Photos: Go Inside Dallas' New Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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After more than six years of planning, fundraising and construction, Dallas' new Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is ready to open. These photos give you a look inside the building.
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The striking new building is in Dallas' West End.
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The striking new building is in Dallas' West End.
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The entrance to the museum on Houston Street.
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The beautiful lobby of the new museum.
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The museum chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
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The uniforms worn by prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps.
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A restored railroad boxcar used by the Nazis to take people to the concentration camps.
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A powerful display on the Nazi death marches.
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Some of the imagery in the museum is chilling.
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Concrete pillars illustrate the number of Jews who died during each year of World War II.
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The museum has an expanded focus on human rights.
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An exhibit reminds visitors of the number of lives lost in the Rwanda genocide.
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An exhibit reminding visitors of the many Genocides around the world.
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The haunting faces of people who died in the atrocities in Cambodia.
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A recreation of the Piccadilly Cafeteria in Dallas where black protestors demanded service in 1964.
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An exhibit honoring Dallas Civil Rights activist.
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Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks
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The memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.
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Candlelights in memory of Dallas area family members who died in the Holocaust.
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NBC 5 Anchor Brian Curtis with Holocaust survivor Max Glauben.
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The museum highlights 'Upstanders,' people who fight for the rights of others.
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The museum's peaceful courtyard.