Welcome all of you in the audience in the theater as well as those of you watching online tonights Program Limits of justice. Cosponsor of tonights program, youll hear from representative of the embassy a little bit later in the evening. I also have the pleasure of serving as the cochair of the museums Washington Lawyers Committee. My husband and i have also enjoyed a long and extremely meaningful relationship with this extraordinary institution. The institution of the museum is one that not only honors the victim victims of the holocaust but stands as a stark reminder to the importance and relevance of lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues of conflict in todays world. The museum has found compelling ways to engage many audiences, people from every background, religion and political perfect situation. While the experience is grounded in holocaust history, it serves as a powerful springboard to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. The muse
I also have the pleasure of serving as cochair of the Museums Committee and my husband and i have had a long and extremely meaningful relationship with the institution and museum which honors the victims of the holocaust and stands as a stark reminder to the importance and lessons of the holocaust and the relevance of those lessons to issues in conflict in todays world. The museum has also found compelling ways to engage many audiences, one that people would never expect, from every background, religious and political persuasion. While the engagement is grounded if holocaust history it serves as a powerful spring board to reflect on contemporary issues, especially genocide. It is a stark reminder that the notion of task is never ending at a time when hatred and systemetism is clear across the world and in the United States we must all stand up. When a time when soshl and rapid changing world magnified that hate the lessons of the holocaust are more challenging then ever and the museums
, u. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a Panel Discussion looking at the continuing quest to bring former nazis to justice. They explored questions raised by recent trials, such as if perpetrators are ever too old or frail to prosecute, and whether it ever too late for accountability. Speakers at this event included a holocaust survivor, a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, and a documentary filmmaker. Good evening, everyone. Jessica abraham. Welcome allased to of you in the audience, as those as well as those of you watching online. I want to recognize the embassy of canada, cosponsor of tonights program. You will hear from a representative of the embassy a little later in the evening. I also had the pleasure of serving as cochair of the lenders community. The institution and the museum is one that not only honors the dictums of the holocaust, but ofnds as a stark reminder the importance and relevance of the lessons of the holocaust. Impelling has found ways to engage many audiences,
Free cspan radio app. The eagle has landed. Ill step off the land now. Thats one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern space flight. For the next three hour, we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. , where we will talk about apollo 11 historians and michael collins. You want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspanwj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary. You can do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based to hear from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts of the apollo 11 mission. It was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the team for that day and the launch, youll remember took place july 16,
One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. Where we will talk about apollo 11 with historians, command module pilot Michael Collins and you. You can call us and let us know your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing and you want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspan wj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary, do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission, it was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and Michael Collins, the team for that day. The launch