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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

General Roméo Dallaire Accepts Museum's Elie Wiesel Award

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At the Museum's National Tribute Dinner on April 30, 2014, General Roméo Dallaire accepted the Museum's Elie Wiesel Award. With his unit in Rwanda in 1994, Dallaire protected over 30,000 lives. Since that time, he has been an outspoken advocate for genocide prevention.

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Genocide Prevention & Awareness Play

To address issues of genocide prevention, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council created the Committee on Conscience shortly after the Museum opened. The mandate of the Committee is "to alert the national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to confront and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity."
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