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A Ghetto Work Permit that allowed Margola Checinska to work in a local knitting factory.








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 Center  
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center To Open April 19, 2009

Holocaust survivors, IHMEC leadership announce grand opening date and weekend of activities. 
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September 27, 2008 - 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.    
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