The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial and museum dedicated to the history and legacy of the Holocaust. Opened in Washington, D.C. in 1993, the museum expl
Interior of the museum
From 1933 to 1945, about 200,000 Jewish refugees escaped to the United States.
14th Street entrance of USHMM
Panoramic view of the Hall of Remembrance
At approximately 12:50 p.m. on June 10, 2009, 88-year-old James Wenneker von Brunn entered the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., with a slide-action rifle and fatally shot M
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the day after the shooting.
Mug shot of von Brunn taken in 2009
A sign honoring Stephen Tyrone Johns, the Special Police Officer shot and killed during the shooting, located in the museum's lobby.
The day after the shooting, the Holocaust Museum's flag flew at half-staff in memory of the murdered guard, Stephen Tyrone Johns.