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Kristallnacht Commemoration
The commemoration ceremony will include prayers and candle-lighting. After the ceremony, the Museum will present Music of Resistance and Survival, a Kristallnacht remembrance concert that combines music and educational presentations to engage audiences in meaningful Holocaust remembrance. The Music of Resistance and Survival project was created by Dr. Laurence Sherr, a composer of Holocaust remembrance music, a scholar specializing in music of the Holocaust, and the son of a survivor. The concert will feature Holocaust songs of resistance and survival…
Find out more »“A Former Skinhead Speaks Out Against Hate” GHRAM Lecture by Frank Meeink
The Florida Holocaust Museum presents a Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Movement (GHRAM) lecture by Frank Meeink, author of Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead. Frank Meeink will share his personal story at Eckerd College (Fox Hall) on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Frank Meeink was a skinhead at age 13. By age 17, he had his own cable-access TV show, "The Reich" and he was roaming the country as a skinhead leader and Neo-Nazi recruiter, with gangs that would beat people indiscriminately.…
Find out more »Artist Talk: Murray Zimiles on “The Holocaust and the Book of Fire”
The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to present a talk with Murray Zimiles, the artist behind the exhibition "The Holocaust and the Book of Fire." The paintings, drawings, prints, and artist’s books by Zimiles are graphic statements meant to engage and propel the viewer into a whirlwind of fire and devastation. In these powerful works, Zimiles deals with the perceived absence of God and the absence of civilization during the Holocaust. Zimiles is the stepson of a Holocaust Survivor…
Find out more »“Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann” Exhibition Opening
The Florida Holocaust Museum is thrilled to announce the blockbuster exhibition Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann is coming to the Museum in February 2018! “Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann is an extraordinary exhibition. It engages your intellect at the start and tears your heart out by the end.” -Cleveland Jewish News “A Holocaust Museum smash.” -Chicago Tribune Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann is the first exhibition in the United States to fully…
Find out more »“TO LIFE” Honoring the Past; Empowering the Future
The Florida Holocaust Museum’s annual gala dinner. Featuring Mossad agent Avner Avraham, curator of Operation Finale: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann as the Keynote Speaker. For questions and/or to place your ticket order, contact Celia Hagerman at 727.820.0100 x276 or by email at chagerman@thefhm.org. For additional information, visit www.thefhm.org/support/to-life-annual-benefit.
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