganenko lived here until the beginning of july in the leninsky district. donetska petrovich, suggest that he lived in do

frank cohen, a holocaust survivor volunteers at our museum in d.c.shared his personal recollection, when he was 11 years, old he was listening to the olympic games on the radio, before tv, and he, wrote and i quote, we cheered the black athletes, particularly jesse owens. by then, we are aligned with our parents, an opposition of german nationalism, and were not sorry when the german athletes lost. for 11-year-old frank, a jewish kid that summer on a farm, he felt glad, some of what john woodruff was describing. danny, we have a question from of you are asking did any jewish athletes compete in the berlin olympics? >> u.s. athletes did compete in the berlin, olympic games but in small numbers. one jewish athlete in the winter games which are held in february of 1936 in germany, and one jewish athlete in the summer games, and it's been speculated that germans included one jewish athlete on each team to be able to say, look, we are not discriminating against jewish athletes. the jewish athletes who competed in the summer games, she is a fence or. she w

organizations including the truman presidential library for ford presidential museum ellen i holocaust museum u.s. military to west point. now let's hear from robert watson. thank you for joining us today. >> flow everyone i'm robert watson and i'm here to talk about my latest book noel the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation any american school child knows that george washington was heroic and stoic. he was a great and courageous commander on the battlefield and of course one of our greatest presidents who what he did and didn't say carved up the initiative for the presidency but what we don't always does that george washington had another side to him specifically a visionary and a dreamer and he could be a political player. by the same token almost all americans have been to our capital city. americans love their capital capital city. it's a spacious grand boulevard the memorials and monuments the majestic government buildings a tree-lined golf. very few americans know the story of how the capital city came to be and almost didn't come to be. that's why we are here today to t

organizations including the truman presidential library, gerald ford presidential museum, illinois holocaust museum andus military academy at west point . now let's hear fromrobert watson . thank you for joining us today. >> i'm robert watson here to talk about my latest book george washington's final battle. the epic struggle, to build the capital city and a nation . so for truly any american schoolchild knows that george washington was heroic and stoic. he was a great and courageous commander on the battlefield and of course our one of our greatest presidents who through his every action and inaction, everything he said and didn't say pretty much carved out the precedents for the presidency. but what we don't always know is george washington had another side to him typically missed in history. he could be a visionary and a dreamer and he alsocould be a political player if not a political chess master but by the same token almost all americans have been to our capital city. americans love their capital city. it's spacious grandboulevard , memorials and monuments , majestic government buildings, to

danny is president of the newberry library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the holocaust museum's current special exhibition americans and the holocaust danny also conducted research for an earlier exhibition about the 1936 olympics here at our museum in dc. and so we're glad to bring him back to share some of that knowledge. hi danny i had no. thanks. how are things in chicago? things are all right. as much as anywhere. we ask you our viewers to please post your questions for our experts in the comment section and we'll get to as many of them live in the course of the show as we are able. also if you experience any technical glitches during the course of the show, don't worry about it. don't stress it will be available to view on demand immediately after we conclude. so, how did germany come to host the olympics in 1936 it actually predates the nazi era in 1931. germany was awarded the right to host the 1936 olympic games, which was a very powerful signal it signaled its returned to good standing in the international community following the first world war. in 1933 nazi party lea

. >> you went to the holocaust museum and in one of the exhibits of the glass cases a red shoe.ut on when she was taken to the train. where did she think she was going? and then to say it was a test. >> those who lived in the past and not know they were living in the past and we need to think about that. >> and the past is another country and then with that culture how do you feel about that? are the words cheapened are necessary or should they beut used? they should be used on —- happy when they use it but they rarely are. fascism has a pedigree and then to get a phd but fascism had a worldview, a biological theory of the world and that to be inherently racist but we don't have that in this country. we have authoritarian temptations and pretensions and fascism we have not had. host: you write in your writings you make the argument although we should be worried. what makes you feel confident quick. >> they behaved well in the past. even with mistakes they would correct them but then it's too squeamish to face the difficult past. roi just spent three weeks off the coast of seattl

>>> tonight i'll take our viewers inside the holocaust museum as the son of holocaust survivors and thehe nazis. sharing that history is deeply important to me. at a time when holocaust denial are on the rise, it is vitally important, something my late father taught me. >> now, sir, can we begin? would you please tell me your first name. >> david blitzer. >> he survived the holocaust, met my mother, another survivor, and they got married and came to manager after world war ii. he recorded his very personal, very powerful survival story for future generations. >> i'm originally from the name of the city of the auschwitz before the war. my wife did not believe that she would have children at the concentration camp. ten months after we were married, she did. >> like so many survivors, he knew he had to speak for the millions who couldn't. now i'm carrying on his legacy. my parents were extraordinarily fortunate to survive the holocaust and build a new life right here in the united states. but the cars of the holocaust clearly remain. what is this all about? you see the names of all these t

if you remember david axelrod he got a detail after a man began shooting in the lobby of the holocaust museum. the man died, he was killed, the shooter was killed but when they went through his pockets they found all these drawings and the address and phone number for david axelrod and commentary about his jewishness so secret service began protecting him after that. >> can you talks about today what's happening with the secret service relative to biden and i know you are well versed in the last years with trump and perhaps some context on where we aree now. >> i hope someone here's what i'm about to say beyond this room. i'm very disappointed that after basically diagramming what's wrong and broken with the secret service and how underserved the agents are by the federal government and white house and providing them t with funding tt the biden administration has done almost nothing to rectify that. the biden administration has a lot of problems on its plate and i acknowledge that but one of the agents that came to me and risked their careers to say a president is going to get killed it's a m

here on this document from the holocaust museum in jerusalem i have two shams. read bandera helped the nazis create two battalions of ukrainian intelligence as part of their army. this is the historical memory that no nationalism can freeze out. in the regions of russia, 75 natural fires were extinguished in a day, about a hundred fires are still active, well, about half of them were localized by the data of the security air force, according to the information of the department, 17 regions in the ryazan region continue to fight the fire, ground groups are sent aviation to other areas late at night a strong wind helped the elements to break through. kultuks near the village. a crown fire started there, it was stopped, but transport is on duty near the settlement in case of evacuation, the difficult situation is now in the komi republic , 25 fires have been recorded here, their area is more than 16,000 hectares. problems now that the wind is rising starts to twist. and here they are, spies are flying on the other side now. it’s just that we’re guarding the edge co

holocaust memorial museum here in washington, d.c., which was created 30 plus years ago by the u.s. government to remember that happened during the holocaust. if you don't remember god forbid it could be repeated. so i took a tour with sarah bloomfield. and all the people who work at the museum are amazing, really hard working, devoted. and all those involved in founding and creating the museum deserve a lot of credit. millions of people have turned the museum. it's really important. i wanted to take our viewers on a tour, and so i walked around. watch this exchange i had with sarah bloomfield, the museum director. we are speaking about the shoes, the shoes that are on the exhibit at the museum. watch this. >> these are shoes, old shoes? >> this is one of the most iconic visits. if you visit these killing centers today, you'll see thousands upon thousands of shoes like this. the shoes of the victims. the german took their shoes because they were going to reuse them and recycle them if you will. but of course the victims would be killed. this is what's left of those lives. >> reporter

the united states holocaust memorial museum, a tour with our own wolf blitzer. the holocaust, and he joins me now. wolf, i've always been moved by the stories you tell about the holocaust and how it changed you and your life and how you carry it with you. explain why this documentary is so important to share with people right now. >> reporter: it's so timely right now, jim, because of what's going on as you quickly pointed out. there is an increase in anti-semitism here in the united states and indeed around the world. and there is also an increase in holocaust denial that these crazy people out there say was just made up, there really was no holocaust. six billion jews were not murdered by the nazis. that has sadly intensified in recent years. we thought it was really important to take a tour of the u.s. holocaust memorial museum here in washington, d.c., which was created 30 plus years ago by the u.s. government to remember that happened during the holocaust. if you don't remember god forbid it could be repeated. so i took a tour with sarah bloomfield. and all

stay tuned for "never again: the united states holocaust museum tour" with wolf blitzer.lieve someone thought this would help you hear better? and no one will notice it? genius. now thiss eargo. de to be heard. not seen. with godaddy you can start a stunning online store for free. easily connect it to social platforms and marketplaces. and manage all your sales from one place. because if you've got it, we've got you. start for free at godaddy.com/startfree [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] ["only wanna be with you" by hootie & the blowfish] discover is accepted at 99% of places in the u.s. ["only wanna be with you" by hootie & the blowfish] >>> "never again," that's the plea of the people who survived one of the darkest moments in history, the holocaust. during world war ii, german nazis murdered countless people, including six million jewish men, women and children. it's easy to think of the holocaust as a relic of the past, but th

obama senior advisor, had a secret service detail after a man began shooting in the lobby of the holocaust museumnd when they amend item he was killed, the shooter was killed but when they went through his pockets, they found all of these drugs in the address and phone numbers for david axelrod, and commentary valleys jewishness is on the secret service began to protect him after that long answer. >> carol could you talk about today, what is happening with the secret service now relative to biden thaty i know that of course you are very well versed on the last years with trump perhaps in context on the trump time and exactly where we are at now. >> i hope someone here's what i'm about to say be on this room, very disappointed that after basically diagramming what is wrong broken with the secret service, how underserved the agents are by the federal government and thehe white house and providing them with funding the biden administration has done almost nothing to rectify that. ... acknowledge that but one of the agents who came to me and risked their careers to say. a president's going to get kil

began shooting in the lobby of the holocaust museum and when they the man died he was killed the shooter was killed but when they went through his pockets, they found all these drawings and and the address and phone number for david axelrod and commentary about his jewishness. so the secret service began protecting him after that long answer. carol could you talk about today what's happening with the secret service now relative to biden and i know of course you're very well versed on the last years with trump, but perhaps some context on the trump time and exactly where we're at now. um, i hope that someone hears what i'm about to say beyond this room. i'm very disappointed that after. basically diagramming what's wrong and broken with the secret service and how under-served the agents are. by the federal government in the federal and the white house in providing them with funding. that the biden administration has done almost nothing to rectify that now the biden administration has a lot of problems on its plate and i acknowledge that but one of the agents who came to me and risked thei

here on we read this document from the holocaust museum in jerusalem bandera helped the nazis createlions of ukrainian intelligence as part of their army. this is the historical memory that no nationalism can freeze out. anton podkovenko about things that need to be called by their proper names, but now a message citing the russian ministry of defense today during the day, on the direct instructions of zelensky, ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in the nikolaev and kherson regions in three directions as a result active defense of the grouping of russian troops , units of the armed forces of ukraine caused heavy losses during the battles, 26 ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine other armored combat vehicles were destroyed, two su-25 attack aircraft were shot down , more than 560 military personnel were lost failed miserably on donetsk gorlovka, another batch of anti-personnel mines, prohibited petals, were dropped today from the position of the all-union forces, which cause serious injuries to anyone who stepped on the already discovered four streets after shelli

holocaust memorial and museum here in washington, d.c., on the washington mall, i learn something becausen there. so much powerful information that is so timely and so important. and all of us, no matter how many times we go there, we learned something, i'm grateful to the founders of the museum going back a few decades, as sarah bloomfield, the executive director took me on this tour. grateful to her and everyone else who has been so deeply involved in making sure we never forget the atrocity that occurred during world war ii. it is so important, so timely, especially right now. >> and we know this is while you're having these conversations, you likely have your parents front of mind. what is that like? >> it's very powerful. my mom and dad came to this country after world war ii. they were both holocaust survivors. they met after the war. they got married and they were lucky enough to get visas to come to the united states, immigration visas under the 1948 displaced persons act which granted about 400,000 visas to displaced persons including a lot of holocaust survivors to come start a

the war, the way army liberates at the site, which became one of the main symbols of the holocaust marshes, museum of the patriotic war, used to maintain a permanent exhibition on the site that also has now refused to extend the memorial, the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says this is an attempt to revive history . do you understand that the outputs birkenau museum isn't disneyland, where you can just change signs, paint, store windows in different colors. and generally refresh the exposition from time to time, inventing new attractions and getting rid of the old ones in order to keep the public entertained. you can't change history simply because the current political conjuncture requires this view. serbian american journalist and historian abortion mileage told us that numerous polish attempts to raise historical facts may seem backfire. this has been going on for quite some time, and i think that worse, official wash or worse or is using the conflict and ukraine is a convenient excuse to push forward the agenda that they've been pursuing for quite some time. now they cited this crazy exc

the weight army liberated the site, which became one of the main symbols of the holocaust mattias museum of the patriotic war, used to maintain a permanent exhibition on the site. but warsaw has now refused to extend the moral . the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says this is an attempt to levi history . do you understand that the ouch whits birkenau museum isn't disneyland, where you can just change signs, paint, store windows in different colors. and generally refresh the exposition from time to time, inventing new attractions and getting rid of the old ones in order to keep the public entertained. you can't change history simply because the current political conjuncture requires this of you. well, it's class live now to 70 american, american journalist and historian abortion mileage. thanks so much for joining us here on our team. pony said that the memorial was closed due to the expiry of official agreements with moscow. why did warsaw choose not to prolong the agreement? will be the side of this crazy excuse that. oh, you know you didn't file the paperwork in time. it's the pr

museum in stanton, virginia. prior to that, curator of the raw historical society in new york. he has been director of the holocaust bill museum, farm, and folk life center on long island. worked at the greensboro historical museum in north carolina. jarrett received his m.a. in museum studies and b.a. in history from the university of carolina at greensboro. he is also a blacksmith, woodworker, raises bonsai trees, is a photographer and has acted in numerous films. it is wonderful to have him with us today. again, there will be time for q&a at the end of our presentation. please feel free to leave those at the bottom of your screen. without further ado i will turn the zoom over to jarred. >> hello! thank you so much for that great intro. thank you highland and the james monroe museum for having me. i am really excited to be here and to show you some really cool stuff from elizabeth monroe's life. before i begin, before i jump into the material, all of these cool artifacts that i have here, let me ask you a question. if you are in your house and time suddenly froze, everything just sort of, stood still. hundreds of

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