U.S. Holocaust Museum shuts down to call attention to Sudan genocide

Published: 2004-06-25

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington closed access to its main exhibitions June 24 to call attention to possible genocide in Sudan. The museum, which in early June issued a genocide warning for the Darfur region in western Sudan, instead invited a Sudanese woman from Darfur, as well as a Holocaust survivor and U.S. lawmakers to speak at a half-hour program. Amal Allagabo, a Sudanese citizen residing in the United States, said she lost contact with her family in Darfur after ethnic violence broke out earlier this year. "Now they might be dead, scattered in different camps in Chad, or lost in the desert with no water, shelter, nor sense of security," she said.

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