The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has announced a $10 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation to ensure the growth and impact of Holocaust studies in the United States and abroad.

Renamed in recognition of the grant, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies will sponsor new Holocaust scholarship and undertake multidisciplinary research worldwide to ensure that the history of the Holocaust is taught at the highest levels in the U.S. and around the world. On average, the center hosts twenty-seven visiting fellows each year, representing multiple academic disciplines, including history, literature, philosophy, economics, law, and film studies.

"We still have much to learn about the Holocaust, and the opportunities for new scholars to enhance our understanding and enrich teaching about this critical subject are unparalleled," said Mandel Center director Paul Shapiro. "This gift will allow us to intensify our work with the next generation of scholars and pursue a number of strategic initiatives on understudied topics, such as the Holocaust in the USSR. Over a third of all victims perished on Soviet territory, and we are bringing millions of pages of newly digitized, never-before-accessible Soviet archival documentation to the museum for study."