El Paso Holocaust Museum

Address:
310 N Mesa St
El Paso, TX 79901
915-351-0048

Fax: 915-351-0048

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Home Page: www.elpasohalocaustmuseum.org

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About the Museum The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center chronicles the events that occurred during a dark period in Europe. During the years of the Nazi Holocaust, 1933 to 1945, an infamous doctrine led to a belief in a "superior Aryan race." This was an excuse to systematically segregate and then destroy entire communities in order to achieve the "Final Solution" - eradication of world Jewry. Six million Jews, including one and a half million children, and another five million non-Jews, who were classified as "undesirables," were murdered during this time by the Nazis and their allies. With no mercy, individuals were stripped of personal possessions, property and business assets and of all rights as citizens. Families were separated - wives from husbands, children from parents. All were subjected to unspeakable horrors. The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center was established in memory of those killed by the Nazis, in honor of the survivors who endured the terrors and with respect for those who lost family and friends. The museum was founded on the hope and belief that by remembering and documenting the events, civilized people will prevent another Holocaust. The museum goals are to combat prejudice and bigotry through education and to remind the world of the value and dignity of human life. As the survivors and liberators dwindle in number, the museum collection becomes even more important. It is a response to those who would deny that the Holocaust occurred by providing indisputable testimony to the activities during those years

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