January 7, 2010 >
Pioneer Press | Winnetka Teen gets Ho Feng Shan honored on the Museum Fountain of the Righteous Read More >
January 2010 >
Chicago Magazine | Action Heroes: Chicagoans of the Year 2009: Sam Harris Read the Article >
December 13, 2009 >
Southtown Star | Local Police Recruits Learn Lessons from the Holocaust Read More >
The Island Packet | Righteous Gentiles are really true Heroes Read More>
Arizona Daily Star | Proposed “Museum of Tolerance” in Arizona looks to IHMEC for model Read More >
December 12, 2009 >
Daily Herald | Traveling Anne Frank exhibit puts face on horror of Holocaust Read More >
December 11, 2009 >
Dani Froelich screens "Life Lessons" at Illinois Holocaust Museum Read More >
December 8, 2009 >
Daily Herald | Student Leadership Days: Muslim leader's tells teens everyone, at some point, is asked to stand up Read More >November 22, 2009 >
Washington Post | Near Chicago, the Holocaust's lessons resonate Read More >
November 19, 2009 >
120 People become US Citizens in Special Naturalization Ceremony at Illinois Holocaust Museum. Read More >
Pioneer Press | New U.S. citizens sworn in at Holocaust Museum Read Now >
Chicago Breaking News | New citizens proud to join America's 'good society' Read Now >
November 11, 2009 >
Loyola Pheonix | Ralph Rehbock tells his story at Loyola University Read More >
November 9, 2009 >
Skokie Review | Kristallnacht ceremony honors 'righteous' Read More >
November 5, 2009 >
Museum to present the traveling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today from Dec. 3-Feb. 28, 2010 Read More >October 27, 2009 >
Pioneer Press | Educators study non-Jewish Nazi atrocities Read Now >October 26, 2009 >
Yad Vashem and IHMEC sign cooperation agreement. They commit to a close and cooperative relationship in the areas of education, commemoration, and publications. Read More Now >
October 19, 2009 >
The Northwest Indiana Times features the museum and its available resources for teachers. Read Now >
October 14, 2009 >
Menachem Wecker of the Jewish Press discusses why America needs the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Read Now >September 18, 2009 >
Pioneer Presss | The first traveling exhibition opened at the museum, "Darfur: Photojournalists Respond." Survivors from the Sudanese community provided enlightening and extraordinary testimony about how they survived and how they have come to flourish in a new country as refugees. Read Now >
AUGUST 23, 2009 >
Daily Herald | Skokie Holocaust museum holds conference for law enforcement Read Now >August 18, 2009 >
Voice of America | Illinois Museum Teaches Police Recruits About Holocaust Read Now >Voice of America | Watch Video Coverage of the Program Watch Now >
August 16, 2009 >
Chicago Tribune | A cop course about heart Read Now >
August 13, 2009 >
WBEZ Eight Forty-Eight | Executive Director, Richard S. Hirschhaut explains the "Law Enforcement and Democracy Initiative" Listen Online >
August 14, 2009 >
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and Anti-Defamation League Launch “Law Enforcement and Democracy Initiative” | Read More Now >July 7, 2009 >
Pioneer Press | Horror of loss subject of Holocaust Museum art gallery Read Now >Pioneer Press | Inaugural Golder Family Community Forum engages large audience on topic of extremism | Read now >
June 30, 2009 >
Pioneer Press | Rwandan hero gets warm welcome at Holocaust Museum Read Now >June 11, 2009 >
IHMEC Responds to Shooting at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Security heightened at the museum.Statement from Executive Director, Richard Hirschhaut | Read now >
Michael Berenbaum responds on the Jewish Daily Forward website | Read now >
June 11, 2009 >
Pioneer Press: Survivor of Holocaust to speak in Kenilworth
Aaron Elster speaks about his childhood experiences in the Holocaust in Kenilworth. Read online now >April 2, 2009 >
Chicago Tribune: Illinois Holocaust Museum: Grand Opening Nears in Skokie
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Gov. Pat Quinn, Holocaust survivors and 2,000 others are expected to attend a sold-out gala Thursday night at the llinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie.Read online now >
May 28, 2009 >
Chicago Tribune: Horror and heroism featured at new Holocaust museum Read Now >may 14, 2009 >
McCormick Freedom Museum Author Series: Thomas Buergenthal, A Lucky ChildListen to the Podcast Online Now >
Thomas Buergenthal spent his childhood in World War II concentration camps. Miraculously, he survived Auschwitz, the death marches and countless close calls, and is still alive to tell his story today.
The Freedom Museum proudly co-hosted this program with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois.
May 6, 2009 >
Chicago ABC: Mayor Daley marks Holocaust Remembrance Day at llinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Read Now >Coverage of the Museum Opening >
May 12, 2009 | Angella Nazarian, Huffington Post: Voice of Hope Read now >April 21, 2009 | Pioneer Press: Holocaust Museum: Seminar guests decry state of genocide reporting Read now >
April 21, 2009 | Art Bistro: Illinois Holocaust Museum Art Galleries Gives History its Due Read now>
April 20, 2009 | The Washington Post: There Will Be Generations, Eboo Patel Read now >
April 20, 2009 | Chicago Tribune: Bill Clinton featured at opening event Read now >
April 19, 2009 | New York Times: Holocaust Museum Lets Local Voices Memorialize Read now >
April 19, 2009 | Chicago Sun-Times: Wiesel, Clinton revisit horrors, while a 'grandma' speaks of love Read now >
April 18, 2009 | Wall Street Journal: Holocaust Survivors' Protest Still Echoes in Illinois Suburb Read now >
April 16, 2009 | WBEZ Radio: A Holocaust Survivor Hands Off Her Story Listen now >
April 16, 2009 | Chicago Tribune: Sunday's opening in Skokie to have powerful message of hope amid the horrors Read now >
April 2, 2009 >
Professor Elie Wiesel to Speak at Public Grand Opening April 19, 2009
Esteemed author, activist and Holocaust survivor to join President Bill Clinton, Senator Richard Durbin, Governor Pat Quinn and several thousand guests for opening of new museum. Read the Press Release Now >March 24, 2009 >
President Bill Clinton to Keynote Grand Opening April 19, 2009
Former U.S. President to join Governor Quinn and thousands of guests as local Holocaust survivors Witness their Dream Revealed for the first time. Read the Press Release Now >March 21, 2009 >
Chicago Tribune recognizes IHMEC tribute to Chiune Sugihara
Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese Diplomat during WWII, is one of many rescuers featured in the museum. Richard Salomon helped secure Japanese documents to tell Sugihara's story and impart the lesson that individuals can make a difference in the midst of darkness. Read the article online now >
March 21, 2009 >
North Shore Magazine features Museum's work to celebrate the memories of victims and educate future generations
April 2009 Cover Story: "Out of the Darkness" by Lisa Skolnik Read the article online now >January 2, 2009 >
Chicago Tribune Winter Architecture Preview Cites IHMEC
A winter architecture preview in the Chicago Tribune lists the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, designed by Stanley Tigerman, as one of its top 10 new sites to watch. Read the winter preview online now >December 18, 2008 >
Generation to Generation Hannukah Party Featured in the Deerfield Review
Holocaust survivors and members of HRC continue to preserve Holocaust memory, build lasting relationships, and celebrate traditions. Read the article online now >December 14, 2008 >
Chicago Tribune Features the "Skokie That Was"
Writer Howard Reich, a child of Holocaust survivors, highlights the efforts of Survivors to rebuild their lives in Skokie, the home of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education CenterRead the article online now >
November 11, 2009 >
Museum announces April 19, 2009 Opening
JUF Blog: A first-look at the Illinois Holocaust MuseumChicago Tribune: Holocaust Museum Plans Historic Opening
Chicago Sun Times: Illinois Holocaust Museum to Open April 2009
Daily Herald: New Holocaust Museum Aims to Remember the Past, Transform the Future
Pioneer Press: Holocaust Museum in Skokie set for opening April 19
Naperville Sun: Illinois Holocaust Museum work nears completion
WBBM 780: Illinois' New Holocaust Museum in Skokie (with audio)
Older News >
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Remember KristallnachtIHMEC co-sponsors Holocaust scholar Debórah Dwork at community-wide program honoring the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, The Night of the Broken Glass
New York Times Features Extraordinary Collection Donated to Museum
A stamp collection accumulated by Ken Lawrence is donated to the museum by the Spungen Family Foundation in Illinois.
Preserving death camp helps many to understand the horrors of genocide
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center responds to the Chicago Tribune article about financial concerns at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp memorial sites.
Associate Director of Education, Kelley Szany, Honored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chicago.
Szany received the Federation’s 2008 Samuel A. Goldsmith Award honoring outstanding “next generation” professionals at Jewish communal organizations. View the acceptance speech online >
Ex-refugees' Shanghai stories: 2 women relive years in Jewish ghetto after families fled Holocaust
Andrew L. Wang of the Chicago Tribune details the stories of two Chicago-area women who fled the Holocaust and found refuge in Shanghai. The womens' stories will now be preserved in the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
HRC Launches Generation to Generation Program
The program pairs a young person who is a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Committee with a Holocaust survivor, with the end goal of the young leader learning the story of survival of their pair.
IHMEC Mourns Passing of Rescuer Irena Sendler
IHMEC is Highlighted in The Builder
Building construction is tauted in a construction trade magazine.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Receives Conservation Bookshelf
IHMEC is among the first to receive an essential set of resources from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf.
IHMEC Mourns Representative Tom Lantos
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center mourns the passing of Representative Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.
Living History, Past Pain
Article highlighting the Holocaust Remembrance Board in the Daily Herald, July 04, 2007
Holocaust Survivors Gather to Leave Their Mark on the New Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Watch video coverage at CBS 2 News Chicago
State of Illinois Grants Additional $1 million to New Museum
To help ensure that Illinoisans for generations to come remain aware of the lessons of the Holocaust, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a $1 million grant to support construction of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.
Groundbreaking, June 22, 2006, 10:30 a.m.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center broke ground on the new 65,000-square-foot museum. Joined by Governor Rod Blagojevich, Israeli Consul General Barukh Binah, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen and Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, local survivors and project leaders marked the day with solemn remembrance and hopeful celebration.
Skokie, IL