Author: CBS News; Taylor Smith/ WINK News A new survey has yielded “shocking and saddening” results, showing millennials and Gen Z have a “worrying lack of basic Holocaust knowledge,” according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). The U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, which … [Read more...] about Survey finds ‘shocking and saddening’ lack of Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Gen Z
The Impact of Holocaust Education Programs
Can exposure to Holocaust education make a difference in young people’s attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors as they move into adulthood? In 2019, Echoes & Reflections, the Holocaust Education organization, administered a survey to a nationally representative sample of U.S. college students. Two student populations were compared – those who had … [Read more...] about The Impact of Holocaust Education Programs
Remembering the End of WWII
Recollections 75 years later — from Floridians who lived it BY LAURA TICHY-SMITH | Florida Weekly CHOOL HISTORY BOOKS LAY OUT THE FACTS in a dry, rote formula of name-date-place. The presentation style makes it fodder to memorize just long enough to answer a quiz and then forget the information: Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) was May 8, … [Read more...] about Remembering the End of WWII
Remembering a tragedy: Survivors tour the new Southwest Florida Holocaust museum
Thaddeus Mast, Naples Daily News The famed photo of a smiling Anne Frank greets visitors to the newly opened Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center of Southwest Florida. A cursory look shows that thousands of photos create a collage of the young Holocaust victim. Pictures from local survivors and liberators are tucked away in the piece … [Read more...] about Remembering a tragedy: Survivors tour the new Southwest Florida Holocaust museum
Naples Daily News Photo Gallery of Grand Opening
The Naples Daily News has posted photos from the grand opening of Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center. Click here to view the photo gallery. … [Read more...] about Naples Daily News Photo Gallery of Grand Opening
Holocaust Museum in North Naples holds ceremony for new location
It was a day of remembrance for community members, as the new location that will keep the history of the Holocaust in Southwest Florida was officially exhibited. The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center in North Naples held a ceremony for its new location at 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108 in North Naples Sunday. Hundreds … [Read more...] about Holocaust Museum in North Naples holds ceremony for new location
Sharing the important lessons of the Holocaust
By D. K. Christi, Spotlight News Magazine A grand opening on November 10 will celebrate the new facilities designed by Corban Architecture at the recently opened Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center at 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd. in Naples. A unique experience starts at the entrance with a larger-than- life Anne Frank photomosaic … [Read more...] about Sharing the important lessons of the Holocaust
Naples Ukrainians Recall Holodomor
A generation vanishes: Naples Ukrainians illuminate the history of their genocide Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples Daily News Natalie Santarsiero has no photos of her mother as a child in her native Ukraine. No pictures of the fertile farmland her grandfather once plowed. No solemn, wide-eyed family portraits next to a frame house. No sepia … [Read more...] about Naples Ukrainians Recall Holodomor
Naples’ Holocaust Museum reopens in new facility
The Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center recently announced its reopening following its summer move to a new location, 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108, Naples. Its previous site closed in June to allow staff and volunteers time to pack and relocate the museum’s collection of more than 1,000 unique … [Read more...] about Naples’ Holocaust Museum reopens in new facility
Museum of the unimaginable in a place you wouldn’t imagine
By NEIL SILVER You might question my idea of “fun” when I’m on holiday, but nothing beats taking my kids to visit a Holocaust museum wherever I am in the world. It’s been easy to enrich my children’s education in big cities such as New York, Washington and San Francisco, so I was very pleasantly surprised on my recent trip to Naples, Florida, … [Read more...] about Museum of the unimaginable in a place you wouldn’t imagine
