Dubai Museum Establishes Permanent Holocaust Exhibition Honoring 6 Million Jews

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 11

Dubai's Crossroads of Civilizations Museum has made its Holocaust gallery a permanent exhibition, placing one of the Arab world's first such displays alongside exhibits on Islamic civilization, Emirati heritage and Palestine.
Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori said the project grew from a 2021 remembrance event after a 1990s visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and later exposure to antisemitic imagery changed his view of the threat.
May 26, 2021 marked the gallery's formal opening, less than a year after the UAE normalized ties with Israel; Al Mansoori said strong visitor support outweighed criticism and convinced him the exhibit 'must stay.'
The exhibition includes Nazi persecution material and stories of Muslims who rescued Jews, while the broader museum deliberately places Israeli and Palestinian historical narratives in the same space.
For the UAE, the gallery has become a symbol of the country's coexistence message, with Al Mansoori casting the museum as a place to confront painful regional history through shared understanding.