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In January 2017, a photograph appeared to show a poster on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., listing off early warning signs of looming fascism: The picture was shared with criticism of President Donald Trump, as people claimed that his administration had already checked off several of the boxes on the list: The poster is real, in the sense that it exists in a physical form; however, it was not created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, nor was it on display at one of the museum's exhibits. You can see a price tag in the bottom right corner of the viral image. Sarah Rose, who first shared the photograph on social media, confirmed to us that she took the picture in the museum's gift shop. We reached out to the USHHM to confirm that it sold a poster showing early warning signs of fascism, and they told us that the museum no longer carries the poster. The list was originally created by Laurence Britt in 2003, for an article published by Free Inquiry magazine (a publication for secular humanist commentary and analysis). While subsequent postings of the list often attribute it to Dr. Laurence Britt, the author said that he was not actually a doctor (nor did he claim to be). Britt himself said that he could be more accurately described as an amateur historian: Britt created this list during George W. Bush's tenure as president of the United States. While he did not actually name Bush, he wrote in the original article that some of the early warning signs had already manifested in the United States: While the text in the image is difficult to read, another version of the poster sold by Syracuse Cultural Workers carries the same (more legible) disclaimer: While it is true that this poster exists, it was not displayed the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and has since been removed from its gift shop.
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