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American Racism and the Holocaust, featuring Lawrence N. Powell
American Racism and the Holocaust, featuring Lawrence N. Powell October 24 at 6:30pm at The Florida Holocaust Museum Lawrence Powell traces the family's dramatic odyssey and explores the events that eventually triggered Anne Skorecki Levy's brave decision to honor the suffering of the past by confronting the recurring specter of racist hatred. The first book to connect the prewar and wartime experiences of Jewish survivors to the lives they subsequently made for themselves in the United States, Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the…
Find out more »Richard Rappaport Family Foundation Lecture on Antisemitism – featuring Ira Forman
The Inaugural Richard Rappaport Family Foundation Lecture on Antisemitism – featuring Ira Forman October 27, 2019, 2:00pm at The Florida Holocaust Museum On the first anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, PA, The FHM presents the inaugural Richard Rappaport Family Foundation Lecture on Antisemitism, featuring Ira Forman. This lecture series has been created in response to the continuing rise in antisemitism. Having served as the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism from 2013-2017, Ira Forman…
Find out more »Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring Julie Kohner & Free Museum Admission
Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring Julie Kohner and Free Museum Admission November 10, 2019, 2:00pm at The Florida Holocaust Museum This year’s Kristallnacht commemoration will remember the 81st Anniversary of Kristallnacht, "the Night of Broken Glass," with a commemoration service, including prayers and candle-lighting with Holocaust Survivors. Immediately following the commemoration service, Julie Kohner, a Second Generation Holocaust Survivor, will speak. Julie's program Voices of the Generations teaches the devastation of the Holocaust through its impact on one family. In 1953, Julie’s mother, Hanna Bloch Kohner, a…
Find out more »Trolley Tour of the African American Heritage Trail
Trolley Tour of the African American Heritage Trail Saturday, November 23 at 10:00 a.m. Tour the neighborhoods of 22nd Street South and 9th Avenue South and have a glimpse into the varied culture of the historic St. Petersburg’s African American community. Along 22nd Street South the tour focuses on the rich cultural heritage of the neighborhood, community leaders, landmark businesses and the evolution from the Jim Crow era to desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement. On the 9th Avenue South…
Find out more »To Life 20/20: A Vision For The Future
To Life 20/20: A Vision For The Future Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. SAVE THE DATE! The Florida Holocaust Museum’s Annual Benefit The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club 501 5th Ave NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Find out more »Trolley Tour of the African American Heritage Trail
Trolley Tour of the African American Heritage Trail Saturday, February 22 at 10:00 a.m. Tour the neighborhoods of 22nd Street South and 9th Avenue South and have a glimpse into the varied culture of the historic St. Petersburg’s African American community. Along 22nd Street South the tour focuses on the rich cultural heritage of the neighborhood, community leaders, landmark businesses and the evolution from the Jim Crow era to desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement. On the 9th Avenue South…
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