people transported in this type of rail car. Ipson Saga At the center of the VHM's core exhibits is the story of a single family, the Ipsons. The Ipson Saga exhibition shares the experience of a family of local Holocaust survivors whose confinement in the Kovno Ghetto and harried escape to a farm in the Lithuanian countryside highlight the constant dangers Jews faced during the Holocaust. Nuremberg Courtroom The Nuremberg Trials were the first international trials of major Nazi war criminals. As such, they served as a major source of documents and testimony for early Holocaust scholarship. The Nuremberg Courtroom exhibit gives visitors the chance to see a full recreation of Room 600 at the Palace of Justice, used during the International Military Tribunals, and to experience the gravity of the trials. The Nuremberg Courtroom exhibit was opened to the public by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during a ceremony in April 2008. See also List of Holocaust memorials and museums in the United States References External links The Virginia Holocaust Museum website Photostream Virginia Holocaust Museums (flickr.com) Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service at the Virginia Holocaust Museum Holocaust museums in the United States Museums in Richmond, Virginia History museums in Virginia The Holocaust in Lithuania Museums established in 1997 1997 establishments in Virginia