Faculty Profile: Marcus Appelbaum

Marcus Appelbaum is the director of Law, Justice, and Society Initiatives
at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. These programs provide training for law enforcement officers, members of the judiciary including prosecuting attorneys, and state and federal judges on the role of their profession in safeguarding democracy. To date, Appelbaum has created and facilitated training models for more than 90,000 law enforcement and judicial professionals across the nation. He received his undergraduate degree in history from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and his master’s degree in museum management from the Bank Street College of Education in New York City. His association with the Museum began in 1997, when he completed a student internship while in high school. Since
then, he has served as a docent, has compiled survivor testimonies, and represented the Museum internationally at conferences in Israel, Austria, Germany, England, and the Czech Republic as well as across the United States. Appelbaum’s grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, inspired his passionate support of the Museum’s mission and the work he does to share the lessons
of this history to our society today.