Illinois Holocaust Museum’s Kelley Szany joins the Steve Cochran Show on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to talk about why they highlight local survivors in their tours, addressing antisemitism through education, and the significance of International Holocaust Memorial Day. WLS AM | Illinois Holocaust Museum’s Kelley Szany shares what you should know about International Holocaust Remembrance Day CBS 2 photojournalist Tim Viste brings us the message that museum staff says we should never forget. The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp with a solemn and powerful ceremony. View OnlineĬBS Chicago | Sharing survivors’ stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day The Negro Motorist Green Book, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor, is coming to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, just in time for Black History Month. View OnlineĪBC Chicago | ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ exhibition opens at Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie The land was divided by segregation - through policy and through custom. Yet, in 20th-century America, this same road was a dangerous place for Black travelers. When the first “Green Book” was published, the American road was a metaphor for freedom: freedom to change your present situation, determine your destiny and travel. The Negro Motorist Green Book guided Black Americans to thousands of businesses for over 30 years. View OnlineĬhicago Crusader | New exhibit at Illinois Holocaust Museum brings The Negro Motorist Green Book to life LeeAnn Trotter takes us inside a new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum called the “Green Book Exhibit,” which highlights the history of what was widely considered the bible for Black travelers. NBC Chicago | Discover Black Heritage: The ‘Green Book’ Exhibit at Illinois Holocaust Museum WGN | ‘The Green Book’ exhibit opens at Holocaust MuseumĪ new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is based on a book that stood as a guide for ways for Black travelers to travel safely across the county during segregation. “It’s important to educate about hatred and atrocity, and more specifically about the Holocaust and its lessons, because even though it’s history, the lessons of it are as important today as they were at any point.” View Online “This Museum is special to me its mission is a part of my DNA,” says Bernard Cherkasov. ![]() North Shore Weekend | ‘Its Mission Is A Part Of My DNA’ The exhibit honors Victor Green who created the guidebook for Black people in the 1936 to help them navigate segregated areas in America. The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is open until April 23. View OnlineįOX Chicago | New exhibit at Illinois Holocaust Museum celebrates The Green Book, a 1930s guide to navigating segregation Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is preserving survivor oral histories for generations to come by using hologram and virtual reality technology. View OnlineĪmerican Alliance of Museums | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has a More Visceral Experience The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie has a new exhibit focused on its history, including an interactive simulation where you pack your car and hit the road, making stops based on the Green Book’s recommendations. “The Negro Motorist Green Book” helped Black Americans travel safely to and between thousands of businesses during America’s Jim Crow era. ![]() WBEZ Rundown | Chicago through the lens of ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center held its annual Humanitarian Awards dinner last week in Chicago, raising more than $2 million in support of the mission of the Skokie-based institution, museum officials announced. Skokie Patch | Illinois Holocaust Museum Raises Millions At 2023 Humanitarian Awards At the launch of a UN exhibition commemorating the horrific event and other notorious mass killings, she shared her story with UN News. Immaculée Songa survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, but her husband and two daughters, as well as many relatives and friends, were killed. UN News | First Person: Keeping memories of genocide victims alive ![]() The stories of people like Ralph Rehbock, 88, who lives in Northbrook - whose family fled Nazi Germany to start a new life in Chicago’s Hyde Park community when he was 4 – are important to be told and retold. Chicago Sun-Times | On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Suburban Chicago Survivor Remembers
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