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I'm going to D.C. for my third time, and this time I have the choice of going somewhere. I heard about this museum and someone said it was pretty touching.

I also heard that you can do this tour where you get a name and gender of a holocaust victim and you go to each level and find out if you died or not, or something similar along those lines.

I'm not sure about this, but tell me, if you've been, or what you've heard about it.

Thanks!

2007-12-18 15:57:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel United States Washington, D.C.

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I went there a couple years ago. Unfortunately I only had a few hours to spend there so I was a little rushed. If you're interested in the Holocaust it definitely is a very heart wrenching experience. I would set aside a whole day if you really want to take the time to see most of it.

2007-12-18 16:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Thunderchunk 3 · 0 0

Indeed, visiting the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is an emotionally demanding experience. It took us three full visits to view the artifacts, videos and personal accounts. We got the personal stories you mention on our first, but not subsequent, visits.

From their Web site:

FREE TIMED PASSES are necessary for visiting the Permanent Exhibition — The Holocaust — and can be obtained at the Museum on the day of your visit or in advance by calling tickets.com at (800) 400–9373. Each day, the Museum distributes on a first–come first–served basis a large but limited number of timed entry passes for use that same day.

The Museum's Permanent Exhibition The Holocaust spans three floors of the Museum building. It presents a narrative history using more than 900 artifacts, 70 video monitors, and four theaters that include historic film footage and eyewitness testimonies. The exhibition is divided into three parts: "Nazi Assault," "Final Solution," and "Last Chapter." The narrative begins with images of death and destruction as witnessed by American soldiers during the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in 1945. Most first-time visitors spend an average of two to three hours in this self-guided exhibition. Recommended for visitors 11 years of age and older.

2007-12-19 04:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Yes and its at the corner of 14th Street and Independence Ave. Its has a lot of photos and other things from the German holocaust sites. It will require a lot of reading of the exhibits but its worth the trip.

2007-12-19 06:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 0 0

Yep, and there's loads of websites about it.

2007-12-19 02:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by Puppet Dictator 5 · 0 0

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