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Illinois Holocaust Museum Tour
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Illinois Holocaust Museum Tour
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tour: 1:00 pm
Optional lunch: 11:00 am
Join other members for an enlightening tour that includes the following exhibitions.
- Voices of Genocide explores how and why genocide continues to occur across geography and time. Learn from survivors and descendants of genocide in America, Guatemala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Burma about the common conditions and warning signs that can lead to genocide and how recognizing these factors help determine efforts toward intervention and preservation.
- Kindertransport - Rescuing Children on the Brink of War showcases the astonishing rescue effort that, in only nine months, brought thousands of unaccompanied children from Nazi Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts, stories, and firsthand testimony, those who lived through the “Kindertransport” program tell its history..
Cost: $20 per person (Tour Only) Non-members welcome
Tour: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Lunch: 11 am, Meet at California Pizza Kitchen in Old Orchard (not included in tour fee; members pay individually at restaurant)
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