National WWII Museum Unveils New Liberation Pavilion Highlighting War's Enduring Social, Geopolitical Legacies

New 33,000 Square Feet Pavilion Explores Holocaust, Post-War Recovery, and the War's Impacts on Civil Rights and Women's Movements; Marks Final Permanent Exhibit at the Museum

• The National WWII Museum in New Orleans has unveiled a new permanent exhibit, the Liberation Pavilion, which examining the enduring social and geopolitical impacts of the war.
• The 33,000 square foot exhibit includes a range of displays from a simulated Nazi concentration camp bunk room to a violin constructed from scrap wood by an American prisoner of war.
• The Pavilion aims to encapsulate the end of the war, its human costs, the aftermath of Nazi atrocities, as well as the post-war efforts towards recovery and justice for those killed and tortured.
• The exhibit emphasizes the war's role in catalyzing the civil rights and women's equality movements in the U.S., and the formation of international alliances to protect democracy.
• The museum officials state that the Pavilion represents the museum's commitment to maintaining awareness of the war and its aftermath as those who lived through it pass away.

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