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Jan 29, 2019 Audio, USHMM, Interview, Podcast, Soundcloud, Education, Museum, UN

Holocaust Museum Director: “The unthinkable is always possible”

Sara Bloomfield, the Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was interviewed by United Nations (UN) News for Holocaust Remembrance Day. She explains the mission of the Museum and its work with UN.

Bloomfield has led the museum for 18 years, working to build a global institution that raises Holocaust awareness, deepens understanding of the lessons of the Holocaust, confronts denial, and advances genocide prevention.

You can listen on Soundcloud.

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