Leadership programs

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has developed educational programs targeting public service professionals  such as military, law enforcement, and judges and prosecutors in the judiciary. These professions that have the power over the life and liberty of civilians have always operated at the nexus of competing needs. In pre-WWII Weimar Germany, these professions had sworn allegiance to the constitution of a democratic government and had experience carrying out their duties based on a rule of law and individual rights and freedoms. Given their position of power, authority and trust, they could have prevented the Holocaust. And yet, they all failed to safeguard democratic governance which could have opposed the establishment of a Nazi dictatorship and the implementation of Nazi ideological goals, including the holocaust. The USHMM has established an educational approach that engages professionals in examining how and why the Holocaust happened and prompts reflection about their own professional role and responsibility in countering injustice today.

Approach	Holocaust as major framework to analyze Human Rights
Target Audience	Law enforcement officers, military, judges
Materials	Seminars Trainings
Geographical scope	USA
Start of practice	1998
Country of origin	USA