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Press Office
For media inquiries:

Please contact Michelle Valmond at 312-573-5491 or michelle_valmond@jtpr.com
or Jennifer Hutchison at 312-573-5468 or Jennifer_hutchison@jtpr.com


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June 30, 2009 >
Pioneer Press | Rwandan hero gets warm welcome at Holocaust Museum Read Now >

June 10, 2009 >  IHMEC Responds to Shooting at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Statement from Executive Director, Richard Hirschhaut | Read now >
Michael Berenbaum responds on the Jewish Daily Forward website | Read 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 Child
Listen 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 >



 
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