Holocaust museum that bears witness to violence against Jews scene of bloodshed; 1 guard dead

WASHINGTON — The most prominent American museum bearing witness to violence against Jews was the scene of bloodshed, its doors breached by an assailant who opened fire with a rifle, killing a guard in an attack linked to a white supremacist’s hate.

Holocaust Museum has attracted anti-Semitism, hatred from its inception

WASHINGTON — From its inception, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought haters to its doors, with several dozen people protesting the 1993 dedication carrying signs such as, “Stop the big lie — the gas chamber hoax!”

Holocaust Museum to close for a day in honor of guard who was killed in shooting

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be closed Thursday in tribute to the museum guard who was shot and killed by a gunman.

Gunman kills guard, is shot himself in gunfire at US Holocaust Museum in Washington

WASHINGTON — An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said.

Holocaust museum shooting suspect has a history of seething anger as white supremacist

WASHINGTON — A frustrated artist and an angry man, the suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board, a “caper” thwarted when a guard captured him outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons.

Gunman, 88, opens fire at crowded Holocaust Museum and kills guard before being shot himself

WASHINGTON — An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said.

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