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Printable Self-Guided Tour Brochure cover 1. Introductory Film the beginning of the end, as it marked a new phase in the Be introduced to local Survivors as they reflect on their Nazis’ assault against European Jewry. Kristallnacht was the experiences during the Holocaust. first time overt violent action was taken against Jews based solely on religion, starting the genocide that is the Holocaust. 2. Jewish Life Before World War II Step onto the stunning cracked glass floor and watch the synagogue doors as projections of synagogues before and Jewish life and community before the war was diverse. after Kristallnacht are shown. Don’t miss all the Notice the walls on your right depicting photos of typical family life, while the walls on your left reflect religious life. Museum has to offer: Karkomi Holocaust 6. World’s Response 1933-1939 Newspapers, headlines, and dates are displayed in 3. Germany: A Fragile Democracy Take a Stand Center this area highlighting the coverage of Nazi violence. Exhibition After losing World War I, Germany suffered an economic and Kristallnacht convinced Jews of the need to emigrate, Named one of the top exhibits worldwide social depression in the late 1920s that set the stage for the by Smithsonian Magazine. Self-Guided Tour but restrictions from many countries, financial roadblocks, rise of Nazism and Hitler’s ascent. and German bureaucracy created obstacles. The Take a Stand Center includes the world’s first interactive, holographic 4. Jewish Community Responds to Nazism 7. Germany Invades and Occupies Europe Survivor Stories Experience Theater, 1933-1938 followed by three galleries that guide On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Two Germany enacted over 400 discriminatory laws and decrees visitors through social justice issues days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany. against the Jews and other victims of Nazism. suggesting ways to take action. World War II had begun. The Nazis conquered neighboring On the jagged walls to your right is the first wave of Nazi countries with two objectives: Lebensraum—living space anti-Jewish laws used to isolate Jews, make their lives for the “superior” Aryan population—and racial domination Make a Difference! increasingly unbearable, and convince them to “voluntarily” of non-Aryans. The media on the wall illustrates how rapidly The Harvey L. Miller Family Youth leave. The curved walls on your left show the Jewish the Nazis advanced and occupied Europe. The lower Exhibition features fun, hands-on response, bending but refusing to break. Many still believed right screen shows the number of Jews living in Nazi- activities that empower young visitors that life would return to normal. controlled areas. to use their voices and make choices to On October 5, 1938, all current German-Jewish passports stand up for themselves and others. were invalidated. All Jewish passports were stamped with 8. Mosaic of Victims an identifying red letter: “J.” By January 1939, Jews with first The Nazis targeted a diverse group of people that they Changing Exhibitions names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” if male, and considered racial, biological, political, or social threats Three exhibitions per year explore “Sara” if female for easy identification. See the far wall. or burdens on society. The tiled wall shows a photo of a Holocaust stories and contemporary “euthanasia” (mercy killing) facility at Hadamar where Nazis issues related to human rights and 5. Kristallnacht: The End of the Beginning, murdered their first victims: German people with physical, social justice. the Beginning of the End mental, and cognitive disabilities. For two-days, the Nazis unleashed an unprecedented Stunning Architecture assault on the Jewish communities of Germany, Austria, 9. Nazi Ideology Spreads West World-renowned architect Stanley and the Sudetenland. These attacks became known as By occupying Western Europe, the Nazis used both Tigerman infused each space in the Kristallnacht—the “Night of Broken Glass.” military force and the cooperation of local populations Museum with stark structural elements, With cooperation from the local population, police, and fire to rapidly implement anti-Jewish laws that had taken years dramatic lighting, and symbolism. brigades, Nazis smashed windows, vandalized storefronts, to establish within Germany. Jews throughout Nazi- burned down over 1,000 synagogues, and arrested 30,000 occupied Europe were forced to wear identification badges Abe & Ida Cooper Survivor Stories Experience features Dimensions in Testimony, developed by USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions Jewish men and sent them to concentration camps. Panic- in the form of a yellow star to humiliate and isolate them. in Testimony program in association with Illinois Holocaust Museum. stricken, Jews searched for countries of refuge, but many Note the yellow Stars of David and look behind the bookcase had already closed their borders. that replicates the secret entrance where Anne Frank’s family and others hid. 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077 This night is often considered the end of the beginning, and 847.967.4800 Turn over to continue > ilholocaustmuseum.org © 2019 Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 2 5 6 8 9 Front Cover: Robin Subar Subar Robin Cover: Front Seide David Back Cover: James Schnepf, Inside: Chris Strong, Gould Ron Kathleen Hinkel, 10. The Ghettos 14. The “Final Solution”: 18. Getting the Word Out/World Response 23. Seeking Justice More than two million Jews came under German control Deportation to Killing Centers Knowing did not mean believing – and believing did not The United States, Great Britain, the USSR, and France after the invasion of Poland. Realizing that “voluntary This circular area marks the transition between the two translate into action. A significant psychological shift was established an international military tribunal that set, for the emigration” was impossible with so vast a population, the buildings of the Museum. Listen to Survivors’ personal required for the world to comprehend the unprecedented first time, binding legal criteria for prosecuting perpetrators Germans adopted a policy of isolation and containment. For accounts of deportation and catch your first glimpse of scope of the Holocaust. of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes against the Jews, ghetto life was one of squalor, hunger, disease, the railcar. peace. Between 1945-1949, a series of additional trials took and despair. Yet even in the darkness of the ghettos, with 19. Rescuers place in Nuremberg to try doctors, judges, businessmen, the most limited resources, many Jews actively strove to 15. Railcar On the right wall, see how the collaboration of individuals, and high-level government officials. Many of those found maintain their dignity and humanity through cultural and This is a typical rail car used during deportations, which governments, institutions, and industries supporting guilty received short prison sentences or no penalty at all. spiritual resistance. Notice the sloping cobblestone floor as might hold between 80 to 100 people for days. You may anti-Jewish policy were critical to the implementation of you descend further into the exhibition. choose to go inside or walk around the railcar. You have genocidal policies throughout occupied Europe. 24-26. Departure and Arrival the opportunity to make a choice, but remember victims Look at the right wall right wall and observe several The right wall contains artifacts of Jews immigrating to 11. The “Final Solution” Begins: did not. rescuers - including a diplomat, a business person, and a Israel, which was British-controlled Palestine at the time. Mobile Killing Units young teenage girl – who represent the exceptional few The left wall shows Jews sailing to and arriving in America. Germany’s invasion of the territories of the Soviet Union 16. Killing Centers throughout occupied Europe who risked their lives to Survivors were an integral part in the birth of the State of added more than five million Jews to those under Nazi Between 1933 and 1945, more than 40,000 camps and save Jews. Israel, and contributed to mainstream American culture. control. The Nazis were no longer satisfied with their policy View the walls of Survivors’ naturalization certificates and internment sites were established in Nazi-occupied Europe. One rescuer, Chiune-Sempo Sugihara, Acting Consul for Japan of ghettoization, and implemented a plan that called for the pull out the drawers to see items from four Survivors’ new To facilitate the “Final Solution”, six of the camps were in Kovno, Lithuania, issued over 2,100 visas to Polish refugees, mass murder of all Jews, which became known as the “Final lives in America. developed with a goal of mass murder. Many of these killing most of them Jews, despite cables from the Japanese foreign Solution.” Three thousand members of the Einsatzgruppen centers used gas chambers and crematoria, like the model ministry that requested he follow stricter procedures. (mobile killing squads) were sent from town to town to in the middle of this room. Families were separated after 27. Skokie: A Community Responds confiscate property and then systematically murder Jews, arrival, and individuals were selected to work or die. Look at 20. Death Marches “We Are Coming!” proclaimed an American Neo-Nazi group Roma, and others in mass shootings. the display of shoes from the camps, a stark reminder of the petitioning to march through Skokie in October 1976. “We As the Allied armies advanced and Nazi defeat was millions of people killed during the Holocaust, and realize Are Ready!” proclaimed the 7,000 Holocaust Survivors living inevitable, thousands of prisoners were forced to evacuate 12. The “Final Solution”: Wannsee Conference that each shoe belonged to a unique individual. in Skokie at the time. For Skokie’s Holocaust Survivors, this camps in the East on death marches toward the interior For 90 minutes, fifteen Nazi officials met to ensure the was a call to action. Legal efforts to block the march went of the German Reich.
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