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NEWS ABOUT: Holocaust Museum

Holocaust Museum stories: 17 news summaries

 Museum Shooter: 
 'I Swore to 
 Defend My 
 Country' 

Von Brunn was on suicide mission, prosecutor says

Sep 2, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn planned to die himself when he opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in June, an assault he planned well in advance to spread the word that the Holocaust was a hoax, prosecutors say. Von Brunn, 89, appeared in court for the first time today to answer charges... More »

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Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

Holocaust Museum Shooter Indicted

Von Brunn faces death penalty on first-degree murder charges in DC

Jul 29, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 89-year-old man who shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month was charged today with first-degree murder, killing in a federal building, and bias-motivated crime, among other accusations, the Washington Post reports. If convicted, James von Brunn faces life in prison, though four of the... More »

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Washington DC • hate crime • Holocaust Museum • gunman • shooters • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The son of alleged Holocaust Museum killer James von Brunn wishes his father, rather than a "brave" security guard, had died this week, the Washington Post reports. "I cannot express enough how deeply sorry I am" that museum guard Stephen Johns died "and not... More »

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crime • Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns • Erik von Brunn

Defying Hate, Visitors Return to Holocaust Museum

Museum staff 'more dedicated than ever' after guard's murder

Jun 13, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Holocaust Museum opened its doors again yesterday after a day of mourning for slain security guard Stephen Johns and hundreds of visitors lined up for admission, the Washington Post reports. Visitors, including families and school groups from around the country, spoke of their determination to defy the hatred... More »

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hate crime • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Extremist UK
Party Linked to Museum Shooter

Von Brunn attended fundraisers in US for whites-only BNP

Jun 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn has links to the British National Party, the whites-only extremist bloc that won two seats in the European Parliament in last week's vote, reports the Guardian. Von Brunn attended fundraising meetings of an American affiliate of the group, although he is not believed... More »

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United Kingdom • racism • Holocaust Museum • extremism • white supremacism • Nick Griffin • British National Party • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Von Brunn's Digital Trail Disappears

Web page, message board rants removed after suspect named

Jun 12, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn's online presence began to vanish within hours after he was named as the suspect in the Holocaust Museum shooting Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Users trying to access his personal website received an error message, his user bio on Wikipedia was pulled, and the Free Republic message... More »

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Internet • hate crime • message boards • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Right Rips Smith for Warning on Right-Wing Violence

Conservatives call for head of Fox anchor

Jun 12, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are calling for the head of Shepard Smith after the Fox anchor suggested that the Holocaust Museum shooting backs up a Homeland Security report warning of a rise in right-wing extremism, Gawker reports. Right-wing bloggers labeled Smith a "pompous elitist" and said he should be fired, while Rush... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Holocaust Museum • Department of Homeland Security • Fox News • news anchor • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

Museum Shooter Charged With Murder

Slain guard opened door as courtesy to
von Brunn, 88

Jun 11, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The suspect in yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting has been charged with murder, the AP reports, and could face the death penalty; hate-crime charges are also possible. Slain security guard Stephen Johns was opening the door for James von Brunn when the 88-year-old fatally shot him, CNN adds; guards fired... More »

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murder • Holocaust Museum • Anne Frank • shooting • Emmett Till • gun possession • murder charges • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Museum Shooter Was Growing Despondent

Struggling Von Brunn warned people that they wouldn't see him again

Jun 11, 09 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acquaintances of James von Brunn say the 88-year-old man who witnesses saw open fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum had grown increasingly unhappy in recent weeks, reports the Washington Post. One fellow white separatist said von Brunn "was barely making it" after his Social Security payments were cut, which... More »

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Washington • racism • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

'Gentle Giant' Mourned After Museum Shooting

'Outstanding' guard hailed as a hero

Jun 11, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colleagues at the National Holocaust Museum remember slain security guard Stephen Johns as unfailingly courteous and friendly, the Washington Post reports. The 39-year-old guard was killed in the line of duty yesterday when a gunman walked into the museum and opened fire. "There are no words to express our... More »

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Holocaust Museum • security guards • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

(Newser) - Today's shooting at the Holocaust museum, on the heels of the murder of an abortion provider, is bringing renewed attention to a Homeland Security report issued in April that warned of a rise in exactly these kinds of attacks, Politico reports. At the time, critics including Rush Limbaugh blasted the... More »

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Holocaust Museum • Department of Homeland Security • Janet Napolitano • domestic terrorism • anti-abortion activists

Shooter Tried
to 'Arrest'
Fed Members
in 1981

Von Brunn served
6 years in prison

Jun 10, 09 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Details about the twisted past of the elderly man who killed a guard at the US Holocaust Museum continues to surface. In a bizarre incident in 1981, James von Brunn, then 62, stormed into the Federal Reserve's headquarters in DC armed with two guns, a knife, and a fake bomb,... More »

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crime • Holocaust Museum • Neo-Nazi • shooting • anti-Semitism • right-wing extremism • James Von Brunn

 Ex-Wife: Museum Shooter's 
 Racism 'Ate Him Alive' 

He said he would 'go out with boots on'

Jun 10, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The white supremacist who allegedly opened fire in the US Holocaust Museum today, killing a security guard, has a hatred of Jews and blacks that “ate him alive like a cancer,” his ex-wife tells the New York Daily News. She said James von Brunn—news reports have differed... More »

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crime • racism • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

 Nazis Ran a Staggering 
 20K Concentration Camps 

Decade-long study could change scholars' 'mental universe'

Jun 4, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A year's work on a new Holocaust encyclopedia pointed researchers to some 15,000 concentration camps they hadn’t known about, a finding that could shift the public's perception of the Holocaust, the Washington Post reports. “Instead of thinking of main death camps, people are going to understand that... More »

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Holocaust • research • Holocaust Museum • concentration camp • history • encyclopedia • Nazis

Germans Confront Nazi Legacy

75th anniversary of Hitler's rise prompts new memorials

Jan 29, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - As Germany marks the 75th year since Hitler seized power, the effort to come to terms with Nazi horrors is anything but over, the New York Times reports. The minister of culture yesterday green-lighted construction on two new Berlin-based Holocaust memorials, one to murdered Gypsies and one to gay and... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Holocaust • Holocaust Museum • Nazism

Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

Album reveals death camp guards relaxing after 'a hard day's work'

Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A photo album of co-workers decorating Christmas trees, playing with dogs, eating blueberries—fond memories, but for the swastikas on the merrymakers' uniforms. The US Holocaust Museum has posted online 116 photos showing how Auschwitz guards "unwound after 'a hard day's work,' " archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells the... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • photography • Holocaust Museum • Nazi • Auschwitz • World War II • SS

Google Earth Digitizes Genocide

Internet tool used to raise awareness of atrocities in Sudan

Apr 13, 07 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google Earth has teamed up with the Holocaust Museum to bring the realities of genocide to your MacBook. "Crisis in Darfur" employs Google Earth wizardry to help users visualize the scope of the atrocities currently unfolding in Sudan. Viewers can see over 1,600 damaged and destroyed villages up... More »

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technology • media • Google • Darfur • genocide • Internet • human rights • Google Earth • Sudan • Holocaust Museum • Crisis in Darfur • humanitarian

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