YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION
Join us for a special screening of Plunderer – The Life & times of a Nazi Art Thief about Bruno Lohse, an ambitious young dealer who rose from obscurity to become Hermann Göring’s personal art collector in occupied Paris, trading in stolen masterpieces for decades. He cultivated relationships with curators at America’s most prestigious museums, becoming an invisible hand in an art market built upon wartime tragedy.The highlight of the afternoon is an in-depth discussion with Jonathan Petropoulos, the world’s leading expert on Nazi-looted art. Having spent five years unraveling Lohse’s web of complicity, Petropoulos will be joined in conversation with Museum Executive Board Member Rick Salomon.This poignant afternoon will also include a candle-lighting ceremony featuring Survivors and descendants of Survivors, and memorial prayers by Rabbi Steven Lowenstein and Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz of Am Shalom.
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In Memoriam: Samuel R Harris (1935-2026)
It is with profound sadness and deep love that we share the passing of Samuel R. Harris, one of the youngest known survivors of the Holocaust, and the heart and soul behind Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. After founding the Museum, Sam served as Museum President from 2002 to 2009 and continued as President Emeritus, serving on the Board of Directors and the Survivor Speakers’ Bureau.
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