Alexi C. Cardona, Naples Daily News Even on her last day at the Holocaust museum in North Naples, Lorie Mayer captivated a crowd. Mayer visited the museum in April to say goodbye to the place and the people with whom she had spent nearly two decades. A group of middle schoolers were taking a tour. […]

By Jennifer Beeson, Naples Daily News The Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Naples is relocating to a new space after receiving a million-dollar donation. In early December, the museum, currently located in the Sandalwood Square Plaza off U.S. 41, started a capital campaign to reach a goal of $3.5 million toward finding a new […]

Naples, Florida, — The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida has received a pledge of $1 million from Janet Guttman Cohen towards its $3.5 million Capital Campaign for the purchase and renovation of a new building on U.S. 41 in Naples. In recognition of this gift, the Museum will name its new building […]

The Holocaust Museum & Education Center was recently mentioned in a Florida Weekly article about volunteers for local non-profits. Thousands of volunteers set to work every day through Southwest Florida, lending their time and talents for everything from mentoring students of migrant families and visiting with hospice patients to collecting food from restaurants and grocery […]

By Susan Suarez, Executive director, The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida On Jan. 27, 1945, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by Soviet forces. In 2005, the U.N. General Assembly proclaimed Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. More than 11 million people were killed in the Holocaust. The number is so […]