Persecution of jews between 1930 and 1945. That is followed by a documentary in the nuremburg trials that was first screened in germany 1948, but not released in the u. S. Until several decades later. Each week, American History tv american artifacts welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. I am daniel greene, curator of americans and the holocaust. We decided on our 25th anniversary to look very closely in americans role in this history. That goes back to our founding charter, which mandated that the museum look very closely at americans role in this history. In fact, on the day we opened, the chairman of the board at the time said, this museum is not an answer. It is a question. What we wanted to do in this exhibition is asked difficult questions about americans response to nazism. The questions that frame this exhibition are, what did americans know and what more could have been done . You will see throughout the exhibition that what we try to do is show the context of Americ
Welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. We decided to look closely at americans role in this history. That goes back to our founding charter, which mandated that the museum look closely at the americans role in this history. This museum is not an answer, its a question. The questions that frame this exhibition are what did americans know and what more could have been done. You will see what they try to do is try to show the context of american history. That context includes our isolationism in the aftermath of world war i, xenophobia, fear of immigrants, racism, jim crow america, antisemitism in the United States. Then we are responding to nazi is him amid the context of the Great Depression and war. In the exhibition, we are always trying to keep that context front and center. The opening film of the exhibition shows the context of the United States between 1918 and 1932. What you see is americans response to world war i. Americans mourning at graves of fallen soldiers. You se
Relive your history every night, American History tv on cspan3. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. Im daniel greene. We decided on our 25th anniversary to look closely at americans role in the history. That goes back to our founding charter. Which mandated that the museum look closely as americans role in this history. In fact, on the day we opened, the chairman of the board at the time said, this museum is not an answer. Its a question. What we wanted to do in this exhibition is ask difficult questions about americans response to naziism. The questions that frame this exhibition are, what did americans know and what more could have been done . You will see throughout the exhibition that what we try to do is show the context of American History that shaped americans responses to naziism. That context includes our isolationism in the aftermath of world war i. Xenophobia, fear of immigrants
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