WASHINGTON (January 11, 2010) -- Mike Abramowitz, director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience and a former reporter and editor at The Washington Post, has joined the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) as a non-resident Fellow.

Abramowitz, who is based in Washington, DC, and will continue to work for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will focus on ethnic and religious conflicts, with an emphasis on post-conflict reconciliation efforts. He will also study U.S. and European responses to cases of genocide and mass atrocities.

"Mike's focus on conflict and post-conflict reconciliation adds to the number of transatlantic policy area GMF covers," said GMF President Craig Kennedy. "With Europe and North America still dealing with reconciliation efforts in the Balkans, Turkey-Armenia, and other areas, the transatlantic community stands to benefit from Mike's research and writing on these issues."

In his ongoing work for the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Abramowitz coordinates the genocide prevention effort of the museum. Prior to this role, Abramowitz worked as a reporter and editor for The Washington Post for 24 years, including as White House correspondent, for which he received the prestigious Aldo Beckman Award for distinguished White House coverage.

From 2000 to 2006, Abramowitz was the national editor of the Post, where he supervised coverage of national politics and the federal government.

His work has focused on all facets of national policy, including social policy, science initiatives, and national security. During Abramowitz's tenure in the White House, he covered the Bush administration's conduct of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the crisis in Darfur. He also has an interest in Turkish-Armenian relations and the Balkans.

Abramowitz, who has also been a Marshall Memorial Fellow with the German Marshall Fund, graduated with a degree in government from Harvard University. He began his career at the Post in 1985. He has also been a media fellow at the Hoover Institution and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (http://www.gmfus.org/) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe. Founded in 1972 through a gift from Germany as a permanent memorial to the Marshall Plan assistance, GMF maintains a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to its headquarters in Washington, DC, GMF has seven offices in Europe: Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Brussels, Belgrade, Ankara, and Bucharest.