This year’s annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day has come and gone. Held each year on January 27, the anniversary of the American liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, it commemorates the lives of the more than six million European Jews — and millions of others, including Romas, LGBTQIA+, and the differently abled — who were victims […]
For many of us, another year in the books means a new passion or hobby, new friends or family members, or a new outlook on life. In fact, the conventional age of retirement is beginning to carry less weight, as new dreams and aspirations are taking precedence. Research shows that seniors are happier than ever […]
On Thursday, March 17th the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center hosted its annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Over 1,700 guests attended including civic and community leaders, holocaust survivors, and religious figures who were able to raise $3 million dollars for the museum. Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was the […]
This month as I look back 77 years ago, I could never have imagined that in just one night of violence, my childhood would be shattered, illusions of what my future held forever broken, and that the journey I began as a 14-year-old boy would build who I am today. I was born as Werner […]
