The following announcement was sent to the Louis D. Brandeis Center by our colleagues at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). USHMM works to being international engagement on topics concerning the Holocaust, genocide, and ethnic cleansing to different countries and communities around the world. This event, “The Police and The Holocaust: The Role of Police Forces in the Genocide of Jews and Roma,” will take place on May 30th and May 31st in Guatemala City, Guatemala. More details can be found below. The Police and the Holocaust: The Role of Police Forces in the Genocide of Jews and Roma May 30-31, 2018 | Guatemala City, Guatemala Co-organizers: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Yahad – In Unum, and the Museo del Holocausto Guatemala This conference brings together scholars to address the role of the police in the Holocaust, particularly in the organized murder of Jews and Roma. The Nazi state and their allies involved police at every stage of the genocidal process, from the arrest and looting of the victims to their deportation and killing. During Nazi occupation, non-German police units—some already in existence, some newly created—performed a range of key functions in pursuit of German goals, but also based on their own interests. Participants will address how and why the police—as an executive agency of the state as well as an organized group of decision-making individuals—took part in the genocidal process across Europe, and examine the extent of their participation in different countries and contexts. The conference agenda is available at ushmm.org/police-holocaust-conference The conference is free and open to the public. Simultaneous translation between Spanish and English will be provided. Please register here.