Why was a Holocaust museum built in Skokie Illinois?
Holocaust museum Our History: Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Fighting Hate Since 1981. When neo-Nazis threatened to march in Skokie in the late 1970s, Holocaust survivors around the world were shocked. They realized that despite their desire to leave the past behind, they could no longer remain silent. In the wake of these attempted marches, Chicago-area survivors joined together to form the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois. The group focused on combating hate with education. Since 1981, the organization has educated school and community groups through its speakers’ bureau and existing museum. About 30,000 students visited the original site in Skokie in 2005. The new facility, to be located just west of the Edens Expressway, will serve more than 250,000 annual visitors, reaching a significant portion of the nearly 2.5 million Illinois school children. The organization is also proud of its efforts to secure the passage of the Holocaust Education Mandate. In 1990, Ill
