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February 2022
Samuel Bak In Conversation
Hear from Bernie Pucker and artist Samuel Bak as they talk about The FHM's newest exhibition "Ever Present: Candles and Chance in the Art of Samuel Bak". Pucker is the long-time owner of Pucker Gallery in Boston and has represented Bak since 1968. Virtual program via our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheFHM
Find out more »The St. Petersburg Celebration of the Arts: A Reunion Story
Presented bilingually in English and Spanish The FHM is honored to share a story of love between two friends who were miraculously reunited after 80 years, Betty Grebenschikoff and Ana María Wahrenberg. The last time Grebenschikoff saw Ana María Wahrenberg was in the spring of 1939, when they were 9 years old. They shared a tearful hug in a Berlin schoolyard before their families were forced to flee the country and the Nazis on the cusp of World War II.…
Find out more »March 2022
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Conversation with Jennifer Teege In partnership with Boxser Diversity Initiative, Sarasota
The Florida Holocaust Museum in partnership with Boxser Diversity Initiative will host two interactive discussions featuring International Selling Author, Jennifer Teege on both Tuesday, March 22 Live at The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Wednesday, March 23 Live at Temple Beth Sholom in Sarasota, Florida, at 6:30 PM. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, an international bestseller, is a book born of a shocking discovery: At age 38, married with two children, Jennifer Teege picked up a…
Find out more »April 2022
The FHM and Judy Genshaft Honors College at USFSP Collaborative Event Featuring International Best Selling Author, Rachael Cerrotti
The Judy Genshaft Honors College at USFSP, in collaboration with The Florida Holocaust Museum, present: “We Share the Same Sky” by International Best Selling Author, Rachael Cerrotti, Monday, April 4th, 3:00 – 4:15 pm at the USF St. Petersburg campus, Lynn Pippenger Hall Auditorium (LPH 101). Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, photographer, educator, and audio producer as well as the inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation and was our keynote speaker for the Kristallnacht Commemoration at the museum. For over a…
Find out more »“Outwitting Hitler” presented in partnership with The University of Tampa’s Film, Animation and New Media Department
Don't miss "Outwitting Hitler" presented in partnership with The University of Tampa and Film, Animation and New Media at The University of Tampa, Thursday, April 7 at 7:00 PM in the CHARLENE GORDON THEATRE - FERMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS. For registration information, please CLICK HERE
Find out more »2022 Giving Challenge
The Florida Holocaust Museum will once again be participating in the 2022 Giving Challenge, taking place from Noon to Noon on April 26th-27th. This online campaign, presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, provides a tremendous opportunity for The FHM as ALL donations are given online at www.TheFHM.org/givingchallenge and will be MATCHED up to $100, thanks to the generosity of The Patterson Foundation.
Find out more »Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day
The FHM will be commemorating Yom HaShoah by offering in-person readings, free admission to the museum, and an evening Holocaust Survivor Testimony and service. Individuals will read aloud, in-person the names of Holocaust victims in 5-minute intervals. Through our educational programs based on original artifacts, archival documents, and artwork, The Florida Holocaust Museum works daily to translate the staggering statistics of genocide into individual stories. The Reading of Names Commemoration is another effort to remember the victims as individual people…
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