May 21, 2013
Skokie Review | In her own words: Holocaust Museum’s Hannah Senesh exhibition transcends myth
May 7, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum honors human trafficking activist
May 7, 2013
Pioneer Local | Norridge student’s poem wins award from Illinois Holocaust Museum
May 6, 2013
Pioneer Local | Suburban teens win Holocaust art contest
May 2, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum hosting conference on genocides
May 1, 2013
The Armenian Weekly | Balakian Speaks at Illinois Holocaust Museum
april 29, 2013
Asbarez Armenian News | Balakian Launches Illinois Holocaust Museum 2015 Project
april 25, 2013
Skokie Review | Museum focuses on Hannah Senesh in new exhibition
april 24, 2013
Broadway World | Chicago Museum Presents Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Senesh, 5/14
april 24, 2013
Public Radio of Armenia | Holocaust Museum shines light on Armenian Genocide
april 23, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum shines light on Armenian Genocide
april 22, 2013
Skokie Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum meets gold standard for being green
april 18, 2013
The Daily Sizzle | "Israeli Joan of Arc" featured in new museum exhibit
april 18, 2013
Chicago Tribune | The real stories behind 'No Place on Earth'
april 18, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: New documentary unearths Nazi survival story
april 18, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum plays key role in survivor documentary
april 17, 2013
Chicago Sun-Times | ‘No Place on Earth’ sheds light on Holocaust survivors’ cave dwellings
april 10, 2013
Jewish World Review | No Place on Earth
APRIL 5, 2013
NBC5 | Police Recruits Spend Day Immersed in History
april 1, 2013
Clean Edison Blog | LEED Certifications of March
march 27, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum takes spot among greenest buildings
march 26, 2013
Skokie Patch | Illinois Holocaust Museum Achieves LEED Gold Certification
march 26, 2013
Trib Local | Illinois Holocaust Museum Receives $315,000 Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
march 15, 2013
Splash | Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner
march 12, 2013
Skokie Patch | Illinois Holocaust Museum Honors Three Humanitarians
march 11, 2013
Skokie Review | Power of Three: Holocaust Museum Dinner Honors Humanitarians
march 7, 2013
Crain's Chicago Business | Brodsky, Rice, Pritzker feted by Holocaust museum
march 1, 2013
TWO MOMS, A LITTLE TIME, AND A KEYBOARD | Illinois Holocaust Museum: Exhibits that Speak to the Children
February 28, 2013
TWO MOMS, A LITTLE TIME, AND A KEYBOARD | The Illinois Holocaust Museum: An Important Journey
We are very lucky to live an area with many resources that aid our children (and ourselves) as we learn about life, the world, and our place in it.
February 26, 2013
GOOD NEWS SKOKIE | What 8th Grade Students Can Learn at the Holocaust Museum
On a recent Friday morning I had the extraordinary good luck to accompany a group of Middle School 8th graders to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center off Golf Road and Edens Highway in northern Skokie.
February 12, 2013
Skokie Review | The Power of Staying Behind
When a government worker told Carl Wilkens to talk to Jean Kambanda about saving the 60 children in a Kigali orphanage from the Hutu militia, Wilkens could scarcely believe his ears.
February 8, 2013
Chicago Tribune | Holocaust Museum's message: Don't bully
The little girl is only 8, and so she does not yet read newspapers or watch or listen to the local news.
February 7, 2013
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum explores lesser-known origins of Brown v. Board of Education
The “sanctioned” history of the Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, hasn’t always been easy for Joseph A. De Laine Jr. and his sister, Ophelia De Laine Gona to hear.
February 6, 2013
WBEZ | Holocaust Museum Depicts Life Before Racial Integration
As an African-American born during World War II, when the subject is race, I’m always interested in the many stories that have not been told.
February 1, 2013
Make It Better | 5 Things to Do: February 1-3
We're celebrating this month with outdoor adventures, theatrics and cultural outings.
january 29, 2013
Down With Film Blog | Trailer: Skokie: Invaded, But Not Forgotten
This documentary covers the town of Stokie, Illnois, which in 1977, had the largest percentage of holocaust survivors in the U.S
january 29, 2013
Examiner | 'Courage' Exhibit at IL Holocaust Museum - a tribute, but an end to segregation?
There continues to be a need for dialogue on issues of schooling and race that still confront America.
january 29, 2013
Medill News | Illinois Holocaust Museum connects the dots of genocide
Rather than dwelling on history, the Illinois Holocaust Museum honored the 68th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation by focusing on a more recent genocide -- in the Central African nation of Rwanda.
january 29, 2013
Chicago Tribune | Holocaust survivor, reunited with sister, is now a U.S. citizen
Adam Paluch, 73, was one of the first candidates to arrive Monday at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building downtown.
january 26, 2013
Daily Herald | Moving Picture: Mundelein Holocaust survivor finds past
It took 45 years, but Adam Paluch finally found out who he was.
january 25, 2013
TimeOut Chicago | ‘Courage’ Exhibit Coming to Illinois Holocaust Museum
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will commence Black History Month with the exhibition "COURAGE: The Vision to End Segregation, The Guts to Fight For It" on February 3.
january 24, 2013
Chicago Tonight | New Film Explores Skokie's Battle with Neo-Nazis
A new documentary airing on WTTW explores the explosive moment when a group of neo-Nazis sought to march in Skokie, Illinois in 1979 – and the landmark legal drama that ensued.
january 22, 2013
Chicago Sun-Times | ‘Invaded But Not Conquered’ documents Skokie neo-Nazi uproar
One of the many ways to divide time in Skokie is to look at life before and after the neo-Nazis tried to march downtown.
january 22, 2013
Skokie Review | Reflections on Skokie’s neo-Nazi march attempt
Filmmaker Todd Whitman admits that he could have made a much longer documentary on the neo-Nazis’ attempted 1977 and 1978 march in Skokie.
january 21, 2013
Chicago Tribune | Screening "Skokie: Invaded but not Conquered"
The story of Skokie and the way it rallied a community, a region and a state to stand up to the racism of neo-Nazism is told once again in a new documentary that takes a fresh look at old wounds.
january 18, 2013
Chicago Jewish News | Invaded but Not Conquered
Aaron Elster still remembers what it felt like in 1978 when Nazis wanted to march in his hometown of Skokie.
january 16, 2013
Chicago Tribune | Reawakening the ghosts of Skokie
To me, a kid growing up in the 1960s and '70s, Skokie seemed like any other suburb, its tidy houses sitting on impeccably manicured lawns.
december 30, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times | ‘Spies’ exhibit in Skokie recounts the fear among us
With the CIA hogging the spotlight these days — think “Homeland” and the Petraeus scandal — it seems only right to make time for the exhibition “Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs” at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
december 26, 2012
TimeOut Chicago | Skokie film recalls Nazi march that didn’t happen
In 1977, the National Socialist Party of America applied for a permit to hold a rally in north suburban Skokie, whose large Jewish population included thousands of survivors of the Holocaust.
december 10, 2012
Skokie Review | Survivors Meet in Skokie after more than 60 years
Chabad rabbis from many of the 35 Chabad Houses throughout Illinois gathered Sunday to witness the long-anticipated and historic first-time meeting of two men who survived the Holocaust in the Czestochowa concentration camp in Poland during 1944 as young boys.
november 26, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Survivors become important teachers at museum
Cipora Katz of Skokie has the rapt attention of the 10 or so students who sit around a table in the basement of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
november 18, 2012
Evanston Review | Students hear first-hand genocide lessons
Since 1990, all public and elementary schools in Illinois have been required to teach the Holocaust, the first state to adopt such a mandate.
november 15, 2012
Northbrook Star | Kristallnacht ceremony highlights light in dark world
Out of recognition of the darkest of nights comes celebration of light.
october 9, 2012
Skokie Review | Argentine ambassador makes historic Holocaust Museum visit
Like the Illinois Holocaust Museum itself, the Oct. 8 visit by the Argentine ambassador to the United States became not just about exploring the past but also about addressing the present.
september 14, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times | ‘Cultural ambassadors’ make sure your visit, tours are top-notch
Chicago is chock-full of world-class art and architecture that isn’t always appreciated to the fullest — or, in some cases, at all.
august 9, 2012
TimeOut Chicago | Exhibit A
“Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America” packs its twisting displays with U.S. history’s dark moments—foreign-born attacks long forgotten (the Black Tom bombing in New Jersey) or still haunting (9/11).
august 1, 2012
Chicago Tribune | Elie Wiesel a beacon for human rights
For more than 50 years, Elie Wiesel has provided a moral compass for the world.
JULY 23, 2012
Skokie Review | Polish 'upstander' Honored at Holocaust Museum in Skokie
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s outdoor Fountain of the Righteous represents a collection of inspirational stories about the difference one person can make in the world.
JULY 20, 2012
Polish Daily News | The Righteous Among the Nations
Consul General of Israel to the County of the Midwest, Orli Gil, honored posthumously Pole Catherine Moroz highest Israeli award "Righteous Among the Nations."
JULY 18, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum in Skokie opens thought-provoking exhibit
Where were you on that infamous day when New York Harbor came under attack by those looking to harm the country from within?
JULY 18, 2012
Skokie Review | Curator oversees sacred collection at Skokie museum
Visitors who tour the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s permanent exhibition see nearly 500 collection pieces from beginning to end.
JULY 16, 2012
Travel Digest of the Wisconsin State Journal | Travel digest: Terrorism and civil rights, Taking up space
The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., lends its expertise to a new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Ill.
JULY 7, 2012
TimeOut Chicago | I Spy
Explore this educational creation of the International Spy Museum.
JULY 5, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum takes on provocative subject
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center could not have picked a more provocative subject for its latest traveling exhibition.
June 29, 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Illinois Holocaust Museum announces Spies, Traitors, And Saboteurs. Fear And Freedom In America exhibition
Most Americans remember the moment they learned that terrorists had attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, and regard that day’s events as a turning point that forever altered their sense of security.
June 29, 2012
CS | With Honors
More than 1,700 Chicago Business and civic leaders, community members and Holocaust Survivors gathered at the Hyatt Regency Chicago for the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center's Humanitarian Awards Dinner. (See p. 150)
June 18, 2012
Global Jewish Advocacy Newsletter | The Big Story
Nearly 20 diplomats from Chicago’s Consulates attended an event last week that examined the actions of the Third Reich’s Foreign Ministry and contemporary examples of ethical diplomatic dilemmas.
June 13, 2012
Chicago Sister Cities | GOTHENBURG: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg Recap
On June 5 2012, the Gothenburg Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International supported a ceremony to honor the Swedish diplomat and humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg for his courage and actions that saved thousands of Jewish lives in Hungary 1944.
June 5, 2012
Evanston Review | Holocaust Museum: Film explores last survivor generation
When someone drives or walks by the big building at 908 Argyle St. in Chicago, they’re not likely to take much notice.
June 1, 2012
Skokie Patch | Documentary Sheds Light on Central European Refugees, Holocaust Survivors
In the late 1930's groups of German Jewish refugees fled Europe as it was on the brink of the Holocaust and came to Chicago. A portion of this population founded the Selfhelp Home, a retirement home for elderly jews, in 1938.
May 30, 2012
NBC 5 Chicago | Obama's "Death Camp" Remark a Teachable Moment: Museum Director
President Barack Obama used the phrase "Polish Death Camp" while presenting a posthumous award to a Polish World War II hero who tried to warn the world about Nazi executions in Poland. Dick Johnson reports.
May 30, 2012
Medill Reports Chicago | Chicago set to remember Swedish humanitarian who saved thousands from Nazis
By the end of 1944, 11-year-old Agnes Schwartz had lost everything.
May 27, 2012
The Times | Illinois Holocaust Museum exhibit shares Jewish part in American war effort
Roger Salamon still remembers the words he heard during his army infantry training in March 1945.
May 21, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business | When giving crosses faith lines
John Canning Jr. isn't Catholic. He isn't even religious.
May 18, 2012
Skokie Review | Jewish World War II vets tell of battle experiences
“War. You can’t describe the damage it does, and you have no idea how scary it is to be in a war.”
May 4, 2012
ABC7 News | Mayor Emanuel, survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
Dignitaries, students and survivors gathered at the Illinois Holocaust Museum for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
May 1, 2012
JUF News | Holocaust museum exhibit showcases the American Jews who served in WWII
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center's latest special exhibition offers a glimpse into a familiar topic through an unfamiliar perspective: that of American Jewish soldiers who served in WWII.
April 23, 2012
Skokie Review | Early years a tireless effort
“We have not wasted a minute.”
April 23, 2012
Skokie Review | Group marks Remembrance Day, anniversary
There came a time when Holocaust survivor and Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman stopped asking why.
April 18, 2012
Journal Online | A Day For Survivors
There are some memories that last a lifetime. And there are some memories that can haunt you forever.
March 28, 2012
Chicago Tribune | Hidden Holocaust exhibit a simple watercolor, until you flip it over
Illinois Holocaust Museum: At this thought-provoking museum, visitors follow a path that leads them from an explanation of the earliest stirrings of the Holocaust, through the genocide and then the aftermath.
March 27, 2012
Daily Herald | Illinois Holocaust Museum honors civic leaders at awards dinner
Secretary of Defense (2006-2011) Robert M. Gates joined nearly 2,000 of Chicago’s foremost civic, business and charitable leaders, community members, local Holocaust survivors and museum patrons at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Tuesday, March 6, to celebrate the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and to honor four individuals at its 2012 Humanitarian Awards Dinner.
March 12, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times | Humanitarian honorees
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s Board of Trustees, along with more than 1,800 supporters, gathered last week at the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker, for the 2012 Humanitarian Awards Dinner featuring former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates as keynote speaker.
March 11, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Defense Secretary Gates weighs in on Iranian threat
Former Secretary of State Robert Gates’ assessment of the threat posed by Iran and the current state of the Middle East came with no sugar coating.
March 11, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum honors Skokie teacher’s work in Ghana
Emmanuel may have been the first to capture Shelley Nizynski Reese’s heart but he certainly wasn’t the last.
March 9, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum raises $2.2 million for its mission
Attended by 1,700 people including dignitaries from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and with a keynote address from former Secretary of State Robert M. Gates, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center March 6 raised more than $2.2 million at its annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner.
March 9, 2012
Skokie Review | A glimpse of Ghana and its people
There are as many or more preventable deaths in Ghana as there are anywhere in the world, Shelley Nizynski Reese has said.
March 8, 2012
Crain's | Holocaust Museum award allows Michael Rubinstein a pass on anniversary gift
When Michael Rubinstein took to the stage at the Illinois Holocaust Museum's awards dinner Tuesday night, he noted that the affair conflicted with his 29th wedding anniversary.
March 8, 2012
Skokie Patch | Local Jewish Vets Honored at Holocaust Museum
The touring exhibit of “Ours to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War” - on display at Skokie’s Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center through June 21 – is so compelling museum officials wouldn’t dare alter its layout.
March 6, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times | Holocaust museum honors three Chicago execs
On Tuesday night, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will host its annual Humanitarian Awards dinner to honor Neil Bluhm, president, JMB Realty Corp.; Don Thompson, president and COO, McDonald’s Corp., and Rick Waddell, chairman and CEO, Northern Trust, for outstanding civic leadership and support of the IHMEC.
March 5, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum honors Skokie teacher
If ever there was an award tailor made for someone, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s new Power Of One Award — celebrating the difference one person can make in the world — has to be it.
March 1, 2012
Chicago Tribune | 'Ours to Fight For' tells stories of Jews who served in WWII
Those of an anti-Semitic bent had a definite opinion about Jews' joining the U.S. militaryto fight in World War II.
February 24, 2012
Chicago Jewish News | GI Jews
When 88-year-old Chicago-area veteran Mort Oman viewed “Ours to Fight For: AmericanJews in the Second World War,” the new exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, he had a visceral reaction.
February 20, 2012
Trib Local | Exhibition Public Opening at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
"Ours to Fight For- Amercian Jews in the Second World War" exhibit opened to the public on Feburary 19 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois.
February 20, 2012
Skokie Review | Museum sought World War II exhibit years ago
When Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center leaders first wanted to bring “Ours To Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War” to Skokie, there were a couple of challenges.
February 20, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Voices of veterans drive exhibit
It may be more instructive to begin with what you will not find in the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s traveling exhibition about Jewish World War II veterans.
February 16, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business | 10 Things to Do this Weekend
EXAMINE. The "OURS TO FIGHT FOR: AMERICAN JEWS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR" special exhibit opens this weekend at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
February 13, 2012
WTTW | Stanley Tigerman
Architect Stanley Tigerman discusses the Illinois Holocaust Museum project.
February 6, 2012
The Columbia Chronicle | Jewish World War II Veterans Remembered
In just a matter of weeks, the collective voices of more than 400 World War II veterans will tell their stories in an exhibition meant to encapsulate the realities of a pivotal time in history.
january 24, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Jewish World War II vets drive new exhibit
More than 400 voices are behind the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s forthcoming comprehensive exhibition exploring American Jews who fought in World War II.
january 20, 2012
Chicago Jewish News | Pennies in Memory
On Sunday, Jan. 29, BEANS USY (Beth El at North Suburban Synagogue United Synagogue Youth) of Highland Park will present a donation of 1.5 million pennies ($15,000) to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
january 19, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Landmark play asks big moral questions
“It is not only Ernst Janning that is put on trial here. It is the German people.”
january 13, 2012
Dupage Regional Office of Education | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations has designated January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
january 3, 2012
Huffington Post | The Sound Of Silence: Resolving To Speak Out In 2012
Even as the New Year has come and gone, change, often avoided or dismissed, becomes an overwhelming motivator.
december 21, 2011
Wilmette Life | Graphic novel art reawakens survivor stories
Their stories are told in a variety of ways — through old photographs and film, eyewitness testimony and meticulously installed summary panels, an upper floor art gallery and a lower floor space for traveling exhibitions.
december 5, 2011
Elm Leaves | River Grove Students visit Holocaust Museum
A group of River Grove School students visited Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie last month and learned about bullying and the Holocaust.
november 23, 2011
East Peoria Times Courier | EPCHS Students Travel for Holocaust Lesson
Eight East Peoria Community High School juniors recently stepped outside their classroom for an important lesson in history.
november 17, 2011
JUF News | The Valiant and the Indifferent—Honoring Rescuers, Commemorating Kristallnacht
At a special community gathering, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center contrasted the acts of righteous “upstanders” with the indifference demonstrated during “Kristallnacht,” often referred to as the “Night of Shattered Glass.”
november 7, 2011
Chicago Sun Times | Illinois Holocaust Museum, Jewish escapees honor rescuers
Chaya Roth and Gitta Fajerstein-Walchirk have a close bond with a 90-year-old Catholic priest living in a nursing home in Cuneo, Italy.
november 7, 2011
Skokie Review | Heroes help mark Kristallnacht anniversary
Chaya Roth and Gitta Fajerstein-Walchirk have a close bond with a 90-year-old Catholic priest living in a nursing home in Cuneo, Italy.
november 6, 2011
ABC News | Several honored for helping rescue Jews in WWII
Three days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht the Illinois Holocaust Museum in suburban Skokie honored people from Italy, Poland and Lithuania who helped rescue Jews during World War II.
OCTOBER 27, 2011
National Parks Magazine | The Art of Gaman
“The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts of the Japanese American Internment Camps: 1942-1946” was recently exhibited at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and is currently traveling the country.
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Skokie Review | Museum Fights Against Bullying
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s inaugural all-day Anti-Bullying Forum last week, packed with useful information for educators from throughout the region, seemed to gravitate toward a few repeated points.
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Skokie Review | Chicago Schools CEO Weighs in on Bullying
“How many of you were subject to bullying while you were in school?” Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard raised his hand even if he was the one who posed the question.
october 19, 2011
Chicago Tonight | Bullying
There is a national push to eradicate bullying. Are schools doing enough to combat the problem? We hear from Dorothy Espelage, one of the nation's top experts on bullying, on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm.
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Enhanced youth exhibit inspires kids to stand up
More than two years later, the simplest of words continue to be as meaningful as ever. “Make a difference.”
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Trib Local | Families Invited to Day of Kid-friendly Events at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center invites families to celebrate the re-launch of the newly enhanced and expanded Make a Difference! The Miller Family Youth Exhibition with an afternoon of family fun.
september 29, 2011
Lincolnwood Review | Other Programs Complement Japanese-American Artworks
The Japanese-American population in Chicago stood at about 400 before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By the time World War II ended and Japanese-American internment camps were dismantled, that population spiked to about 20,000.
September 23, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum Shines Light on Prisoner Art
Families were torn apart, businesses and homes were lost, lives were interrupted overnight.
September 22, 2011
Chicago Tonight | The Art of Gaman
When Japanese-Americans were rounded up and shipped to internment camps in the U.S. during World War II, some of them created art and handiwork to help them cope. Paintings, carvings and sculptures are part of The Art of Gaman exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, which opens on Sunday.
September 22, 2011
Crain's Chicago Business | 10 Things to Do this Weekend
REMEMBER. "THE ART OF GAMAN: ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMPS, 1942- 1946," an exhibit that was on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, opens at the Illinois Holocaust Museum this weekend.
September 13, 2011
Lake Forester | New Exhibit displays Japanese Prisoner Art
A showcase of arts and crafts made by Japanese American prisoners while interned in the United States from 1942 to 1946 will be featured in a new exhibition this month at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
September 2, 2011
JUF News | Sunday at the Museum
Adventures of a Jewish 20-something, by Stefanie Pervos Bregman
august 29, 2011
Lincolnwood Review | 'Eleven' Concert at Museum Honors Memory of Sept. 11th Victims
Chicago cabaret artist Joan Curto was excitedly waiting to board a plane at O’Hare Airport for her New York City debut when the flight was abruptly cancelled. It was Sept. 11, 2001.
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august 24, 2011
TimeOut Chicago | Spots of Light featured in "This Week in Chicago"
A contemporary concept enlivens enthralling stories of women in the Holocaust.
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july 29, 2011
Chicago Jewish News | To Be a Woman in the Holocaust
The touching and revelatory exhibit -- the first international exhibition to focus exclusively on women and their experiences during the Holocaust -- tells many stories through large-scale projections grouped according to subject matter.
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july 25, 2011
Skokie Review | Cancer Survivor uses Handbag Art to Heal
july 25, 2011
Skokie Review | Being a Survivor Examined through the Arts
july 1, 2011
Skokie Patch | Holocaust Exhibit Spotlights Women's Plight
july 1, 2011
Lincolnwood Review | Heroic women from Holocaust highlighted in museum exhibit
June 26, 2011
Daily Herald | Skokie Museum Offers First Look at Women of Holocaust
“Spots of Light: To be a Woman in the Holocaust” opened this week at the Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.
The exhibit is part of a traveling exhibit from Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
June 24, 2011
Crain's Chicago Business | 10 Things to Do this Weekend
REMEMBER. The video-art based exhibition, "SPOTS OF LIGHT: TO BE A WOMAN IN THE HOLOCAUST," opens this week at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
June 20, 2011
Lake Michigan Shore | Truth, Tears and Tolerance: Illinois Holocaust Museum pays tribute to victims, honors survivors
It all began in the aftermath of the proposed neo-Nazi march on Skokie in the late 1970s. Holocaust survivors living in the area realized they must ensure that the legacy of their horrific experiences is passed on to future generations. It took a while. In 1981, the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois was established and in 1984, a small museum and resource center opened, making it available to the public, especially schoolchildren, who heard first-hand the personal experiences of Holocaust survivors.
June 12, 2011
Daily Herald | Women in the Holocaust Exhibit Opens
A new exhibit focusing the experiences of women in the Holocaust is opening at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.
“Spots of Light: To be a Woman in the Holocaust” is the first international exhibit to focus exclusively on women.
mAY 24, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Civil rights giant stays determined to get in the way
The former “Freedom Rider” and the last living civil rights leader who spoke at the historic March on Washington rally more than 47 years ago still believes in “getting in the way” to fight injustice in the world.
That’s how U.S. Congressman John Lewis says he has always lived his life, offering that politics is a continuation of the principles that guided him as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
mAY 11, 2011
Lincolnwood Review | Chicago marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Skokie
Ever since the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center was built two years ago, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has commemorated the city’s Holocaust Remembrance Day there.
“Each year, this day serves as a reminder of a tragic time in history that this generation should not be allowed to forget,” city organizers said.
Holocaust survivor Beatrice Muchman served as a keynote speaker last week at the ceremony held Thursday in Skokie.
mAY 10, 2011
Skokie Review | Croatian president quietly visits Holocaust Museum
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was there before the museum even opened.
Former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel spoke and toured the facility on opening day. Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina took a tour on a quiet Sunday afternoon.
But for all the dignitaries and distinguished guests of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center over the last two years, no one has been a sitting head of state.
aPRIL 30 / mAY 7
WCIU-The U | Holocaust and Veteran’s Museums
In this episode we explore two unique historical institutions that possess thought-provoking exhibits and are located beyond the downtown Museum Campus: The Illinois Holocaust Museum and National Veterans Art Museum.
mAY 5, 2011
YouTube | Remain Constantly Vigiliant Against Hate Crimes, Mayor Daley Says at 22nd Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Hate crimes and crimes against humanity continue to occur all around the world every day and we must be constantly vigilant to make sure that prejudice and intolerance never obtain a foothold in Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley said at ceremonies marking the City's 22nd Holocaust Remembrance Day.
In 1990, Daley started Holocaust Remembrance Day in Chicago in memory of the victims and in honor of the survivors of one of darkest moments in the history of humanity.
MAY 2, 2011
Vocalo 89.5, sister station of Chicago Public Radio | Hear Fritzie Fritzshall’s inspirational story of survival
May 2nd is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day. Fritizie Fritzshall, Holocaust survivor and President of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, joined Brian Babylon and Molly Adams of the Morning AMp for an eye-opening conversation. Fritzie shared her story of survival and spoke about the education efforts of the museum.
April 23, 2011
The New York Times | Memories of Holocaust, Fortified
SKOKIE, Ill. — Before the $45 million Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center opened here two years ago, there was some urgency in completing its 65,000-square-foot building, which now stands so incongruously monumental in the midst of Chicago’s suburban landscape.
April 13, 2011
ABC 7 News | Condoleezza Rice for the Illinois Holocaust Museum
Condoleezza Rice spoke eloquently at our 2011 Humanitarian Awards Dinner about the importance of not treating groups of individuals as "other than us."
April 13, 2011
Crain's Chicago Business | Holocaust Museum announces $1M scholarship fund in name of Daleys
The Illinois Holocaust Museum hosted a fundraising event earlier this week where honoree Michael Sacks and museum campaign chairman J.B. Pritzker announced a nearly $1-million scholarship fund that will benefit Chicago Public School students.
Museum executives say the Mayor Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley Education Fund is a fitting tribute to the outgoing mayor, who became emotional Tuesday night when he talked about the importance of telling Holocaust survivors' stories.
April 12, 2011
Illinois Government News Network | Governor Quinn Appoints Members to Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission
Governor Pat Quinn today appointed nine individuals to serve on the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Commission members will work to promote education and awareness of the Holocaust and genocide around the world.
“We must never forget the atrocities and horrors of the Holocaust,” said Governor Quinn. “This commission will increase awareness of the Holocaust and other past genocides to make sure that ‘never again’ is not a meaningless slogan.”
march 28, 2011
Chicago Tribune | Hurt by prejudice, healed by unity
Perhaps it is because Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers and her beloved college professor, though raised continents apart, had childhoods scarred by bitter, dehumanizing prejudice.
Or maybe it's that the teaching didn't end after graduation half a century ago but continued right up until Lore May Rasmussen died in 2009 at 88. Read Online >
march 23, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times | Exhibit details WWII era Jewish scholars' impact on black colleges
They were two groups an ocean apart with seemingly little in common — black Southerners living under Jim Crow, seeking a college education, and free-thinking German and Austrian academics under duress in the 1930s.
They formed a lifelong commitment to each other after the professors, Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, gained employment at historically black colleges and universities in the South.
march 22, 2011
WBEZ91.5 | Exhibition presents history of Jewish scholars teaching at historically black colleges
Shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, laws were passed barring Jews from working in the public sector. That meant many of the most important minds were tossed out of their jobs at major universities. In response, The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars formed in New York. Within a few years, the Committee brought about 300 professors to the U.S. Nine were hired by The University of Chicago. Listen Online >
march 22, 2011
Make it Better | Illinois Holocaust Museum Anti-Bullying Workshop
On March 9th, more than 60 5th and 6th grade students from Chicago and its surrounding suburbs participated in an Anti-Bullying workshop entitled STAND UP! Youth Leadership Day at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
The workshop included museum tours, group activities, and a presentation by a survivor of the war in Bosnia, Nadja Halibegovich, who led her country towards peace by broadcasting music and poetry over the radio. Read Online >
march 21, 2011
Trib Local | Illinois Holocaust Museum Announces 2011 Docent Training Program
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applicants for their 2011 Docent Training Program. This select corps of Docents will be responsible for leading student and adult tours through the Karkomi Permanent Exhibition; Make A Difference: Miller Family Youth Exhibition; Legacy of Absence Art Gallery; and changing special exhibitions. Read Online >
march 21, 2011
Trib Local | Exelon Funds $250,000 Anti-Bullying Initiative
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has received a $250,000 grant from Exelon Corporation to establish the Museum’s Anti-Bullying Initiative. The new educational program kicked off with a full-day workshop entitled STAND UP! Youth Leadership Day on Wednesday, March 9. A program of the Miller Family Youth Exhibition, over 60 fifth and sixth grade students participated, traveling to the museum from Chicago and surrounding suburbs, Rockford, and Northwest Indiana. Read Online >
march 14, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Ambitious programming fulfills IHMEC mission
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center turns two years old next month, having opened during the same month designated as Genocide Awareness Month and on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
After two years, the museum and education facility continues to fulfill its mission, not only as a sacred place where memories and history are preserved but as a learning ground to try to educate and prevent future genocide. Read Online >
march 10, 2011
Jewish Exponent | Debating Museums' Future in Shaky Times
The state and stature of American Jewish museums was "Exhibit A" last week at the annual conference of the institutions' directors and programmers, held at the spanking new National Museum of American Jewish History.
Gathered at the museum on Independence Mall -- with tours and side trips to such nearby sites as the Constitution Center and Temple Judea Museum at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park -- more than 200 delegates of the Council of American Jewish Museums delved into such topics as curating and collecting, as well as the "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats" facing the institutions. Read Online >
march 9, 2011
Chicago Tribune | Helping Museum Workers Collect Know-How
For many of the students in Arielle Weininger's class in museum collection practices, the issues are more than academic.
Part of a certificate program in artifact collection care that began last fall at the University of Chicago's Graham School of General Studies, the class has attracted volunteers, interns and employees from museums and archives across the Chicago area. Read Online >
march 7, 2011
Chicago Tribune | On the town: Upcoming events
A compelling story is explored in the exhibition "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. The story is about Jewish scholars who fled Nazi Germany for the United States, and became professors at historically black colleges in the South. Read Online >
February 25, 2011
Chicago Tribune | Exhibit Explores Jewish and African-American connections at HBCUs
A compelling story is explored in the exhibition "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. The story is about Jewish scholars who fled Nazi Germany for the United States, and became professors at historically black colleges in the South.
The exhibition looks at how shared racial persecution shaped relationships between the Jewish instructors and African-American students. Read Online >
February 24, 2011
Time Out Chicago | "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow" at Illinois Holocaust Museum
A sign—jews not welcome—hangs over a German college’s gate; a U.S. association for Realtors document discourages home sales to certain races; a New York union broadside espouses anti-immigrant policy. Using these and other artifacts, Illinois Holocaust Museum paints a picture of a perverted era: Jewish professors—kicked out of German colleges—emigrated to the U.S. during WWII and gladly found jobs at black universities in the Jim Crow South. Read Online >
February 7, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum : Exhibit tells little known-story of Jewish and Black history
Scholar Ernst Borinski and many just like him led two very different and distinguished lives by the time their careers ended. Before 1939, German-born Borinski studied law, the humanities and arts at multiple universities. He clerked in the Prussian High Court, served as a judicial officer and worked for a private company on labor law issues.
But Borinski was Jewish, and when the Nazis marched into Austria in 1938, he left his homeland and found himself in America trying to create a new life. Read Online >
January 31, 2001
Daily Herald | Holocaust museum examines Jewish persecution and Jim Crow
A new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow,” explores the unlikely coming together of these two groups, each the object of exclusion and hatred, and examines the ongoing encounter between them as they navigated the challenges of life in the segregated South.
Through historical objects, photographs, texts and artworks such as “The Gleaners” by John Biggers, visitors learn the stories of two disenfranchised groups brought together in search of opportunity and freedom. Read Online >
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Exhibit describes refugee Jewish scholars at black colleges
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center's newest traveling exhibition tells the under-reported story of German-Jewish refugee scholars expelled from their homeland by the Nazis who found new lives at historically black colleges in the American South.
"Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges," scheduled to open Friday, is further indication of how this invaluable facility in Skokie places a high priority on the "education" part of its mission. Read Online >
January 28, 2011
Trib Local | Illinois Holocaust Museum Commemorates 66th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center hosted renowned scholar Robert Jan van Pelt on January 27 for a full-day, interactive workshop. During the program,"Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State,” van Pelt led close to one hundred midwest educators through a detailed exploration of the decision-making process of the Nazis, the various stages of the development of Auschwitz, and the moral "gray zone" that existed inside this infamous camp. Read More >
January 27, 2011
Trib Local | A Call to Action on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
“Inherent in authentic remembrance is vigilance and action. More often than not, remembrance has been bereft of such crucial components. Memory can be a graveyard, but it can also be the true kingdom of man.”
These words, so eloquently spoken by Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, address the pledge that our generation and future generations must undertake to uphold the torch of remembrance and accept the legacy bestowed upon us.
Today marks the sixty-sixth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, with commemorations across the globe in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read More >
November 15, 2010
Lincolnwood Review | Museum president reflects on anniversary
Every Nov. 9, the anniversary of the Nazis' unleashed attack on Jewish businesses, synagogues and homes in pre-World War II Germany, Fritzie Fritzshall remembers. She remembers her three lives.
"That's how I look at it," says the president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center on the 72nd anniversary of Kristallnacht. "There was before, during and after." Read More >
November 8, 2010
Winnetka Talk | Program recalls horrors of 1938's Kristallnacht
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will commemorate Kristallnacht Tuesday night for the second time since the facility opened in April 2009.
Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass" marked a series of attacks against Jewish people throughout Germany and parts of Austria over two days on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938. Read More >
October 31, 2010
Daily Herald | 'We knew one line was going to the gas chamber'
Auschwitz survivor heads exhibit that highlights holocaust horrors
Josef Mengele died in 1979 but he lives on in Fritzie Fritzshall's nightmares: He's the unsmiling Angel of Death, peering at lines of naked Auschwitz prisoners and callously choosing who would live and who die.
"We had to walk undressed sometimes every single day, sometimes every two days, sometimes twice a day," said Fritzshall, a Buffalo Grove resident and board president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie. She arrived at Auschwitz in 1944. Read More >
October 25, 2010
Skokie Patch | Students Urged to Fight Bullying Scourge
Skokie seminar has Holocaust survivors sharing their life-and-death tales during the Nazi tyranny
From Independence, IA, to Joliet, IL, 110 high school students recently convened in Skokie to learn about standing up against bullying, leadership and diversity. The event takes on greater significance following highly publicized reports of bullying across the nation, said Rachel Hellenga, director of program services at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Read More >
August 11, 2010
Illinois Marks $15 Million US Contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation in Poland at Museum
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center welcomed the Polish Consul General, Zygmunt Matynia, and three members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation, Reps. Luis V. Gutierrez, Jan Schakowsky and Mike Quigley at an event to mark a $15 million grant to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. The grant, announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July, resulted in part from a Congressional effort, led by Rep. Gutierrez, to urge the President and the Secretary to fund the preservation of the museum marking the epicenter of the Holocaust. Read More > Press Release >
July 15, 2010
Governor signs legislation creating statewide Genocide Commission at Illinois Holocaust Museum
100 State Legislators, Holocaust and Genocide Survivors, Museum and Community Leaders Join Governor Quinn at Bill Signing Ceremony Read More >
News Coverage:
Skokie Review | New genocide commission becomes law Read Online >
TribLocal | Quinn's bill sets Holocaust commission Read Online >
June 24, 2010
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race to Open at IHMEC in July
Museum Hosts Film Series and Special Guest Speakers – Including Stars of TLC’s “Little People, Big World” – to Coordinate with Travelling Exhibition About Nazi Eugenics Read More > Learn more about Deadly Medicine >
June 14, 2010
His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Ambassador Fujisaki was joined by his wife, Mrs. Yoriko Fujisaki. The Consul General of Japan in Chicago, Mr. George Hisaeda, and his wife, Mrs. Midori Hisaeda, also accompanied the Ambassador. Read More >
May 4, 2010 | Mayor Daley hosts City of Chicago Annual Holocaust Commemoration at IHMEC >
The City of Chicago’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day public ceremony was held Thursday, May 6, 2010 with Nazi concentration camp survivor, John Macsai, as the keynote speaker this year. Read More > Press Release >
News Coverage: Trib Local | Illinois Holocaust Museum hosts Day of Remembrance >
April 20, 2010 | Museum Celebrates One Year Anniversary >
Series of events celebrates Museum's first year | CBS 2 News | ABC | Journal Gazette
Skokie Review | Stanley Speaks about the Museum's Architecture Read Now >
April 15, 2010 | Fritzie Fritzshall, IHMEC President, addresses the Governor’s Yom Hashoah Commemoration in Springfield
The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL | Auschwitz Survivor Speaks to State Holocaust Observance Read Now >
April 9, 2010 >
Chicago Tribune | The Museum encourages Naperville teen in effort to name the victims of the Holocaust. Read Now >
April 7, 2010 >
Museum Surpasses 100,000 Visitors: Students from Chicago International Charter School - Basil Campus accounted for the 100,000th visitor to the museum on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The students each received a "100 Grand" candy bar and a museum t-shirt. The school library was given a copy of Memory and Legacy. Read More > View Pictures >
March 24, 2010 | Exhibit, The Wartime Escape, Opens >
Chicago Sun Times | The brave escape of Curious George: Exhibit shows how author, illustrator dodged Holocaust Read Now >
CBS2 Chicago | Holocaust Museum Honors Curious George Creators Read Now >
Shalom Life | Holocaust Museum Features Curious George Read Now >
March 11, 2010
Pioneer Press | Awards dinner honors museum's first year Read More>
The News Tribune, Seattle-Tacoma | Teacher, attendee of Museum seminar, featured in local newspaper Read More >
March 10, 2010 >
State's Attorney Alvarez Announces Hate Crimes Initiatives at Museum: Announcement renewed efforts in the fight against hate crimes in Cook County. Learn More >
March 9, 2010 >
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Honors Three Leaders with Humanitarian Awards; Tom Brokaw Keynotes Gala Read More >
March 1, 2010 >
Midwest Construction | Bully & Andrews brings Muchin College Prep Students and Illinois Holocaust Museum Together Read More >
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.
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