DHHRM D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration

Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, June 6 with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

In honor of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II, often referred to as the beginning of the end of the war, the Museum will feature free admission for all visitors to the Museum, film screenings, music performances, and special late hours - open until 8 p.m.

Schedule

10:30 am: Screening of Hope, Strength, Resolve

11:15 am: Screening of Ike: Countdown to D-Day

1:30 pm: Screening of Hope, Strength, Resolve

2:15 pm: Screening of Ike: Countdown to D-Day

5:00 – 7:30 p.m.: Late Night Bar in the Lobby

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.: Musical performances by the Oak Lawn Band

Visitors are encouraged to reserve their free tickets online in advance here: https://www.dhhrm.org/visit/general-admission/. Walk-ins will be accommodated based on availability.

Free admission and programming made possible through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.

About Hope, Strength, Resolve

This original Museum-produced film uses original testimonies from local Holocaust survivors and Texas liberators to share their memories of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II. (17 min)

About Ike: Countdown to D-Day

This 2004 film is a dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history. (1 h 29 min)

To reserve free tickets, click here.