IHMEC Mourns Passing of Rescuer Irena Sendler
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center mourns the passing of Irena Sendler, a courageous and unsung hero who risked her life to save approximately 2,500 children during the Holocaust through her work with Zegota, a unit of the Polish underground established specifically to help Jews in hiding.
The Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois receives $10,000 from the Illinois Humanities Council
Grant will be used to develop a series of programs centered around a temporary exhibition, entitled Through My Eyes: Views of Life from the Home Front to the Battle Front
Area Holocaust Survivors to Lead Groundbreaking for World-Class Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Education Coordinator, Kelley Szany, goes to Israel for Genocide Education Conference
IHMEC spends an evening with Chicago-based Japanese
business and community leaders, hosted by Japanese Consul
General and Mrs. Yutaka Yoshizawa at their official residence
Survivor Account Adds Perspective to HRB Film Screening
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to IHMEC
German Rail Car Added to Permanent Collection
An early twentieth century German rail car of the type used by the Nazis during the Holocaust to transport millions to concentration camps and ultimately, their deaths, will anchor the permanent collection. The rail car will be on exhibit when the new Museum and Education Center opens in early 2008. Read more.
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