Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

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Inaugural Gala

Apr 2, 2009

Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall and Gen. Colin Powell light a candle during a short ceremony at the beginning of the Inaugural Gala for the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Sko...

STORY: Opening date set

Nov 13, 2008

Project and Executive Director Samuel Harris and campaign chair J.B. Pritzker tour the new construction. Photo by Al Podgorski/Sun-Times By MIKE ISAACS, Staff Writer For a while now, officials o...

STORY: Local survivor's story to live on at museum

May 28, 2008

Felicia Brenner gave the keynote address at the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at the Harold Washington Library Center in April 2004. (Photo by Keith Hale/Sun-Times) By NICK KATZ, Staff Writer As...

STORY: Morton Grove to support museum

Dec 21, 2006

By NICK KATZ, Staff Writer Skokie Trustees Monday unanimously approved a resolution that allows the village of Morton Grove to issue $30 million in bonds to help pay for the Holocaust Museum and ...

STORY: Village Board approves changes

Dec 1, 2005

By MIKE ISAACS, Staff Writer The Skokie Village Board last week approved modifications to the Holocaust Museum site plan that will include six symbolic "points of light" on the roof near the skyli...

STORY: New museum project director named

Jul 1, 2004

Executive Director Richard Hirschhaut and then Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn listen to speeches during the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center humanitarian awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency Chicago ...

STORY: Foundation dedicates land

Sep 11, 2003

On the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, officials of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois dedicated ground for their new Skokie museum and said its work would fi...

STORY: Donations begin for museum

Aug 20, 2003

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer Even as the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois seeks money from deep-pocket donors to help build the foundation's new museum, they are getting small unsolic...

Architect, foundation collaborate on museum

Jan 23, 2003

Photo by John H. White/Sun-Times Architect Stanley Tigerman says it took "less than a millisecond" to decide that he wanted to design the new Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois museum. H...

STORY: Commission approves museum plan

Dec 19, 2002

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer The Skokie Plan Commission unanimously approved last Thursday plans by the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois to build a new museum and headquarters at 5330...

STORY: Village gets museum plan

Nov 28, 2002

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer A new Holocaust Memorial Foundation museum and headquarters would rise southwest of Old Orchard Center under plans set to go before the Skokie Plan Commission next...

STORY: New site in mind

Sep 2002

Photo of Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen by Dan Luedert/Staff Photographer By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen said last week he was cautiously optimistic the Holocaust ...

STORY: Board rejects museum site

Jan 22, 2002

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer There won't be a new Holocaust museum in the Fairview North neighborhood, a split Village Board ruled Tuesday to the shock of plan supporters and opponents. Boar...

STORY: Revised plan goes to board

Jan 2002

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer Backers of the proposed Holocaust Memorial Foundation museum are confident Skokie village trustees will approve their re-tooled plan on Tuesday, foundation Preside...

STORY: Museum decision put on hold

Dec 2001

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE, Staff Writer Skokie's Village Board Monday withheld judgment on the Holocaust Memorial Foundation's proposed Fairview neighborhood museum, following testimony from foundation s...