UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

(The organization recently made a statement, please read it!) 

From those who know, saw and learned from the past. Witnesses of the consequences when Jews were unwelcomed and unable to flee Nazism, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed concern of the current refugee crisis. While recognizing that security concerns must be fully addressed, we should not turn our backs on the thousands of legitimate refugees. The Museum calls on public figures and citizens to avoid condemning today’s refugees as a group. It is important to remember that many are fleeing because they are targets of Assad and/or ISIS and are being persecuted and/or eliminated on the basis of their identity. The Museum, as should we, inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity if only because so many of us, have been them. (Please think, tfv.)