Holocaust Memorials timeline
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Founding of the Wiener Library
The Wiener Library is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust, its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an... Read more
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Founding of the Ghetto Fighters' House
The Ghetto Fighters' House (Hebrew: בית לוחמי הגטאות), full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study... Read more
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Israel Establishes Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יד ושם also spelled Yad VaShem; "Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority") is Israel's official memorial to the... Read more
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Anne Frank House Opens on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam
The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from... Read more
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Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation Opens
The Mémorial de la Déportation is a memorial to the 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during the Second... Read more
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Dedication of the Scroll of Fire Monument in the Forest of the Martyrs
Dedicated in 1971 by Bnai Brith, the Scroll of Fire is the work of Warsaw-born Nathan Rapoport. Memorials to the Holocaust were a central theme in... Read more
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Founding of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC) is a museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dedicated to Holocaust education and awareness. It was... Read more
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Establishment of the Dallas Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies (Now Called the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance)
The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance is a Holocaust museum located in Dallas, Texas. In 1977, 125 Jewish Holocaust... Read more
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George Segal Completes the Holocaust Memorial at California Palace of the Legion of Honor
George Segal's public sculpture, "The Holocaust," sits in Legion of Honor Park in San Francisco overlooking a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean.... Read more
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Dedication and Opening of the Holocaust Memorial Center
Ground was broken for the Holocaust Memorial Center on the property of the Jewish Community Campus at Maple and Drake Roads in West Bloomfield,... Read more
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Opening of the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach
The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach is a Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach, Florida. It was conceived by a committee of Holocaust survivors in... Read more
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Monument to Jews Killed at Babi Yar Massacre Opens
Soviet leadership discouraged placing any emphasis on the Jewish aspect of the Babi Yar tragedy; instead, it presented these atrocities as crimes... Read more
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Florida Holocaust Museum (Formerly the Holocaust Center) Opens
The Florida Holocaust Museum is a Holocaust museum located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Formerly known as the Holocaust Center, the museum... Read more
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First Participant in the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
The first participant of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (AHMS) started his work on September 1st 1992 at the Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.... Read more
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Museum of Tolerance Opens
The Museum of Tolerance (MOT), a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, USA, with an associated museum and professional development... Read more
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Opens on the National Mall in DC
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' living memorial to The Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in... Read more
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Steven Spielberg Establishes the USC Shoah Foundation
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, is a nonprofit... Read more
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Dedication of Holocaust Memorial at Site of Klooga Concentration Camp
On September 1, 1994, a memorial dedicated to Jews killed in the Second World War was opened in Klooga, on the territory of the former... Read more
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Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre Opens
Beth Shalom is a Holocaust memorial centre near Laxton in Nottinghamshire in England. Opened in 1995, it is England's only Holocaust museum. The... Read more
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Holocaust Museum Houston Opens
The Holocaust Museum Houston, is located in Houston, Texas and was opened in 1996. The museum is located in the Houston Museum District. The... Read more
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Founding of the Virginia Holocaust Museum
The Virginia Holocaust Museum was founded in 1997 by Mark Fetter, Al Rosenbaum, and one of Richmond’s youngest Holocaust survivors, Jay Ipson, in... Read more
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Museum of Jewish Heritage Opens in Manhattan
The Museum of Jewish Heritage, in lower Manhattan, was created as a living memorial to the Holocaust. The hexagonal shape and tiered roof of the... Read more
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Founding of the Holocaust History Project
"No holes, no Holocaust" has long been one of the denier community's favorite slogans. It refers to the holes in the roof of Kremas (crematoria) II... Read more
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Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour Opens
The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour (the memorial center of Oradour) has made its mission to commemorate the crimes of the 2nd armored division of... Read more
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Opening of Auschwitz Jewish Center
The main exhibition presents the nearly 500 years of Jewish history, tradition, and culture in Oswiecim. Visitors to the Center have the... Read more