Join The FHM and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center for a lunch and learn live stream with Holocaust Survivor, Doris Warschawski Fogel on December 9 at 12 PM EST/ 11 AM CST. Doris Warschawski Fogel was born in 1934 in Berlin. Her father died when she was young, and a neighboring family took …
Ben Goldwater was born in December 1938, in Brussels, Belgium. He was living in Mons, Belgium (17km from French border) when the war broke out in 1939. On May 10, 1940 the Nazis occupied his town. Ben’s father joined the Belgian underground against the Nazi war effort. Ben’s family lived under constant fear of denunciation …
Gregory H. Stanton is the Founding President of Genocide Watch (www.genocidewatch.com & www.genocidewatch.org), the founder of the Cambodian Genocide Project, and the founder of the Alliance Against Genocide. He was the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS.) While in the US State Department, he drafted the UN Security Council Resolutions that created …
Five St. Petersburg museums are coming together to boost the health and safety of our community during our first ever Museums for Immunity event. In partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, the Center for Health Equity, and the City of St. Petersburg’s Healthy St. Pete initiative, these museums are bringing …
The exhibition focuses on two recent series "Ner Ot" and the "Art of Chance" produced by Holocaust survivor and artist Samuel Bak. The title of the former, "Ner Ot" is presented as two words. In Hebrew the word ner means candle and nerot means candles (plural). When divided into two words, ot alone means symbol. …
Join us online for a special lunch and learn as we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor Helen Kahan will recount her experience during the Holocaust. Mrs. Kahan will be featured in the interactive Dimensions in Testimony (SM) exhibition later this year. Admission to The FHM on January 27 will be free all day. …
To Life 2022 will mark 30 years for The Florida Holocaust Museum and our mission has never been more important. Along with a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents, Holocaust denial and distortion continue to rise at alarming rates. In May 2021 the Museum itself was targeted by acts of hatred, as were many in our …