The Holocaust was a watershed event in human history. In the aftermath of World War II, the world—from individual nations to the United Nations; from religious leaders to professionals in fields as diverse as law, medicine, and science; from presidents and prime ministers to private citizens—confronted its legacy. Many of the issues raised by this cataclysmic event continue to have an impact on our lives and the world in which we live.

View the Museum brochure A Changed World (PDF).

Listed below are significant changes that have occurred in light of the moral failures that allowed the Holocaust to happen, and related links to learn more.

NATIONS PLEDGED TO PREVENT AND PUNISH THE CRIME OF “GENOCIDE.”

History of Genocide Timeline

CRIMINAL TRIALS ESTABLISHED THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

The Nuremberg Trials and Their Legacy

War Crimes Trials (Holocaust Encyclopedia article)

Justice and Accountability

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY

Confront Genocide

THE IDEA OF “INFORMED CONSENT” INFLUENCED ETHICAL APPROACHES TO MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN BEINGS

The Doctors Trial (online exhibition)

Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race (online exhibition)

PROTECTIONS FOR REFUGEES WERE BROADENED

Staring Genocide in the Face

Voyage of the St. Louis (online exhibition)

Refugees (Holocaust Encyclopedia article)

Varian Fry (Holocaust Encyclopedia article)

THE IDEA OF A JEWISH HOMELAND GAINED URGENCY

Life Reborn: Jewish Displaced Persons 1945–1951 (online exhibition)

THE MOVEMENT TOWARD RECONCILIATION BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ADVANCED

Confront Antisemitism

The Interfaith Story behind Nostra Aetate

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Which conflict had five colonists killed by British soldiers?

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Answer - Boston Massacre: The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying: Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick and James Caldwell. Three more were injured. i hope this was helpful <3

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Which action during washington's administration led to the whiskey rebellion in western pennsylvania? a creation of the bank of

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The correct answer is "passage of a new excise tax."

This tax passed on whiskey in 1791, caused significant uproar from the American citizens. One of the reasons why it caused an uproar was because taxes put on the American people by a strong central government was the initial reason the US declared their independence from Great Britain. Americans were scared that this would be the beginning of another out of touch federal government that would force taxes on their citizens. To show their disapproval of this tax, citizens rebelled by using violence and intimidation tactics to scare tax collectors.

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What was the Federal Reserve Act designed to prevent?

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Banks needed a source of emergency reserves to prevent the panics and resulting runs from driving them out of business. A particularly severe panic in 1907 resulted in bank runs that wreaked havoc on the fragile banking system and ultimately led Congress in 1913 to write the Federal Reserve Act.

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