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Susan Bachrach, PhD, is curator of special exhibitions at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she oversees all phases of select special exhibitions at the museum, including the historic research, identification of artifacts, design, and creation of accompanying publications. Her most recent exhibition is Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. She is currently working on a new exhibition, Collaboration and Complicity during the Holocaust.

Since joining the museum in 1992, Dr. Bachrach has worked on many exhibitions, including Liberation 1945 and NAZI OLYMPICS Berlin 1936. She has also authored many educational publications including the award-winning book for younger readers, Tell Them We Remember. She has written or edited a number of exhibition catalogues, including Deadly Medicine, NAZI OLYMPICS Berlin 1936, and most recently, Nazi Propaganda.

Dr. Bachrach first worked at the museum as a historian for the identification card project. In this position, she researched and helped create the identification cards chronicling the life of one Holocaust victim distributed to visitors as they enter the permanent exhibition.

Dr. Bachrach received her Bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in modern European history.