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Holocaust Museum LA will be closed through November 11 due to construction of our Building Truth expansion. Public Programs, including Sunday Survivor Talks, and Student Education will be virtual and off-site.
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Holocaust Museum LA will be closed through November 11 due to construction of its Building Truth expansion. Public, docent-led tours will resume November 16.

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EXHIBITIONS
  • Jul 14, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Online
    Eva was born in 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. When she was a young child, Nyilas, members of the Hungarian pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party, arrested most of her family. Eva was rescued, and spent the rest of the war in hiding. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Jul 15, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Online
    How should a Jew dress? To look uniquely Jewish – or to resemble everybody else? Join instructor Eric K. Silverman for a three-part course on the history of Jewish dress.
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  • Jul 21, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Online
    Eva grew up in Paris, France. After Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940, Eva's family went to the French mountain village of Autrans. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Jul 24, 2024, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Online
    Menachem Mendel Beilis' two-year trial gained worldwide attention, and served as the catalyst for many Jews to leave the Russian Empire. Hear his grandson, Jay Beilis, share the story from the perspective of his family history, as well as the greater context of blood libel.
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  • Jul 25, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    AMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czechoslovak violinist, fall in love with each other during World War II. Shortly afterward, they're deported to a concentration camp where they meet a heroic group of musicians.
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  • Jul 28, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Online
    On his Holocaust experience, Joseph reflects, "I feel that the man upstairs wanted me to survive so I can tell people what happened." Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Aug 01, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Online
    Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis in the gas chambers. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
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  • Aug 04, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Holocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    Paul’s family lived in Wiesbaden, Germany for centuries. He was seven years old when Hitler came to power. After Kristallnacht, his family arranged for him to escape on a Kindertransport to Sweden. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Aug 08, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    AMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    This documentary tells the largely unknown and incredibly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, from uprisings in ghettos large and small, to rebellions in death camps, and the thousands of Jews who fought Nazis in the forests.
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  • Aug 11, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Holocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    Susanne was born just six days before the Nazi occupation of Hungary in March 1944 and survived the first year of her life living with her mother in so-called “protected houses,” with protective papers (Schutzpass). Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Aug 15, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    AMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    Attempting to better understand her grandfather, acclaimed Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, Israeli actress Hadas Kalderon travels to Lithuania, using her grandfather's diary to trace his early life in Vilna and his survival of the Holocaust.
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  • Aug 22, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    AMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
    Based on the incredible true story of two Slovak Jews who, when they manage to escape from Auschwitz, compile a detailed report about the systematic genocide at the camp. However, with Nazi propaganda and international liaisons still in place, their account seems to be too harrowing to believe.
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  • Aug 25, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Online
    When Lou was a baby, his parents tried to escape with him to Switzerland, but they were betrayed by a family friend who turned them into the Gestapo. Awaiting deportation, an underground organization saved him. Survivor talks are generously supported by Arnold L. Gilberg, MD, PhD and Family.
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  • Sep 11, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
    Online
    Did you know that the vast majority of the world’s Jews—up to 90%—lived in the Islamic world prior to the modern period? This three-part course will cover the historical trajectory of these fascinating communities, stretching from Morocco in the west through Iran, Turkey, and beyond.
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