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    Events

    Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020

    January 26, 2020

    Cost: Most activities: free with admission /
    Documentary screening: free ticket required

    Event details
    Train tracks lead to a distant building recognizable as the Auschwitz-Birkenau gate house.

    Events

    Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020

    January 26, 2020

    Cost: Most activities: free with admission /
    Documentary screening: free ticket required

    Location: Various locations in the Museum

    Event details
    Train tracks lead to a distant building recognizable as the Auschwitz-Birkenau gate house.

    Exhibitions

    Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War

    October 2019 to November 2020

    Exhibition details
    A group of young women and girls in their teens stand together on the front porch of a building. Most are dressed in white blouses and blue skirts, with two girls also wearing blue sweaters. To the right, a doorway reveals a roomful of students sitting at wooden desks and writing on notepads.

    Exhibitions

    Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War

    October 2019 to November 2020

    Exhibition details
    A group of young women and girls in their teens stand together on the front porch of a building. Most are dressed in white blouses and blue skirts, with two girls also wearing blue sweaters. To the right, a doorway reveals a roomful of students sitting at wooden desks and writing on notepads.

    Stories

    Voices of women and girls in war

    By Isabelle Masson

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    A woman is holding a baby, while four men in army fatigues stand beside and behind her. They are all standing in front of a forest, posed for the camera.

    Stories

    Voices of women and girls in war

    By Isabelle Masson

    Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda when they were just girls. They were enslaved and spent years in captivity, away from their families. They managed to find their way back to freedom but have faced many new struggles since they returned home. 

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    A woman is holding a baby, while four men in army fatigues stand beside and behind her. They are all standing in front of a forest, posed for the camera.

    Resource guides

    Children in war and conflict

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    An illustration of several women standing in a line holding hands.

    Resource guides

    Children in war and conflict

    We invite you to explore this guide as a starting point to learning more about the varied experiences children face during war and prolonged societal conflict and what their lives are like when conflict ends.

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    An illustration of several women standing in a line holding hands.