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Road Closures and Restricted Pedestrian Access

Due to the U.S. Army 250th Birthday Celebration on Saturday, June 14, 2025, there are significant road closures and pedestrian access restrictions in Washington, D.C. View directions for accessing the Museum.

The Portal

A Real-Time Conversation with People Forced to Flee Violence

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This exhibition is closed.

This exhibition enabled Museum visitors to speak directly with people who had fled genocide committed by ISIS in Northern Iraq and the mass atrocity crimes of Syria’s Assad regime and who found refuge in Iraq, Jordan, and Germany.

The Portal was a part of the Museum's exhibition Genocide: The Threat Continues, which focused on the efforts of the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide to bring attention to the people and places at risk for genocide and other mass atrocities.

Watch Johanna Neumann, a Holocaust Survivor and Museum volunteer, speak with Omar, a Syrian who fled the Assad regime and sought refuge in Germany: