List of Holocaust memorials and museums in the United States facts for kids

The Holocaust was a terrible time in history when millions of people were killed because of who they were. To make sure we never forget what happened and to learn important lessons, many special places called memorials and museums have been built. These places help us remember the victims and teach us about human rights. This article lists these important locations across the United States, organized by state.

Online Resources

These websites offer ways to learn about the Holocaust from anywhere:

• The Cybrary of the Holocaust
• The Nizkor Project

Arizona

• The Center for Hope, Humanity, and Holocaust Education (Phoenix)
• Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center (Tucson)

California

• The Desert Holocaust Memorial (Palm Desert)
• Holocaust Center of Northern California (San Francisco)
• The Holocaust Memorial at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park (San Francisco)
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
• The Museum of Tolerance (Los Angeles)
• The Pink Triangle Park (San Francisco)
• The Simon Wiesenthal Center (Los Angeles)
• The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation at University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

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  L.A. Museum of the Holocaust

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  Museum of Tolerance

Colorado

• The Babi Yar Park (Denver)
• Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site (University of Denver campus)

Connecticut

• The New Haven Holocaust Memorial (New Haven)

Florida

• The Florida Holocaust Museum (St. Petersburg)
• The Frisch Family Holocaust Memorial Gallery (Jacksonville)
• The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation (Miami Beach)
• The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center (Dania Beach)
• The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of SWFL (Naples)
• The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center (Maitland)

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  Florida Holocaust Museum

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  Maitland

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  Naples

Georgia

• The Kennesaw State University Museum of History and Holocaust Education (Kennesaw)
• The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum (Atlanta)

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  Six Million Hebrews monument in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, Georgia

Idaho

• Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial (Boise)

Illinois

• Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center (Skokie)
• Peoria Holocaust Memorial (Peoria)

Indiana

• CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center (Terre Haute)

Louisiana

• New Orleans Holocaust Memorial at Woldenberg Park, a sculpture by Yaacov Agam.

• Alexandria Holocaust Memorial, Holocaust Memorial Park

Maine

• The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (Augusta)

Maryland

• The Baltimore Holocaust Memorial

Massachusetts

• The New England Holocaust Memorial (Boston)

• "A Reason to Remember: Roth, Germany 1933-1942", a permanent exhibit, is housed at the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Michigan

• The Holocaust Memorial Center (Farmington Hills)
• University of Michigan Holocaust Memorial, Raoul Wallenberg Plaza (Ann Arbor), a sculpture by Leonard Baskin.
• Holocaust Memorial, Oakview Cemetery (Royal Oak)

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  Holocaust Memorial Center

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  Ann Arbor

Mississippi

• Holocaust Memorial (Clarksdale)
• Unknown Child Foundation (Hernando)

Missouri

• Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum (St. Louis)

Nebraska

• The Nebraska Holocaust Memorial (Lincoln)

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Holocaust Memorial (Nashua)

Nashua, New Hampshire – Holocaust Memorial – 2013

New Jersey

Museums and Learning Centers

• Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center, Cherry Hill
• The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (Manhattan)
• Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Galloway

Memorials and Statues

• South Jersey Holocaust memorial, Alliance cemetery (Norma)
• Camden County Holocaust Memorial (Cherry Hill) dedicated June 7, 1981
• Liberation, Liberty State Park (Jersey City)
• Holocaust memorial at Congregation Sons of Israel synagogue, 590 Madison Ave (Lakewood)
• (Proposed) Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial, Teaneck Municipal Green (Teaneck)
• Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial at The Flemington Jewish Community Center Cemetery on Capner St. (Flemington)

Markers

• Holocaust marker at the Bergen County Court House (Hackensack)
• Holocaust marker at the Fair Lawn Municipal Building (Fair Lawn)

New Mexico

• The New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum, Albuquerque

New York

Museums and Learning Centers

• Amud Aish Memorial Museum (Brooklyn)
• Museum of Jewish Heritage (Manhattan)
• Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Welwyn Preserve (Glen Cove, Long Island)
• Stuart Elenko Holocaust Museum at the Bronx High School of Science (Bronx)
• Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum (Oswego)

Memorials and Statues

• The Holocaust Memorial Park (Brooklyn)
• Holocaust Memorial, City Hall Plaza (Long Beach)
• Memorial to Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust: 1938–1945, Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court (Manhattan)
• (Proposed) The "Capital District Jewish Holocaust Memorial", 2501 Troy Schenectady Road (Niskayuna)
• Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza in Riverside Park (Manhattan)

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  Holocaust Memorial Park

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  Long Beach

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  Museum of Jewish Heritage

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  N.Y. State Supreme Court

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  Stuart Elenko Holocaust Museum

Ohio

• Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial at the Ohio Statehouse (Columbus)
• “Promise For Life” sculpture on the Trinity Lutheran Seminary campus (Columbus)
• Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, Cincinnati Union Terminal (Cincinnati)
• Holocaust Memorial (Cleveland)
• Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage (Beachwood)

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  Cleveland

Oklahoma

• The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art (Tulsa)

Oregon

• Oregon Holocaust Memorial (Portland)

Pennsylvania

• The Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center (Philadelphia)
• Holocaust Memorial (Harrisburg)
• Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
• The Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza (Philadelphia)
  • Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs

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  Harrisburg

Rhode Island

• Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center (Providence)
• Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial Park (Providence)

South Carolina

• Charleston Holocaust Memorial (Charleston)

Tennessee

• Nashville Holocaust Memorial (Nashville)
• The Children's Holocaust Memorial and Paper Clip Project at Whitwell Middle School (Whitwell)

Texas

• The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
• The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center
• The Holocaust History Project (San Antonio)
• Holocaust Museum Houston
• The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio

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  Houston

Virginia

• Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery (Henrico)
• The Virginia Holocaust Museum (Richmond)

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  Emek Sholom

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  Richmond

Washington

• Holocaust Center for Humanity (Seattle)

Washington, D.C.

• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Wisconsin

• Holocaust Memorial (Milwaukee)

See also

• List of Holocaust memorials and museums — worldwide