Learn About the Heroic Rescue Effort that Saved Thousands of Children During the Holocaust
May 09, 2024 11:30 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the situation worsened in Nazi Germany, parents were faced with a difficult decision: send their children alone to a foreign land in the hopes of...
Illinois Holocaust Museum Announces New Voices of Genocide Exhibition
April 18, 2024 11:00 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is proud to announce the creation of a groundbreaking core exhibition, Spagat Family Voices of...
Explore the History of Jewish Delis in America at Illinois Holocaust Museum
October 04, 2023 10:00 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than a place to get a meal, the Jewish deli is a community forged in food. “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli, opening at Illinois...
Illinois Holocaust Museum Debuts Three New Virtual Reality Films in its Ground-Breaking VR Gallery
July 12, 2023 11:00 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is thrilled to announce the debut of three new virtual reality films in its groundbreaking Richard and Jill...
Join the Search for a Missing Holocaust Survivor at Illinois Holocaust Museum
May 03, 2023 10:30 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 1945, a diary was found in the ashes of a destroyed crematorium at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was written by a 14-year-old Jewish girl named Rywka Lipszyc and...
Travel Back in Time with “The Negro Motorist Green Book” Exhibition at The Illinois Holocaust Museum
January 12, 2023 10:00 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Negro Motorist Green Book, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with...
Illinois Holocaust Museum Launches First-of-its-Kind Online Experience on History of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union
September 28, 2022 11:00 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, Sept. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Launched in the lead-up to the 81st anniversary of the Babiy Yar massacre, Illinois Holocaust Museum has created a new online experience sharing the...
17 Museums Across the World Release Joint Statement Condemning Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
April 11, 2022 12:57 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to the reports of mass graves and acts of brutality against Ukrainian citizens by Russian armed forces, 17 Holocaust Museums from 4...
Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Exhibit Debuts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2022 19:45 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Journey Back: A VR Experience, a groundbreaking virtual reality exhibit transforming Holocaust education and remembrance, is now open to the public...
World Mourns Auschwitz Survivor and Innovator in Holocaust Education
June 20, 2021 12:07 ET
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, Ill., June 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As a Survivor of the Holocaust and the President of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Fritzie Fritzshall devoted her life to...