New addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s legacy

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New addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s legacy
By Kevin McGill, The Associated Press
Nov 5, 10:41 AM
Artifacts of American soldiers wounded and captured by the Germans during World War II, are part of the exhibits in the new pavilion which will be opening at the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Artifacts of American soldiers wounded and captured by the Germans during World War II, are part of the exhibits in the new pavilion which will be opening at the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. The latest major addition to the museum is called the Liberation Pavilion. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

A new, permanent addition to the sprawling National WWII Museum in New Orleans is a three-story complex with displays as daunting as a simulated Nazi concentration camp bunk room, and as inspiring as a violin pieced together from scrap wood by an American prisoner of war.

The Liberation Pavilion opened Friday with ceremonies attended by surviving veterans of the war, Holocaust survivors, historians and actor Tom Hanks, a longtime supporter of the museum.

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