List of Holocaust memorials and museums in the United States

This is a list of Holocaust memorials and museums situated in the United States, organized by state.

Online only[edit]

The Cybrary of the Holocaust^[1]
The Nizkor Project^[2]

Arizona[edit]

The Center for Hope, Humanity, and Holocaust Education (Phoenix)
Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center^[3] (Tucson)

California[edit]

The Desert Holocaust Memorial^[4] (Palm Desert)
Holocaust Center of Northern California^[5] (San Francisco)
The Holocaust Memorial at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park (San Francisco)
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust^[6]
The Museum of Tolerance^[7] (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)

L.A. Museum of the Holocaust
Museum of Tolerance

Colorado[edit]

The Babi Yar Park (Denver)^[8]
Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site (University of Denver campus)^[9]

Connecticut[edit]

The New Haven Holocaust Memorial (New Haven)^[10]

Florida[edit]

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)^[11]
The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of SWFL (Naples)
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center (Maitland)

Florida Holocaust Museum
Maitland
Naples

Georgia[edit]

Six Million Hebrews monument in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, Georgia

Idaho[edit]

Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial (Boise)

Illinois[edit]

Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center (Skokie)
Peoria Holocaust Memorial (Peoria)^[14]

Indiana[edit]

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center (Terre Haute)

Louisiana[edit]

New Orleans Holocaust Memorial at Woldenberg Park,

sculpture by Yaacov Agam.^[15]

Alexandria Holocaust Memorial, Holocaust Memorial Park

Maine[edit]

The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (Augusta)^[16]

Maryland[edit]

The Baltimore Holocaust Memorial^[17]

Massachusetts[edit]

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.^[18]

Michigan[edit]

The Holocaust Memorial Center (Farmington Hills)^[19]
University of Michigan Holocaust Memorial, Raoul Wallenberg Plaza (Ann Arbor)^[20]

sculpture by Leonard Baskin

Holocaust Memorial, Oakview Cemetery (Royal Oak)

Holocaust Memorial Center
Ann Arbor

Mississippi[edit]

Holocaust Memorial (Clarksdale)
Unknown Child Foundation (Hernando)

Missouri[edit]

Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum (St. Louis)

Nebraska[edit]

The Nebraska Holocaust Memorial (Lincoln)

New Hampshire[edit]

New Hampshire Holocaust Memorial (Nashua)^[21]

New Jersey[edit]

Museums and institutions[edit]

Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center,^[22] Cherry Hill
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (Manhattan)^[23]
Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Galloway^[24]

Monuments[edit]

South Jersey Holocaust memorial, Alliance cemetery (Norma)^[25]
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)^[26]^[27]
Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial at The Flemington Jewish Community Center Cemetery on Capner St. (Flemington)^[28]

Markers[edit]

Holocaust marker at the Bergen County Court House (Hackensack)^[29]
Holocaust marker at the Fair Lawn Municipal Building (Fair Lawn)^[30]

New Mexico[edit]

The New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum,^[31] Albuquerque

New York[edit]

Museums and institutions[edit]

Amud Aish Memorial Museum (Brooklyn)^[32]
Museum of Jewish Heritage (Manhattan)
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Welwyn Preserve (Glen Cove, Long Island)^[33]
Stuart Elenko Holocaust Museum at the Bronx High School of Science (Bronx)
Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum (Oswego)

Monuments[edit]

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)^[34]^[35]
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza in Riverside Park (Manhattan)

Holocaust Memorial Park
Long Beach
Museum of Jewish Heritage
N.Y. State Supreme Court
Stuart Elenko Holocaust Museum

Ohio[edit]

Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial at the Ohio Statehouse (Columbus)^[36]^[37]
“Promise For Life” sculpture on the Trinity Lutheran Seminary campus (Columbus)^[38]
Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, Cincinnati Union Terminal (Cincinnati)
Holocaust Memorial (Cleveland)^{[citation needed]}
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage (Beachwood)^[39]

Cleveland

Oklahoma[edit]

The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art (Tulsa)

Oregon[edit]

Oregon Holocaust Memorial (Portland)

Pennsylvania[edit]

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^[40]

Harrisburg

Rhode Island[edit]

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

South Carolina[edit]

Charleston Holocaust Memorial (Charleston)

Tennessee[edit]

Nashville Holocaust Memorial (Nashville)^[41]
The Children's Holocaust Memorial and Paper Clip Project at Whitwell Middle School (Whitwell)

Texas[edit]

Houston

Virginia[edit]

Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery (Henrico)
The Virginia Holocaust Museum^[46] (Richmond)

Emek Sholom
Richmond

Washington[edit]

Holocaust Center for Humanity (Seattle)

Washington, D.C.[edit]

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum^[47]

Wisconsin[edit]

Holocaust Memorial (Milwaukee)

References[edit]

^ "Remember.org". Remember.org. April 25, 1995. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "nizkor.org". nizkor.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "jewishhistorymuseum.org". jewishhistorymuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "palmsprings.com/attractions/desert-holocaust-memorial/". Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "holocaustcenter.jfcs.org". jewishhistorymuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "holocaustmuseumla.org". holocaustmuseumla.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "museumoftolerance.com/". museumoftolerance.com/. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^ "Babi Yar Park: A Living Holocaust Memorial- The Mizel Museum". The Mizel Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ "University of Denver Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site". Center for Intercultural Dialogue. March 31, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
^ "New Haven Holocaust Memorial". Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. August 25, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
^ Cohen, Howard (July 24, 2017). "Holocaust center co-founder, director Goldie Goldstein dies at 97". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
^ "Museum of History & Holocaust Education". Kennesaw.edu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Thebreman.org". Thebreman.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Gaul, Alex (April 28, 2022). "Remembering the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah". 25newsnow.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ III, Clifford H. Kern. "The New Orleans Holocaust Memorial". holocaustmemorial.us.
^ "HHRCMAINE". HHRCMAINE. August 10, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ "New Baltimore Holocaust Memorial". Josephsheppard.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Permanent Exhibition: A Reason to Remember". umass.edu. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ "Holocaust Memorial Center". Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "The Collection / Central Campus / Holocaust Memorial - President's Advisory Committee on Public Art". public-art.umich.edu.
^ Rich-Kern, Sheryl (May 30, 2014). "Holocaust Memorial Opens in Nashua". www.nhpr.org/. New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
^ "Esther Raab Holocaust Museum".
^ "JFR.org". JFR.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center - Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center | Stockton University". stockton.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ "The South Jersey Holocaust Memorial". January 17, 2013.
^ "Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial". Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ "Memorial".
^ "Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial Historical Marker".
^ "Holocaust Historical Marker".
^ "Holocaust and World War II Memorial, a War Memorial".
^ "New Mexico Holocaust Museum".
^ "A New Holocaust Museum Emerges in Brooklyn".
^ "Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau County". Archived from the original on December 15, 2014.
^ "Niskayuna Planning Board approves Holocaust Memorial site plan – the Daily Gazette". February 10, 2020.
^ "Holocaust memorial gets key support in Niskayuna". February 11, 2020.
^ Ohio Statehouse Holocaust Memorial, Daniel Libeskind.
^ Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial
^ "Promise for Life | Capital University, Columbus Ohio".
^ "HOME". Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
^ "Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs". Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
^ "Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee". jewishnashville.org. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ "Dallas Holocaust Museum".
^ "Elpasoholocaustmuseum.org". Elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Holocaust Museum Houston".
^ "Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio". Hmmsa.org. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "Virginia Holocaust Museum".
^ "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".

External links[edit]

[1] "Remember.org". Remember.org. April 25, 1995. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[2] "nizkor.org". nizkor.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[3] "jewishhistorymuseum.org". jewishhistorymuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[4] "palmsprings.com/attractions/desert-holocaust-memorial/". Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[5] "holocaustcenter.jfcs.org". jewishhistorymuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[6] "holocaustmuseumla.org". holocaustmuseumla.org. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[7] "museumoftolerance.com/". museumoftolerance.com/. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

[8] "Babi Yar Park: A Living Holocaust Memorial- The Mizel Museum". The Mizel Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[9] "University of Denver Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site". Center for Intercultural Dialogue. March 31, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

[10] "New Haven Holocaust Memorial". Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. August 25, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

[mherald-11] Cohen, Howard (July 24, 2017). "Holocaust center co-founder, director Goldie Goldstein dies at 97". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

[12] "Museum of History & Holocaust Education". Kennesaw.edu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[13] "Thebreman.org". Thebreman.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[14] Gaul, Alex (April 28, 2022). "Remembering the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah". 25newsnow.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[15] III, Clifford H. Kern. "The New Orleans Holocaust Memorial". holocaustmemorial.us.

[16] "HHRCMAINE". HHRCMAINE. August 10, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[17] "New Baltimore Holocaust Memorial". Josephsheppard.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[18] "Permanent Exhibition: A Reason to Remember". umass.edu. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[19] "Holocaust Memorial Center". Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[20] "The Collection / Central Campus / Holocaust Memorial - President's Advisory Committee on Public Art". public-art.umich.edu.

[21] Rich-Kern, Sheryl (May 30, 2014). "Holocaust Memorial Opens in Nashua". www.nhpr.org/. New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

[22] "Esther Raab Holocaust Museum".

[23] "JFR.org". JFR.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[24] "The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center - Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center | Stockton University". stockton.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[25] "The South Jersey Holocaust Memorial". January 17, 2013.

[26] "Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial". Northern New Jersey Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[27] "Memorial".

[28] "Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial Historical Marker".

[29] "Holocaust Historical Marker".

[30] "Holocaust and World War II Memorial, a War Memorial".

[31] "New Mexico Holocaust Museum".

[32] "A New Holocaust Museum Emerges in Brooklyn".

[33] "Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau County". Archived from the original on December 15, 2014.

[34] "Niskayuna Planning Board approves Holocaust Memorial site plan – the Daily Gazette". February 10, 2020.

[35] "Holocaust memorial gets key support in Niskayuna". February 11, 2020.

[36] Ohio Statehouse Holocaust Memorial, Daniel Libeskind.

[37] Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial

[38] "Promise for Life | Capital University, Columbus Ohio".

[39] "HOME". Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

[40] "Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs". Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

[41] "Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee". jewishnashville.org. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[42] "Dallas Holocaust Museum".

[43] "Elpasoholocaustmuseum.org". Elpasoholocaustmuseum.org. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[44] "Holocaust Museum Houston".

[45] "Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio". Hmmsa.org. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[46] "Virginia Holocaust Museum".

[47] "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

[43]

[44]

[45]

[46]

[47]

Online only[edit]

Arizona[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

Museums and institutions[edit]

Monuments[edit]

Markers[edit]

New Mexico[edit]

New York[edit]

Museums and institutions[edit]

Monuments[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

Washington, D.C.[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]